Motor Development Discussion
\nMotor Development Discussion
\nTAKE A MOMENT\u2026 Observe several 2- to 6-year-olds at play in a
\nneighborhood park, preschool, or child-care center. You will see
\nthat an explosion of new motor skills occurs in early childhood,
\neach of which builds on the simpler movement patterns of
\ntoddlerhood.
\nDuring the preschool years, children continue to integrate
\npreviously acquired skills into more complex, dynamic systems.
\nThen they revise each new skill as their bodies grow larger and
\nstronger, their central nervous systems develop, their
\nenvironments present new challenges, and they set new goals.
\nGross-Motor Development
\nAs children\u2019s bodies become more streamlined and less topheavy, their center of gravity shifts downward, toward the trunk.
\nAs a result, balance improves greatly, paving the way for new
\nmotor skills involving large muscles of the body. By age 2,
\npreschoolers\u2019 gaits become smooth and rhythmic\u2014secure
\nenough that soon they leave the ground, at first by running and
\nlater by jumping, hopping, galloping, and skipping. Motor
\nDevelopment Discussion.
\nAs children become steadier on their feet, their arms and torsos
\nare freed to experiment with new skills\u2014throwing and catching
\nballs, steering tricycles, and swinging on horizontal bars and rings.
\nThen upper- and lower-body skills combine into more refined
\nactions. Five- and 6-year-olds simultaneously steer and pedal a
\ntricycle and flexibly move their whole body when throwing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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