DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
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Question
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Only gross motor skills like kicking a ball, running or bike riding improve
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Only Fine motor skills like cutting with scissors or writing neatly with a pencil improve
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Both Fine motor and Gross Motor skills improve
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There is no change in a child’s motor ability
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Detailed explanation-1: -In middle childhood gross motor skills combine and become more complex, permitting faster running, higher jumping, and greater coordination, such as the ability to balance on a balance beam. achievement 8 years later, at age 16 (Kantomaa et al., 2013).
Detailed explanation-2: -The best way to encourage fine & gross motor skills in early childhood is by incorporating play-based activities. Their motor skills development begins right from the upward & moves downwards the body. Therefore, your child will be able to control their neck & head movements first followed by their back.
Detailed explanation-3: -Children in middle childhood will be able to swim, roller skate, ice skate, jump rope, scale fences, use a saw, hammer and garden tools and play a variety of sports. Kick ball, team relay races and dodge ball are great activities.
Detailed explanation-4: -These improvements in motor skills are related to brain growth and experience during this developmental period. Two major brain growth spurts occur during middle/late childhood. Between ages 6 and 8, significant improvements in fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination are noted.
Detailed explanation-5: -Play ball games such as catch, kicking or throwing a ball at a target, throwing a ball through a hoop or bowling. Bouncing on a trampoline is a fun activity for improving coordination, rhythm and aerobic fitness. The surface of a trampoline is constantly moving which is great for improving balance.