Fine And Gross Movements You Get At Different Ages Flashcards
What fine and gross movements do you have at birth?
- babies are born with a range of survival reflexes eg: palmar reflex where they grasp anything that touches their palm
- reflexes are not conscious movements
- over time many reflexes are lost and replaced by controlled movements
What fine and gross movements do you have at 3 months
Fine = clasps and unclasps hands
Gross = moves head to watch things
What fine and gross movements do you have at 6 months
Fine = can pass a toy from one hand to the other
Can reach and grasp toys
Gross = can sit up with support
Can roll from front to back
What fine and gross movements do you have at 9 months
Fine =
- can hold and bite bread crust
- can put hand around cup or bottle
- can use rattle or shaker
- can play with simple toys (cups)
Gross =
- can sit up without help
- may be crawling or attempting to move
- stands while holding on to something
What fine and gross movements do you have at 12 months
Fine =
- points to objects using index finger
- can pass a toy to an adult and release it
Gross =
- stands and can walk holding on to furniture
What fine and gross movements do you have at 1- 2 years
Fine =
- picks up objects between thumb and finger (pincer grasp)
- can use spoon to feed
- can hold a cup and drink from it
- can build a tower of 3 bricks
Gross =
- from 18 months is walking well
- enjoys climbing into low chairs
- pushed or pulls toys on floor
- Walks down steps one at a time using 2 feet to each step
- towards 2 yrs - can run and stop without knocking into objects
What fine and gross movements do you have at 2-3 years
Fine =
- can use a spoon to feed independently
- develops a preferred hand for holding pencils and other objects
- can build a tower of 7 or more cubes
- can make circular marks + horizontal and vertical lines with pencil or paints
Gross =
- walks upstairs one foot joining the other
- climbs climbing frame
- can throw ball
- can ride a tricycle and steer it
- can kick a ball gently
- at 3 years can stand and walk on tiptoe
What fine and gross movements do you have at 3-4 years
Fine =
- can build a tower of 9 cubes
- threads large wooden beads
- holds pencil in preferred hand
- can cut with scissors
Gross =
- jumps from low step two feet together
- walks up and down stairs using alternate feet for each stair
- can steer tricycle and manage corners
- can balance briefly in one food at 4 yrs
What fine and gross movements do you have at 4-5 years
Fine =
- can use a spoon and fork well to eat
- can cut along a line with scissors
- can thread small beads
- can copy name
- can use jigsaws and toys with small parts
Gross =
- can sit with knees crossed
- can stand and run on tiptoe
- can bounce and catch a large ball
What fine and gross movements do you have at 5-7 years
Fine =
- can thread a large needle and sew large stitches
- can colour within the lines of a picture or shape
- forms letters correctly and from 6 yrs - finds handwriting easier
- can use scissors to cut along line and from 6 yrs can cut out circles
Gross =
- can walk on a narrow line
- can stand on one foot and hop easily
- can skip and move rhythmically to music
- can hop on each foot
- can catch, throw and kick well
- can walk backwards quickly
What fine and gross movements do you have at 7-11 years
Fine =
- increased skill and accuracy across all fine motor skills
- drawing increasingly detailed and skilled
- handwriting may be joined up
Gross =
- increased coordination allowing for skill in sports (swimming, gymnastics, football)
What fine and gross movements do you have at 11-16 years
- puberty may temporarily affect fluency of movements after a growth spurt - changes in body shapes may affect spatial awareness
- during adolescence some young people may become short sighted this may affect their ability to see - which may in turn affect their movements
During puberty the heart and lungs grow and there is potential for increased stamina - changes during puberty also increase overall strength - especially in boys whose muscles increase
What fine and gross movements do you have at 16 + years
- high level of skills in both fine and gross motor development - skill level on any task is dependent on how much time is spent on the activity - links to the interest levels
