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GROSS AND FINE MOTOR SKILLS

As teachers, we need to really know how to help our students which the only way to help them is having a idea of what things students are doing acotding to their age.

to clarify these terms I will explain them.

Gross Motor Skill

Gross motor skill are a certain of movements that children can do with their hands, arms, legs, or feet, or their entire body (an action that involves a baby using  muscles). For example, Some of the movements that are considered gross motor are "running, walking, skipping, climbing, crawling, rolling over and dancing to name just a few".

Fine Motor Skill

Fine motor skills are movements of the small muscles (use the small muscles of the fingers, toes, wrists, lips, and tongue), for example, when a baby picks things up or lips and uses his tongue to taste and feels objects. Fine motor are “writing, pointing, grasping, holding and reaching.”

As teachers, we need to be pacient because some children are not be able to develop their fine motor skill, by the reason that they have not someone who can help them to do their homework or to do extra activities in order to manipulate things easy.
for example, holding a spoon

During the Early Childhood

GROSSOR MOTOR SKILLS

FINE MOTOR SKILLS

Children are able to:  ü  Walks backwards, toe to heel. ü  Walks unassisted up and down stairs, alternating feet. ü  May learn to turn somersaults (should be taught the right way in order to avoid injury). ü  Can touch toes without flexing knees. ü  Learns to skip using alternative feet. ü  Catches a ball thrown from 1 m (3.3 ft) away. ü  Rides a tricycle or wheeled toy with speed and skillful steering; some children learning to ride bicycles, usually with training wheels. ü  Jumps or hops forward ten times in a row without falling.

Children are able to:  ü  Balances on either foot with good control for ten seconds. ü  Builds three-dimensional structures with small cubes by copying from a picture or model. ü  Demonstrates fair control of pencil or marker; may begin to color within the lines. ü  Cuts on the line with scissors (not perfectly). ü  Hand dominance is fairly well established ü  Can use spoon and drink from a cup ü  Can copy a circle…etc

During the middle childhood

GROSSOR MOTOR SKILLS

FINE MOTOR SKILLS

Children are able to:  ü  Enjoys vigorous running, jumping, climbing, and throwing etc. ü  Span of attention increases; works at tasks for longer periods of time, though ü  Understands time (today, tomorrow, yesterday) and simple motion (things go faster than others). ü  Has fun with problem solving and sorting activities like stacking, puzzles and mazes ü  Recognizes some words by sight; attempts to sound out words ü  functioning which facilitates learning to ride a bicycle, swim, swing a bat, or kick a ball.

Children are able to:  ü  Movements are more precise and deliberate, though some clumsiness persists. ü  Enjoys the challenge of puzzles, counting and sorting activities, paper-and-pencil mazes, and games that involve matching letters and words with pictures ü  Able to trace objects. ü  Folds and cuts paper into simple shapes. ü  Can Tie Laces, string (like shoes). ü  In some cases the child may be reading well. ü  Can concentrate effort but not always consistently.

REFERENCES; 

http://www.babycentre.co.uk/x6562/whats-the-difference-between-fine-motor-and-gross-motor-skills

http://www.babycentre.co.uk/x6562/whats-the-difference-between-fine-motor-and-gross-motor-skills

http://voices.yahoo.com/gross-motor-skills-fine-motor-skills-important-384559.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_development_stages#Five-year-old