UNIT 1 - FINE AND GROSS MOTOR SKILLS

Question 1

Gross motor skills allow…

Answer 1

children to control the large muscles in their torso, arms, legs, hands and feet

Question 2

infants (0-2 years) develop their gross motor skills…

Answer 2

from the head down

Question 3

around six months, infants can…

Answer 3

gradually control muscles in their neck and back

they can roll sit and crawl

Question 4

around 11 - 13 months, infants can…

Answer 4

stand, cruise and walk as the muscles in their legs develop

Question 5

at 2 years infants can…

Answer 5

climb onto low furniture, use a sit on toy

at 2 and a half years they can kick a ball

Question 6

list some gross motor activities

Answer 6

• kicking -skipping -walking

- running -balancing -jumping

Question 7

children continue to develop gross motor skills by…

Answer 7

at 3-4 years they can balance and walk along a line, they can run forwards and backwards
at 5-8 years they can skip with a rope, they can balance on a low beam

Question 8

what are fine motor skills

Answer 8

important for controlling and coordinating the movement of the small muscles in the fingers and the hands

Question 9

explain new born fine motor skills

Answer 9

• grasp an adults finger
• three months will be able to hold a rattle for a short time
• 6 months can grasp a toy and pass it onto their other hand
• 12 months can pick up a small object using a pincer grasp

Question 10

what is the pincer grasp?

Answer 10

using the index finger and thumb to hold an item

Question 11

explain an 18 month old fine motor skills

Answer 11

• can build with small blocks, make marks using crayons using the palmar grasp
• at 2 years can pull on their shows and control crayons to draw circles and dots

Question 12

explain a 3 year old fine motor skills

Answer 12

• they are developing a tripod grasp
• can use a fork and spoon. turn the pages of a book etc
• at 4 years they can thread small beads, colour in pictures

Question 13

explain a 5 year old fine motor skills

Answer 13

-can write their own name forming letters correctly
-can use hand eye coordination and can manipulate contribution blocks to form something.
by 8 they can use joined up writing

Question 14

how does gripping support fine motor skills?

Answer 14

having the strength in fingers and hands to hold an object firmly can be done by holding rattle. a spoon etc

Question 15

how does manipulation support fine motor skills?

Answer 15

skilful movement ob object e.g. using twisting, turning can be supported by buying building blocks, playing a musical instrument etc.

Question 16

how does hand eye coordination support fine motor skills?

Answer 16

control of eye movement at the same time as finger and hand movement can be supported by writing, completing puzzles etc