Chapter 5: Gross Motor Development Flashcards
- turns head side to side
- rotates head freely when up
- lifts head momentarily
- lifts head and sustains in midline
- bends hips with bottom in air
- able to bear weight on forearms but results in shoulder collapse
- able to tuck chin and gaze at hands in forearm prop
Prone
0-2 months

- shifts weight on forearms and reaches forward
- bears weight and shift weight on extended arms
- legs are closer together and thighs roll inward toward natural alignment
- hips are flat on surface
- equilibrium reactions are present
Prone
5-6 months

- airplane posutring/prone extension in prone position; chest and thighs lift off surface
Prone
5-8 months

- pivots in prone position
- moves to prone position to sit
Prone
7-8 months

- begins to dislike prone position/not liking tummy time so much
Prone
9 Months

- head held to one side
- able to turn head side to side
Supine
0-3 months

- holds head in midline
- chin is tucked and neck lengthens in back
- legs come together
- lower back flattens against the floor
Supine
3-4 months

- head-leg is not present when pulled to a sitting position
- hands are together in space
Supine
4-5 months

- lifts head independently
- brings feet to mouth
- brings hands to feet
- able to reach for toy with one or both hands
- hands are predominantly open
Supine
5-6 months

- Rolls from prone to side accidentally because of poor weight shifting
- rolls from supine to side
Rolling
3-4 months

- Rolls from prone to supine
- rolls from supine position to side with right and left leg performing inndep movements
- rolls from supine to prone with right and left leg and right leg performing indep movements
Rolling
5-6 months

- Rolls segmentally with roll initated by head, shoulder or hips
Rolling
6-14 months

- crawls forward on belly
Creeping
7 months

- creeps on hands and feet
Creeping
10-11 months

- creeps well at about 11-12 mo
Creeping/ Crawling
11-12 months

- head bobs in sitting
- back is rounded
- hips are apart turned out and bent
- head is steady
- chin tucks; able to gaze at floor
- sits with less support
- hips are bent and shoulder are in front of hips
Sitting
0-3 mo

- sits alone momentarily
- increase extension in back
- sits by propping forward on arms
- wide base, legs are bent
- periodic use of “high gaurd” position
- protective responses present when to front
Sitting
5-6 months

- Sits alone steadily, initally with wide base of support
- can play with toys while sitting
Sitting
5-10 months

- can get to sitting position from prone
Sitting
6-11 months
- Equilibrium reactions are present
- able to rotate upper body while lower body remain stationary
- protective responses are preseent when falling to the side
Sitting
7-8 months

- Sits well without support
- legs are closer; full upright position, kees straight
- increased variety of sitting positions inluding w-sitting
- difficult fine morotor tasks may prompt return to wide base of support
Sitting
8-10 months

- rises from supine position by first rolling over to stomach and then pushing up into four-point position
- protective extension backwards first with flexed elbwows then straight (10-12 mo)
- Able to move in and out of sitting positions into other positions (10-12 mo)
Sitting
9-18 months

- Rises from supie by first rolling to side then pushing up into sitting position
Sitting
11-24+ months

- when held in standin, takes some weight on legs
- when held in standing postion; legs may give way (2-3 mo)
Standing
0-3 months

- bears some weight on legs, but must be held proximally
- head is up in midline; no chin tuck
- pelvis and hips are behind shoudlers
- legs are apart and turned outwards
Standing
3-4 months

- increased capability to bear weight
- decreased support needed; may be held by arms or hands
- legs are still spread apart and turned outward
- bounces in standing position
Standing
5-6 months

- stands while holding onto furniture
- pulls to standing at furniture (6-12 mo)
Standing
5-10 months

- rotates the trunk over the LEs
- LEs are more active when pulling to standing position
- pulls to a standing position by kneeling and then half kneeling
Standing
8-9 months

- pulls to standing position with legs only; no longer needs arms
- stands alone momentarily
Standing
9-13 months

- cruises sideways
Walking
8 months

- walks with two hands held
Walking
8-18 months

- cruises around furniture, tunring slightly in intended direction
Walking
9-10 months

- takes independent steps, falls easily
- Walking; stoops and recovers in play (10-14 mo)
Walking
9-17 months

- walks with one hand held
- reaches for furniture out of reach when cruising
- crusies in either direction no hesitation
Walking
11 months

- able to start and stop in walking
Walking
15 months
- seldom falls while walking
- run stiffly with eyes on ground
Walking
18 months

- no release; grasp reflex is strong
Release
0-1 months

- mutual fingering in midline (all fingers work together with flexion and extension, etc).
Release
4 months

- transfers objects from hand to hand
- two stage transfer: taking hand grasps before releasing hand lets go (5-6 mo)
- one stange transfer; taking hand and relasing hand perfrom actions simulatneously (6-7 mo)
Release
4-8 months

- presses fown on surface to release
Release
7-10 months

- releases above a surface with wrist flexion
- releases into a container with wrist straight (9-10 mo)
- clumsy release into small container; hand rests on edge of container (10-14 mo)
Release
8 months

- creeps up stairs (15 mo)
- creeps backwards downstairs (18-23 mo)
- walks stairs up and down while holding on (18-24 mo)
- walks stairs independently and without support (2-2.5+ yrs)
- walks up stairs, alternating feet (2-2.5-3 yrs)
- walks down stair alternating feet (3-3.5 yrs)
Stair Climbing
- jumps down from a step
Jumping and Hopping
2 years

- hops on one foot for a few steps
Jumping and Hopping
2.5+ years

- (3yr) jumps off floor with both feet
- (3-5 yrs) jumps over objects
- (3.5-5yrs) hops on one foot
- (3-4 yrs) gallops leading with one foot and trasnferring weight smoothly
- (5 yrs) hops in straight line
Jumping and Hopping
3-5 years
- Skips on alternating feet maintaining balance
Jumping and Hopping
5-6 years
