Pretivation Of Child Observation: Motor And Physical Development

For this assignment I had to observe a child between the age range of 0-6 for an hour and half to note their motor and physical development. Before I go in to detail about my observations of the child I must first define what motor and physical development means. Motor development can be broken down into two subcategories. One subcategory would be the gross motor skills development that use large muscle groups to complete task. Then there is the second subcategory deals with, “ Skills that involve large-muscle activities”.( Santrock, J. (2015). Children (13th ed.). Madison, Wis.: Brown & Benchmark. ) The second subcategory would be fine motor skills that, “ involve finely tuned movements” and it known as fine motor skills. Fine motor skills

When he was on the playground he climbed all over the play set that the school offered. Also he consistently ran all around the playground using his legs as the main muscle group to complete this task. Next he sat down for snack time at which point he began using those large muscle groups. When him and his friends were playing he got on all fours and crawled all around the room. Some other gross motor skills that he exhibited were done so as he was standing. Another was building blocks up. It took his fine motor skills to be able to grip the blocks but his gross motor skills to be able to stack the clocks. At one point the child went and put rings on a stick as part of a game reiterated his acceleration is developing essential gross motor skills. During the time slot where the child was sitting to eat his food he had good posture. In Children’s Santrock talks about how posture is something that is developed and is a dynamic development. When babies are first born they are incapable of holding posture. It is important to note that when the child was walking and running both of those actions are considered milestones for gross motor skill development. (Santrock, J. (2015). Children (13th ed.). Madison, Wis.: Brown & Benchmark.)Also when the child was waking up from nap time shortly after I arrived he rolled over in his bead which also is an important milestone in development for children.( Santrock, J. (2015). Children (13th ed.). Madison, Wis.:

While the child was eating he held his spoon and scooped the food to feed himself that showed off one of his many fine motor skills. He did a classic picking at his nose which was a use of his fine motor skills. He held the blocks and an ipad during play time. After he ate he washed his hands which is another example of a fine motor skill. Also at one point the child picked up a hammer which showed off his fine motor skills once again. According to Children’s all of these skills are important stepping stones in a child’s development. I didn’t really see the child doing any palmer grasping which is a good sign. Just like the gross motor skills I think this child excels in fine motor skills and I would present no recommendations other than making sure he is practicing these vital fine motor skills