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3. Watch the video Child Motor Skills (embedded in this post; I suggest completing this handout as you watch the video)
4. Read Huffman & Fortenberry (2011)
Huffman & Fortenberry (2011)5. Watch the video Fine Motor Play: Segment 3 of 10 (Films on Demand) which is located on the BMCC library website, in the Films on Demand video database; follow these directions to locate the video. (I suggest completing this handout as you watch the video)
https://digital-films-com.bmcc.ezproxy.cuny.edu/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=192498&loid=571654&tScript=0#
4. Answer the questions below
- What is physical development?
- How are fine motor and gross motor development similar?
- How are fine motor and gross motor development different?
- Why are gross motor activities important in early childhood classrooms?
- What are 3 things teachers can do to support gross motor development in early childhood classrooms
- For infant/ toddlers (0-36 months)
- Preschool age children (3-5 years old)
- Young school age children (Kingergarten to 2nd grade)?
- What are 3 things teachers can do to support fine development in early childhood classrooms?
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What is physical development?
The only one I’m familiar with is physical development which is just the stages the people’s bodies takes as it matures
How are fine motor and gross motor development similar?
Gross motor skills are larger movements for babies to make with his/her arms, legs, feet, or with their entire body.crawling, running, and jumping are also gross motor skills. Where fine motor are skills that have smaller actions ,where your baby can control their arms before their hands,
How are fine motor and gross motor development different?
Gross motor skills are larger movements your baby makes with his arms, legs, feet, or his entire body. crawling, running, and jumping are also gross motor skills.
Fine motor skills are smaller actions. When your baby picks things up between his finger and thumb, or wriggles his toes in the sand, he’s using his fine motor skills. But it’s not just about fingers and toes. When your baby uses his lips and tongue to taste and feel objects he’s using fine motor skills, too.
Why are gross motor activities important in early childhood classrooms?
I think gross motor are important because it’s the the coordination of some movements that are required, crawling, running, jumping, throwing, climbing, etc. This is good for students to get a long with each other
What are 3 things teachers can do to support gross motor development in early childhood classrooms?
~Take family walks
~Encourage sandbox time
~Water play in the backyard
~Also,make an obstacle course in your living room or backyard, consisting of cushions, cardboard boxes, toys, or other found objects that your child can run around and climb over.
What are 3 things teachers can do to support fine development in early childhood classrooms?
Teachers help the child’s development and education by planning activities and lessons based on the child’s interests. By asking questions, understanding, and participating in the activities of the child.They are responsible and nurturing to the child needs.
Physical development have control over the body, particularly muscles and physical coordination
I am in agreement Shayna, with your point about providing resources at home for children to play on and with, is important. Many times, parents think that they have to buy toys/items (not to say their children are not important) and could make some basic, yet safe and useful items that could do the job, like what you said, boxes. These can be beautifully decorated and become a useful skill training toy for children.
1. What is physical development?
Answer: Physical development is the process that starts at a infant age and continues into late adolescent focusing on gross and fie motor skills as well as puberty. It also involves developing control over the body ex: muscles and physical coordination.
2. How are fine motor and gross motor development similar?
Answer: Fine motor and gross motor development are similar because they both involve movement with the muscles.
3. How are fine motor and gross motor development different?
Answer: Fine motor and gross motor development are different because gross motor relate to larger muscles ex: legs,arm, while fine motor development involves smaller muscles ex: hands, wrist.
4. Why are gross motor activities important in early childhood classrooms?
Answer: The reason why gross motor activities are important in early childhood classrooms is because it helps the child gain strength in his/her body and also confidence with his/her body. It also them exercise which is very important for a healthy lifestyle when he/she begins to grow and develop. Also developing these skills helps a child’s ability to do more complex kills in future actives such a playing basketball on a team
5. What are 3 things teachers can do to support gross motor development in early childhood classrooms
For infant/ toddlers (0-36 months)
Preschool age children (3-5 years old)
Young school age children (Kindergarten to 2nd grade)?
Answer: *Infant/toddler: Help infant/toddler move arms and legs randomly, Place their hands near theirs eyes and touch mouth, Help them be able to lift his/her head or body on their stomach or back.
*Preschool age children: Help preschoolers by having he/she run around obstacles during playtime, Help with balancing balance on one foot for 5 – 10 seconds, Walking up and down steps the stairs to the school with alternating feet without any support having them do this task on their own.
*Young school age children: Help young school age by creating movements that challenge his/her balance like crawl, jump and run, Helping them by jumping over an object and landing with both feet together and having them demonstrate the jumping to you,
6. What are 3 things teachers can do to support fine development in early childhood classrooms?
Answer:
1. Have actives which can help with grasp Do puzzles together. Picking up and moving puzzle pieces into place helps develop pincer grasp.
2. Building logos and blocks stack with your students , connect and build things together with blocks and lego these activities encourage fine pushing and pulling movements lego is also great for fostering creativity.
3. Do experiences with your students. Put some water a few glasses. Pour a few drops of food colouring in each glass, so that you have different coloured water in each glass. Have a couple of empty bowls and glasses where kids can use an eye dropper to experiment with mixing different coloured water together.
Hi Janate
Very good answers. I agree with number 4.
Janate, I paused for a while when you mentioned in question 3 about the colored water. After reading the top, I said they will make a mess, but after reading further, I like , learn and support your point about the children, using the eye dropper to start practicing being young scientists.
Module 3 Assignment #1: Overview of Physical Development
1. What is physical development?
-Physical development relates to a child using his/her fine and motor skills from simple to complex activities to control their bodies.
2. How are fine motor and gross motor development similar?
-Both use reflexes to examine child development. Both examine a child’s development using arms, torso and legs in smaller and bigger movements. For example, a child can use fine motor skills to roll over and another child can use gross motor skill to creep.
3. How are fine motor and gross motor development different?
-They are different because at different age range children are able to use similar body parts to perform different degree of control with the muscles in the body. For example, using fine motor skills, a child can throw a ball forward with both hands in a person’s direction. However, a child using gross motor skills, can use one arm to throw a ball in a further distance passing an individual.
4. Why are gross motor activities important in early childhood classrooms?
-Gross motor skill will help a child obtain good health and physical development that will provide strengths and confidence in that child’s body. Teaching students’ activities such as running against each other will develop their muscles as well as help to keep them healthy. They will also be better able to perform certain classroom activities will less fatigue. For example, helping to re-arrange the furniture in the room.
5. What are 3 things teachers can do to support gross motor development in early childhood classrooms?
1. -For infant/ toddlers (0-36 months) – (a) teachers can hold their hands out to help students with balancing when they are trying to make steps independently, (b) hold the child’s arms for short walks with them, and (c) give the child a stable toy to use as support when trying to walk
2. -Preschool age children (3-5 years old) – (a) allow children to practice running, (b) allow children to jump off objects, jump up, down and forward, jump up and down ladders, jungle gyms, slides and climb trees, (c) allow students to throwing over head with both hands without losing balance.
3. -Young school age children (Kindergarten to 2nd grade)? (a) Allow children to do mature running where they can run fast, (b) jumping high, long and far, jump rope, (a) allow them to play sports such as – softball, swimming, and soccer
6 What are 3 things teachers can do to support fine development in early childhood classrooms?
(a) Teacher can hold objects in hand and motion to the child to reach it either by creeping, crawling or making steps. (b) put things on the ground that would encourage a child to roll over and move to get it (c) use items to balance a child in a sitting position.
hello , i agree with your response to question 5 about young school age . where you said about running ,jumping ,jump rope, it helps them learn how to do these things and if they need help a teacher can help them do these types of actives.
HI Denise
I enjoyed and agree with your thoughts on why gross motor skills are important. I agree that children are able to built their confidence and strengthen through gross motor activities.. They don’t only strengthen their body muscles they also become healthier children and much more happier because physical movement causes them to release endorphins.
1.What is physical development?
Physical development is a domain of development , it relates to growth and skill development of the body, including the brain, muscles, and senses.
2.How are fine motor and gross motor development similar?
Both fine motor and gross motor skills refer to how infants and toddlers strengthen their muscles and have better control over their bodies and movement.
3.How are fine motor and gross motor development different?
Gross motor skills refers to the larger muscles in our body and the ability to control them. We use them for physical activities(legs, arms, core), fine motor skills referee to the smaller muscle in our body that help with grasping and writing.
4.Why are gross motor activities important in early childhood classrooms?
Gross motor activities are important in early childhood class in order for the child to thrive and feel confident to use their body and muscles and achieving new skills presented to them.
5.What are 3 things teachers can do to support gross motor development in early childhood classrooms
For infant/ toddlers (0-36 months)
A.Help support hand to eye coordination by holding the Childs hands to take a few steps.
B.Holding a toddler upright while moving each let to imitate walking.
C.Have small (age appropriate) play house with just a couple of steps and small slide to better their larger muscles capabilities.
Preschool age children (3-5 years old)
A.Engaging in arts and crafts while being supervised when using scissors.
B. Using Putty and purring beads or small toys inside of it, so the child can dig them out.
C. Physical Activities outside, running, mastering how to jump and land on two feet.
Young school age children (Kingergarten to 2nd grade)?
A.Scaffolding in physical activities.
B.Support with building with natural materials for example sticks, rocks, small stumps.
C.Autonomous decision making.
6.What are 3 things teachers can do to support fine development in early childhood classrooms?
-Asserting the children they can and will achieve what they are working on.
-Interact with them during play while asking questions and making comments.
-Knowing each child abilities and struggles to better scaffold during different activities.
I agree with question 6 where you said about the teacher interacting with the children ,asking them questions and making comments . it helps the child learn to to communicate.
Hi Maria
Very good answers. I enjoy reading your answers to your work.
Hi Maria,
I like your answer for 3 things teachers can do to support development! I especially like the one about knowing their abilities, this is so important in order to know what they can further improve on.
-Camila
physical development is for an infant and toddler includes not only physical but also motor skills. This emerges the first three years of life.Which helps with connections with people, objects and the environment. physical development is an important part of growing up. It relates to growth and skills.
2. fine motor and gross motor skills are similar because they both require movements. gross motor skills are movements to large muscles . fine motor skills movements involving the smaller muscle.
3.gross motor skills and fine motor skills are different because although they both require movement. Gross motor skills are bigger/larger movements such as rolling over and sitting. which uses the large muscles such as the arms, legs torso and feet. Fine motor skills are smaller movements which includes picking up smaller objects . for example like holding a spoon.That uses smaller muscles like fingers toes,your wrist lips and tongue. Gross motor skills include crawling,running,and jumping. Fine motor skills include for example your baby would most likely be able to control their arms before their hands.
4.The reason why gross motor skills important in a early childhood classroom is because when a child works on their gross motor skills it helps a child not only gain strength bur also confidence in their body. it helps a child to get exercise and physical activity. which is important for a healthy lifestyle. i believe that, that’s the most important activity a teacher can incorporate into an early childhood class room.
5.3 things teachers can do to support gross motor skills in a early childhood class is
infant toddler -is help a baby to crawl or sit ,hold a child’s hand and help them walk.
preschool age- is encourage and or incorporate physical activity’s / move to improve. they can take motor breaks throughout the day , they can set a time aside for exercise.
young school age – for lunch periods children can go outside, they can take neighborhood walks and field trips that include going to the park.,
6. three things teachers can do to support fine mother skills is use hands that have the ABC’s and have the children practice cutting using safety scissors. have them finishes puzzles that have about five pieces. build with blocks have them use activity’s where students will hold and use crayons and pencils.
Emily, I support your response for question 6., especially the scissors and blocks. These will give the children enough finger movement that will help to strengthen them. I would give them some of those things without thing about how useful and important they are to their development.
1.What is physical development?
Physical development refers to the advancements and refinements of motor skills. These advancements fall into two categories which are gross- and fine-motor skills. These skills develop throughout early childhood and are essential to children’s overall health and wellness.
2.How are fine motor and gross motor development similar?
Fine motor and gross motor development are similar because they both involve use of muscles.
3.How are fine motor and gross motor development different?
Fine motor skills involve the use of small muscle movements and gross motor skills involves the use of large muscle movements and large. Fine motor skills use small muscles in the hands and fingers for things like grasping and writing. Gross motor skills use large muscles in the arms, legs and core for things like running and jumping.
4.Why are gross motor activities important in early childhood classrooms?
Gross motor activities are important in early childhood because it promotes physical activity. Children who are physically active are more likely to stay at a healthy weight, sleep better, maintain strong bones, and avoid obesity-related diseases. Gross motor activities also provide more opportunities to develop muscle strength and endurance. Children are more likely to feel confident about themselves and their bodies as they grow. Physical activity also provides children with access to learning across domains.
5.What are 3 things teachers can do to support gross motor development in early childhood classrooms
-For infant/ toddlers (0-36 months)
Hold a toddler upright moving each leg to imitate walking
Establish a sense of trust
Provide consistent, responsive care and attention
-Preschool age children (3-5 years old)
Encourage self help
Provide resources that support gross motor development
Provide ample opportunities to explore the environments by moving, touching, experimenting, and manipulating different toys, objects, and materials
-Young school age children (Kindergarten to 2nd grade)?
Provide opportunities for children to explore
Provide ample amount of time for outdoor play
Field Trips
6. What are 3 things teachers can do to support fine development in early childhood classrooms?
-Arts and Crafts ( cutting and pasting)
-Writing
-Playing with play dough
I agree your number 6 answer.
1. What is physical development?
Physical development is the process that starts in an infant and continues into adolescent concentrating on gross and fine motor skills as well as puberty.
2. How are fine motor and gross motor development similar?
Fine motor skills are movements involving smaller muscle groups like those hand and wrist, while gross motor skills are movements related to large muscles such as legs, arms and trunk.
3. How are fine motor and gross motor development different?
Fine mother skills are those that require a high degree of control and precision in the small muscles of the hand. Gross motor skills use the large muscles in the body and include broader movements such as walking and jumping.
4. Why are gross motor activities important in early childhood classrooms?
Gross motor skills helps a child gain strength and confidence in his or her body. It helps them exercise and physical activity.
5. What are 3 things teachers can do to support gross motor development in early childhood classrooms
For infant/ toddlers (0-36 months)
A. Teachers can hold their hands out to help students with balancing when they trying to make steps on their own. (B) Hold the child’s arm for walks with them . (C)Give the child a stable toy to use as support when trying to walk.
Preschool age children (3-5 years old)
A. Outdoor activities
B. Engaging in arts and crafts while supervised when using scissors.
C. Provide opportunities for children to explore.
6. Young school age children (Kingergarten to 2nd grade)?
What are 3 things teachers can do to support fine development in early childhood classrooms?
Have actives that can help with grasp. Do things together like puzzles or broad game. Drawing and arts.
Hey Keneshia Wright
I agree that physical development is the process that begins at young age and it does not stop instead it continues through adolescense.
I agree your number 5 answer.
What is physical development?
Physical development refers to the advancements and refinements of motor skills or in the other words, children’s abilities to use and control their bodies.
How are fine motor and gross motor development similar?
The advancements are evident in gross and fine motor skills are developed throughout early childhood. They are essential to children’s overall health and wellness.
How are fine motor and gross motor development different?
Gross motor skills involve the mastery and use of large muscles in the legs, rms. And cores, as well as general strength and stamina. For example, such skills include jumping, throwing, climbing, running, skipping, and kicking. Fine motor skills involve the use of small muscles in the arms, hands, and fingers for smaller, more precise movements, such as grasping and writing.
Why are gross motor activities important in early childhood classrooms?
The gross motor activities are important in early childhood classrooms because of their physical development, skill and health. In research, every development such as cognitive, social, emotional, physical & cognitive for a person are dependent on the gross motor activities in early childhood.
What are 3 things teachers can do to support gross motor development in early childhood classrooms
For infant/ toddlers (0-36 months) ;encourages the child to take tests independently to short walking skill, canal walk quickly or run stiffly for short distance balance on their feet in a squat position while playing without your stomach floor walking backwards without moving down and standing in football in a sitting position .
Preschool age children (3-5 years old) ; running, hardly climbing, catching and throwing.
Young school age children (Kingergarten to 2nd grade)?; speedy running, jumping, climbs up and down ladders jungle
What are 3 things teachers can do to support fine development in early childhood classrooms?
3 things teachers support fine development in early childhood classrooms are
Providing opportunities for physical activity making sure children eat nutritious and developing curriculum.
Encourage children to ask the question and explain the answer.
Promote children to play games and learn.
1. What is physical development?
Physical Development is the advancement and refinements of motor skill that gives children the ability to use and control their bodies and are essential to the children’s overall health and wellness.
2. How are fine motor and gross motor development similar?
Fine motor skills and gross motor skills both involve the movements of our muscles. They are both highly important in their physical, brain, muscles and senses development.
3. How are fine motor and gross motor development different?
Fine motor skills and gross motor skills development are different because Fine motor skills require the involvement of small muscles, such as our arms, hands and fingers for smaller movements like writing. Gross motor skills require the involvement of our larger muscles such as our legs, arms, core as well as stamina and strength that we learn to mastery as we grow.
4. Why are gross motor activities important in early childhood classrooms?
It is important that gross motor activities are present in early childhood classrooms because it allows them to stimulate areas of development, especially their physical development. It encourages them to build confidence in their bodies and helps them gain strength for future skills that are more complex.
5. What are 3 things teachers can do to support gross motor development in early childhood classrooms
1. For infant/ toddlers (0-36 months) – Teachers can encourage tummy time with infants so they learn how to hold their head on their own. They can also take a ball and roll in back and forth with the toddler to show them how to share and encourage social development. Also, the teachers can encourage standing, while holding the infant/toddler upright while imitating walking to help strengthen their muscles that’ll allow them to walk.
2. Preschool age children (3-5 years old) – Teachers can encourage children to pull wagons with classmates, Have them kick a ball as well as skipping
3. Young school age children (Kindergarten to 2nd grade) – Teachers can encourage Jumping around, Throwing and Climbing
6. What are 3 things teachers can do to support fine development in early childhood classrooms?
3 things that teachers can do to support fine development in early childhood classrooms is be involved in play time and encourage the children. The teacher can also encourage learning by increasing the amount of words the child uses in a day and encourage the children to share with one another.
1. What is physical development?
-Physical development is the advancements and refinements of motor skills meaning children gain abilities to use and control bodies.
2. How are fine motor and gross motor development similar?
-They are similar because they both relate to growth and skill development of the body including the brain, muscles, and senses.
3. How are fine motor and gross motor development different?
-Gross motor skills involve the mastery and use of large muscles in legs, arms, and core as general strength and stamina. (Ex.jumping, throwing, and climbing) Fine motor skills involve the use of small muscles in the arm, hands, and fingers for smaller, more precise movements, such as grasping and writing.
4. Why are gross motor activities important in early childhood classrooms?
-Gross motor activities are important in early childhood classrooms because the children learn more about their bodies and what they are capable of once taught and able to express freely in a classroom.
5. What are 3 things teachers can do to support gross motor development in early childhood classrooms?
1. For infant/ toddlers (0-36 months)-encouraging to life head by giving them interesting things to look at, give them floor time, and giving them toys to interact with.
2. Preschool age children (3-5 years old)-giving them time to get involved in physical activities, allow them to jump off objects, and letting them make decisions.
3. Young school-age children (Kindergarten to 2nd grade)-letting them engage in sports, ensure a nutritious diet, and giving them time to be social.
6. What are 3 things teachers can do to support fine development in early childhood classrooms?
-provide toys that they would like to interact with, provide a safe place for children to learn to walk, crawl and play freely, and lastly tend to the child’s need and know the importance of what stage and skills the child should at.
I agree with you because as teachers we need to know where the child needs support in a particular skill in a certain type of development it is important that we incorporate all of the students and their needs inside of lessons.
What is physical development?
Physical development refers to the developments and improvement of motor skills. It is children’s ability to use and control their bodies. Physical developments relates to the growth and skill development of the brain, muscles, and senses.
How are fine motor and gross motor development similar?
They are both developed throughout early childhood and are essential to children’s overall health and wellness.
How are fine motor and gross motor development different?
Gross motor skills involve the mastery and use of large muscles in the legs, arms, and core along with general strength and stamina. Fine motor skills involve the use of small muscles in the arms, hands, fingers for smaller more precise movements like writing.
Why are gross motor activities important in early childhood classrooms?
Physical development helps prepare infants and toddlers for opportunities that support language development, social skills, and other areas. Without these activities that help with gross motor skills development sensory pathways in the brain may not develop properly, and the capacity to use motor skills may remain undeveloped.
What are 3 things teachers can do to support gross motor development in early childhood classrooms
For infant/ toddlers (0-36 months)- Having a lot of floor time for the child. Teachers can place an toy or any object that is of interest to the child across from them prompting them to crawl to get it.
Preschool age children (3-5 years old)- Teachers can take the children outside often so they can explore and play.
Young school age children (Kindergarten to 2nd grade)- Dedicating their recess time once or twice a week to a gym period where they can jump rope, climb the playground, or maybe play an organized sport for their age group.
What are 3 things teachers can do to support fine development in early childhood classrooms?
For infant/toddlers teachers can place an object or toy in their palm which then triggers the grasping reflex.
Preschool age children activities like drawing or painting, or even finger painting supports fine development.
Young school age children teachers can have music time, giving each child an instrument and just having something like a jam session with the different instruments.
I agree with you because music is very important it helps the children meditate while learning important physical developmental skills while having fun.
hi Sydnie
I am also agreed with the idea of giving children musical instrument because this activity will help them to use a specific fine motor muscle in certain instrument such as fingers and thus they will not only develop their motor skill but also they will have fun.
What is physical development? Physical development is the growth of the ability to move and control ones body.
How are fine motor and gross motor development similar? Fine motor and gross motor development are similar in the way that they incorporate the movement of the body.
How are fine motor and gross motor development different? Fine motor refers to smaller movements such as those in your hands for example grasping and gross motor refers to larger movements such as the movement in your legs that help one to walk.
Why are gross motor activities important in early childhood classrooms?
Gross motor activities are important in early childhood classrooms because it helps the child become independent and able to manuver and perform daily functions on their own.
What are 3 things teachers can do to support gross motor development in early childhood classrooms
For infant/ toddlers (0-36 months)
Tummy time helps to support gross motor skills to help promote movement of the infants legs and arms and introduce crawling. Reach and grab activities helps to promote reaching forward and using their core also helps with hand and eye coordination and reflexes. Helping to pull up on furniture helps the child to build their leg and arm muscles and promotes walking.
Preschool age children (3-5 years old)
Walking on a line, riding a tricycle, and balancing on one foot all help with gross motor skills in the child’s legs and helps with concentration skills.
Young school age children (Kingergarten to 2nd grade)?
Hopscotch, hula-hoop, jumping rope are some activites that help with gross motor skills.
What are 3 things teachers can do to support fine development in early childhood classrooms?
Painting, doing grasping activities with balls or objects, and weaving boards help with fine motor skills in a classroom.
Hey Arelis Marie Elias
This is Luis Martinez good one,tummy time does help to support gross motor skills because it involves the use of large muscles that allows the an infant to crawl and perform other activities.
What is physical development?
Infant and toddler physical development refers to the advancements and refinements of motor/gross skills, in other words, children’s abilities to use and control their bodies. Physical development is one of the many domains of infant and toddler development. Physical and motor skills emerge during the first three years of life. The skills and abilities acquired during these first years of life will certainly have an impact the way how children with interact/respond with other people, objects, and the environment.
How are fine motor and gross motor development different?
Fine motor skills involved in infants and toddlers using their small muscles, such as using the arms, hands, and fingers for smaller, more precise movements, and as for grasping and writing. Whereas for Gross motor skills involve the mastery and the use of large muscles in the legs, arms, and core, as well as general strength and stamina. For instance, of such skills include jumping, throwing, climbing, running, skipping, and kicking. Basically, it involves of using the lower body to perform these physical actions, whereas for fine motor skills involves of using the upper body to perform any task.
Why are gross motor activities important in early childhood classrooms?
Gross motor skills are essentially for children to perform daily life activities that involved physical movement such as walking, running, skipping, as well as playground skills (e.g. climbing) and sporting skills (e.g. catching, throwing and hitting a ball with a bat). Gross motor abilities also have an influence on a learning environment(classroom), for example a child can kicking a beach ball with its leg across the classroom, another example would be a child running or walking to grab a toy.
What are 3 things teachers can do to support gross motor development in early childhood classrooms
For infant/ toddlers (0-36 months) The physical environment plays a key role in the development of gross motor skills, definitively there should be open spaces so that infants can roll and crawl across the classroom, and early walkers can toddle without bumping into the classroom objects. Another example would be setting up three or four carpeted steps and a short incline it will help them understand spatial relationships and learn how to move themselves up and down. Last would be, placing a sturdy chair with arms in the classroom that will help a toddler learn how to get in and out of the sitting position.
Preschool age children (3-5 years old) In this age level between 3-5, teachers
Early childhood educational classrooms should provide and offer a wide range of gross motor equipment in order to keep children interested, teachers can use different objects to strengthen large arm muscles such as providing young children with flying objects for instance toy parachutes to move it in the air, bean bags to toss, climbers to pull up on, and as well providing swings to pump, big balls to kick, trikes and scooters to push in order to strengthen the leg muscles.
Young school age children (Kingergarten to 2nd grade)?
By this age level, most kindergartners can now skip, catch and throw a ball, hop and balance on one foot, ride a small bike, and walk downstairs/upstairs using their feet and arms. Their confidence in their physical skills makes 5- and 6-year-olds interested in games like hopscotch and jump rope, and in sports like T-ball and swimming and among other noncompetitive games/activities. Teachers can now introduce sports at this stage, for instance to enhance ball handling/position skills, teachers should provide a basket of soft balls that offer a variety of choices to children a big rubber ball, a Nerf football, a fluffy pom-pom ball, and light Ping-Pong balls.
What are 3 things teachers can do to support fine development in early childhood classrooms?
One example would be the integration of arts and crafts but in also depends on the grade level, for instance Four-year old’s are also using their fine motor skills and improving their hand-eye coordination in the arts. Teachers can now introduce lessons involving cutting and pasting on paper with scissors and glue. This will allow four-year old’s to gain interest in using markers as they attempt to draw/write numbers and letters in big capitals. Lessons that integrate art offer a variety of manipulative media to use, such as finger paint, and crayons allow a child to draw something that shows endless patterns, dot to dot connections, simple figures that will also often resemble real life objects .In fact teachers could create a lesson involving the use of simple shapes, children can a draw a sample of how will their bead necklace would look like, then they can used colored beads to create a pattern of shapes/color.
Hi Luis Martinez
I agreed with the idea of using hand work such as cutting and pasting. This kind of activities helps also to work in gropes which permit to create a cooperative atmosphere that helps to develop also social interaction.
1. What is physical development?
Physical development is the body’s transformation throughout the development stages. It is the ability of the child to make movements based on her or his body. This movements are the improvement in their motor skills which determines children’s abilities to control and balance their body.
2. How are fine motor and gross motor development similar?
Both fine motor and gross motor development plays an important role in helping a child to improve their ability to control and balance their body. Also, both are related to each other.
3. How are fine motor and gross motor development different?
Gross motor development refers to the proficiency of using large muscles where legs arms and core are exerted in different movement such as crawling, walking, jumping and march. Therefore, improving certain strength that helps a child to endure the exhausting movement. While, fine motor development refers to a mastery of small muscles fingers and hands that helps writing, scribbling and grasping.
4. Why are gross motor activities important in early childhood classrooms?
Gross motor activities are important in early childhood classroom because it helps to occur not only a healthy physical development. But also, it helps to boost a cognitive development. For example a child who is learning to walk by holding a table he is learning to determine the place where he or she should grasp.
5. What are 3 things teachers can do to support gross motor development in early childhood classrooms .
a. For infant/ toddlers (0-36 months): Help a toddler to imitate walking by holding him upright while moving. Also, provide activities such as throw or kick a ball.
b. Preschool age children (3-5 years old): Provide activities that allows children to exert their abilities to jump, climb, and running in order to learn how to balance their body.
c. Young school age children (Kingergarten to 2nd grade): Provide activities such as speed running, sport, and fitness.
6. What are 3 things teachers can do to support fine development in early childhood classrooms?
To support fine development teachers needs to provide activities such as drawing, painting, writing activities.
What is physical development?
-Physical development means the advancement and refinements or motor skills, in other words, the children control of their bodies.
How are fine motor and gross motor development similar?
-They are similar because both helps children to improve their ability to control their body.
How are fine motor and gross motor development different?
-Fine motor are the smalls movements like grabbing stuff.
-Gross motor are the larger muscle movements, like using their legs, and arms.
Why are gross motor activities important in early childhood classrooms?
-Gross motor activities is important because it helps children to perform an everyday function, like walking, and doing sports, etc.
What are 3 things teachers can do to support gross motor development in early childhood classrooms
-For infant/ toddlers (0-36 months): Teachers can help the children on holding their hands out for their balance when they are trying to take steps by their own.
-Preschool age children (3-5 years old): Allow children to practice on running, jump off objects, like ladders, jungle gyms, rope, high, long, and throwing stuff over head with balance.
-Young school age children (Kingergarten to 2nd grade)?: Children are more mature in running fast and allow them to play sports, like volleyball, soccer, baseball, and swimming.
What are 3 things teachers can do to support fine development in early childhood classrooms?
-3 things teachers can do to support fine development are doing writing activities, drawing and painting.
What is physical development?
Physical development is the advance skills that children may have control over in their bodies
How are fine motors and gross motors different?
fine motor is the small movements like reaching for objects
gross motor is the large muscle movements like feet and arm usages
why are gross motor activities important in early childhood classroom?
gross motor activities is important because it helps children an everyday life function
what are 3 things teachers can do to support gross motor development in early childhood classrooms?
for many infants/ toodlers (0-36) months teachers help with hand holding and there balances
preschool ages (3-5) years old allows children to try to be free such as running , jumping and throwing things such as balls or objets
younger aged children (K-2) are more into sports
what are 3 things teacher can do to support the development in early childhood classroom?
the 3 things teachers can do in supporting is activities such as writing, reading and painting
Hi Delesha,
I think as a teacher it would be so great to support activities such as writing reading and painting, this is a great way to develop children fine motor skills.
-Camila
1. What is physical development?
-Physical development is the ability for children to use and control their body.
2. How are fine motor and gross motor development similar?
-Both fine and gross motor skills develop through childhood and they are both essential to our growth and development.
3. How are fine motor and gross motor development different?
-Gross motor skills are the involvement of large muscles such as legs and arms whereas fine motor skills are the involvement of small muscles such as hand and fingers.
4. Why are gross motor activities important in early childhood classrooms?
-If we are not providing adequate motor activities sensory pathways in our brains may not develop properly and the ability to use motor skills might not develop which would mean immobility of muscles.
5. What are 3 things teachers can do to support gross motor development in early childhood classrooms
-1. For infant/ toddlers (0-36 months)
We can begin by working on infants’ reflections. Next we can start holding our hands out so the child and allow child to take a few steps. We can move legs and arms to mimic movement and work on gross motor skills. For fine motor skills we can practice grasping and picking things up with our fingers.
-2. Preschool age children (3-5 years old)
Using scissors and encouraging to color for fine motor skills. Designing physical activities outside so they can practice gross motor skills.
-3. Young school age children (Kingergarten to 2nd grade)?
Continuing arts and crafts to work on more precise fine motor skills. Playing games such as tag and catch to work on gross motor skills.
6. What are 3 things teachers can do to support fine development in early childhood classrooms?
-1. Providing opportunities for children to obtain physical activities
-2. Limiting screen time
-3. Developing supportive curriculum to ensure children are developing motor skills
Teresa Singh
1)What is physical development?
Physical development is the development of body movement. It’s the development of the body muscles including gross and fine motor skills.
2)How are fine motor and gross motor development similar?
Both fine motor and gross motor help the child develop and strengthen the muscles in it’s body muscles, for ex: legs, knees, pincer grip and balance.
3)How are fine motor and gross motor development different?
In gross motor development, its focus is on large movements like walking, running and jumping. Fine motor skills focus on small body movements like picking up objects, working on pincer grip.
4)Why are gross motor activities important in early childhood classrooms? Physical play makes children healthy, confident and happy. It releases endorphins allowing them to feel great.
5)What are 3 things teachers can do to support gross motor development in early childhood classrooms?
-For infant/ toddlers (0-36 months) – Allow infant practice lifting his head during tummy time, put the infant on his belly to practice crawling.
-Preschool age children (3-5 years old)- Play outdoors in nature where the child can practice running, jumping, climbing and lifting.
-Young school age children (Kingergarten to 2nd grade)? They can practice doing jumping jacks, bouncing on a bouncy ball and skipping.
6)What are 3 things teachers can do to support fine development in early childhood classrooms? Children can practice with self care activities like putting on buttons of a sweater and putting on shoes. They can also practice doing works where they can draw and paint, pouring.
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1) What is physical development? Physical development refers to the growth and skill development of the body, including the brain, muscles, and senses. They demonstrate this abilities in gross and fine-motor skills.
2) How are fine motor and gross motor development similar? These skills are both focusing on the child’s ability to use and control his/her body.
3) How are fine motor and gross motor development different? Fine-motor skills involve the use of small muscles in the arms, hands, and fingers for smaller, more precise movements. Gross-motor focuses on mastering the use of large muscles in the legs, arms, and core, as well as strength and stamina.
4) Why are gross motor activities important in early childhood classrooms? Physical activity helps children stay healthy, sleep better, maintain strong bones, and prevent obesity. Children who are physically active also have more opportunities to develop muscle strength and endurance. And lastly, it provides children with access to learning across domains.
5) What are 3 things teachers can do to support gross motor development in early childhood classrooms.
-For infant/ toddlers (0-36 months) – A teacher can stimulate physical development by holding a toddler upright while moving each leg to imitate walking.
-Preschool age children (3-5 years old) – Motivate and encourage children to self help like putting on their shoes, jackets. Children can also help teachers as volunteers. They can help with classroom responsibilities like setting up for lunch or sweeping the floor.
-Young school age children (Kingergarten to 2nd grade)? – Provide a lengthly time outside to play with friends. Set activities outdoors or school gym with obstacle courses to play with other friends.
6) What are 3 things teachers can do to support fine development in early childhood classrooms?
1.Provide activities that require concentration like putting beads through a string.
2. Make art supplies accessible like scissors, glue, paper, cardboard.
3. Playdough can built strengthen in the fingers and hands.
6. What are 3 things teachers can do to support fine development in early childhood classrooms?
1.Physical development is children’s ability to use and control their bodies. This advancement is evident in gross and fine motor skills, which are developed throughout early childhood. Physical development is one domain of overall development. It relates to the growth and skill evolution of the body, including the brain, muscles, and senses.
2.Fine motor and gross motor skills are muscles movement. They help children to control their movements.
3. Gross-motor skills refer to general strength and endurance, using large muscles in the legs, arms, and core, used for activities like jumping, throwing, climbing, running, skipping, and kicking. Fine-motor skills are for using small muscles in the arms, hands, and fingers for more precise movement, such as grasping and writing.
4. Gross motor activities are important in early childhood classroom because physical activities such as moving, touching, experimenting, and manipulating different toys, objects and materials are linked to brain growth, development, and mental health.
5.1. For infant/ toddlers (0-36 month) teacher can stimulate physical development by holding a toddler upright while moving each leg to imitate walking and take steps to avoid losing their balance. Encourage the child to feel confident.
5.2. As children get older (3-5 years old), they become more physically active, such as jogging, jumping, playing, climbing, and so on. Playing outside will help them discover more opportunities and use the open space to inspire ways of thinking the nature and the world
5.3. Most of the games at this age are already known to almost everyone, such as playing collective games with balls, jumping and catching, walking up and down stairs, added to cognitive activities (Lego, Drawing, Writing, Singing) … All those are a group of activities that engage the muscles well.
To support fine development in early childhood classroom teachers can use skills such as writing, painting, stringing beads, cutting, or drawing. Also, self-help tasks such as using utensils or make the kids dress themselves.
legos is usually a good tool to use for children who have problems holding a pencil correctly while writing. it is said it exercise’s the finger and strengthens them.
2. What is physical development?
3. How are fine motor and gross motor development similar?
4. How are fine motor and gross motor development different?
5. Why are gross motor activities important in early childhood classrooms?
6. What are 3 things teachers can do to support gross motor development in early childhood classrooms
a. For infant/ toddlers (0-36 months)
b. Preschool age children (3-5 years old)
c. Young school age children (Kindergarten to 2nd grade)?
7. What are 3 things teachers can do to support fine development in early childhood classrooms?
1.Physical development is children’s ability to use and control their bodies. This advancement is evident in gross and fine motor skills, which are developed throughout early childhood. Physical development is one domain of overall development. It relates to the growth and skill evolution of the body, including the brain, muscles, and senses.
2.Fine motor and gross motor skills are muscles movement. They help children to control their
movements.
3. Gross-motor skills refer to general strength and endurance, using large muscles in the legs, arms, and core, used for activities like jumping, throwing, climbing, running, skipping, and kicking. Fine-motor skills are for using small muscles in the arms, hands, and fingers for more precise movement, such as grasping and writing.
4. Gross motor activities are important in early childhood classroom because physical activities such as moving, touching, experimenting, and manipulating different toys, objects and materials are linked to brain growth, development, and mental health.
5.1. For infant/ toddlers (0-36 month) teacher can stimulate physical development by holding a toddler upright while moving each leg to imitate walking and take steps to avoid losing their balance. Encourage the child to feel confident.
5.2. As children get older (3-5 years old), they become more physically active, such as jogging, jumping, playing, climbing, and so on. Playing outside will help them discover more opportunities and use the open space to inspire ways of thinking the nature and the world
5.3. Most of the games at this age are already known to almost everyone, such as playing collective games with balls, jumping and catching, walking up and down stairs, added to cognitive activities (Lego, Drawing, Writing, Singing) … All those are a group of activities that engage the muscles well.
To support fine development in early childhood classroom teachers can use skills such as writing, painting, stringing beads, cutting, or drawing. Also, self-help tasks such as using utensils or make the kids dress themselves.
What is physical development? Physical development is children’s ability to use and control their bodies.
How are fine motor and gross motor development similar? fine motor skills and gross motor development are both having to do with the different body parts in a childs development. Fine motor skills is the use of small muscles in the arms hands and fingers and Gross motor skills are the mastering and use of large muscles like the legs, arms, and core.
How are fine motor and gross motor development different?Fine motor skills and gross motor skills are different as one is in reference to large muscles and the other one small like fingers and hand.
Why are gross motor activities important in early childhood classrooms? Gross motor activities are important in early childhood classrooms because they are essential to children’s overall health and wellness and they are developed during infancy and toddlerhood.
What are 3 things teachers can do to support gross motor development in early childhood classrooms
For infant/ toddlers (0-36 months) one thing for infants that can be done is , a teacher can stimulate physical development by holding a toddler upright while moving each leg to imitate walking.
Preschool age children (3-5 years old)
a teacher can do activities that include gross motor skills in the classroom like jumping, throwing,
climbing, running, skipping, and kicking.
Young school age children (Kingergarten to 2nd grade)? some activities that a teacher can do with young school age children to help support gross motor skills are activities where they include, jumping, throwing, climbing, running, skipping or kicking.
What are 3 things teachers can do to support fine development in early childhood classrooms?
three things that teachers can do to support fine development in early childhood classrooms are, in -infants and toddlers you can do activities that include reaching and grasping.
-preschool age doing activities that include stringing beads, scribbling, cutting, and drawing.
– young school age you can do activities where they complete self-help tasks such as using utensils or dressing themselves
1. Physical development is the process that starts at an infant age and continues into late adolescent focusing on gross and fie motor skills. It’s also developing control over the body such as muscles and physical coordination.
2. Fine motor and gross motor development are similar because they both require muscles moving.
3. They are different because gross motor relate to larger muscles like the legs and arms, while fine motor development involves smaller muscles such as the hands and the wrist.
4. Gross motor activities are important in early childhood classroom because physical activities such as touching/throwing/moving different toys or objects and materials are linked to brain growth, development, and mental health.
5. (1)For infant/ toddlers (0-36 month) teacher can stimulate physical development by holding a toddler upright while moving each leg to imitate walking and take steps to avoid losing their balance. Encourage the child to feel confident.(2)For Preschool age children (3-5 years old) teachers can Motivate and encourage children to self help like putting on their shoes, jackets. or they can help with classroom responsibilities like setting up for lunch, etc. (3)Young school age children (Kingergarten to 2nd grade)? teachers can provide a lengthly time outside to play with friends.
6. Provide activities that require concentration like putting beads through a string, or stringing a shoes lace through holes. (2) Make paper Crafts (3) using play clothes to learn how to dress themselves
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