Key milestones
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Some of the crucial gross motor skill development milestones in this stage include:
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| Lifting the head |
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Moving the head side to side |
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| Rolling the body |
between 8- 10 weeks |
Creeping on the stomach |
between 6-9 months |
| Crawling |
between 7-12 months |
Walking |
12 months |
| Pedals a tricycle |
18 months |
Running |
19 months |
| Jumps upwards |
27 months |
Goes upstairs |
36 months |
| Throws overhead |
48 months |
Hops & skips |
60 months |
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It is this sort of movement that is vital to ‘wiring up the brain’!
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| Although children develop at different rates and they are all individual in their characteristics, those who may not be putting into place secure foundations will struggle to learn. |
| Difficulties may be evidenced by a number of problems e.g. |
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| - when general posture and head control is poor’ |
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| - there is low attention span’ |
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| - visual and listening skills are not good’ |
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| - behavior is overactive with often an inability to follow instructions’ |
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A child like this is likely to be unhappy and in relation to his/her peers may well be FAILING!
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