Early Child Motor Skills

Gross motor skills involve the use of large muscle groups. Infants acquire these skills by learning how to hold one's head up and eventually turn over their body, laying on their backs and flipping onto their bellies and vice versa. Over time, gross motor skills such as crawling, standing, balancing, and walking are learned, eventually turning into running, jumping, and pedaling. Gross Motor Skills for Little Learners is an excellent collection of activities that help children develop these crucial gross early child motor skills.

There are several subcategories that are included in gross motor skills. Locomotive skills involve coordinating the entire body while crawling, walking, running, and skipping. Stability skills help one balance their body while it's in motion turning, twisting, rolling, and bending. The EZ Stepper is a family favorite to practice stability. Manipulation skills are the use of hands and fingers to manipulate objects by throwing, dribbling, catching, and kicking. Joey Jump is an exciting game a child can play to learn hand-eye coordination with catching. By incorporating gross and fine early child motor skills into game and playtime, children will learn the skills they will use for a lifetime while having fun.