| Gross Motor is defined as using the large muscle | | | | areas as a result. |
| groups to sit, stand, walk, run, jump, keep balance, and | | | | When an infant is developmentally delayed or |
| change direction. The use of these larger movements | | | | neurologically impaired, gross motor skills, as well as |
| means that gross motor movement is the forerunner | | | | other skills, may be delayed and do not develop easily. |
| to other developmental aspects of the preschool child, | | | | When a child's disabilities interfere with their overall |
| including fine motor, sequencing, coding, left right | | | | gross functioning, the child often does not develop in |
| awareness, and so on. | | | | the sequence of a typically developing child, and will be |
| The entire process, including gross motor development, | | | | lacking in coordination, balance, timing, catching, and |
| is encapsulated by the visual system, so integration | | | | other gross motor skills. And it is this lack of gross skills |
| between vision and gross motor development is the | | | | which lays the platform for future lack in many other |
| building block upon which children grow and learn. | | | | areas too. |
| The point of these large motor skills is that the kids get | | | | Don't Worry, Help Is At Hand! |
| to develop using their hands, feet and other large | | | | The great news is that gross motor skills are often |
| muscle groups, and they get to do it while attempting | | | | easy and fun to train in preschool children, and that this |
| things they always like doing. | | | | training of these skills can lay the groundwork for all of |
| Parent Concerns | | | | the other skill development that your preschool child |
| One of the most common concerns for a parent is | | | | needs to learn effectively. So, if we can use the right |
| whether or not her child is developing normally. The | | | | gross motor methods to train preschool vision |
| easiest skills to see and observe is this gross | | | | development, we can stop potential learning disabilities |
| development. Starting from the familiar order: turning | | | | before they take root, and we can accelerate normal |
| the head from side to side when lying prone, through | | | | preschool development as well. Gross skills are the |
| to balance and coordination, parents are observing and | | | | starting point to help us develop preschoolers who are |
| monitoring their children's skills because they are easy | | | | able to learn quickly and efficiently in the classroom, |
| to see, and often they comment on their child being | | | | throughout their school life. |
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| However, what most parents do not realize is that | | | | program that has been designed to start at gross skills |
| gross development is actually providing a platform to | | | | and steadily develop a child's visual, motor and |
| future developments in many other areas, all of which | | | | cognitive skills, enabling them to learn far more rapidly. |
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