Physical
Proprioception: how my child knows how to move their body
Key points: Proprioception is the sense of knowing where your body is in space. Special receptors in muscles help us maintain posture and…
Kinedu
01/26/2018
Discover the key milestones of physical, cognitive, linguistic and socio-affective child development and understand the science behind child development.
Discover the key milestones of physical, cognitive, linguistic and socio-affective child development and understand the science behind child development.
Key points: Proprioception is the sense of knowing where your body is in space. Special receptors in muscles help us maintain posture and…
Key points: Preschool years are critical for motor skills development. Catching a ball involves cognitive and physical skills. Children progress from basic catching…
Key points: Gross motor skills, like throwing a ball, develop around 48 months. Throwing indicates muscle strength, balance, and coordination. Children progress from…
Key points: Developing motor skills is crucial for writing, especially between 36 and 48 months. Engage in activities like A-B-C bingo and drawing…
Key points: Preschoolers use gestures to aid understanding and communication due to their limited vocabulary. Research highlights how these gestures play a crucial…
Key points: Encourage appropriate expression of emotions and needs through words. Promote various types of play and taking turns. Foster an interest in…
Key points: Coloring fosters creativity and visual perception. Enhances hand-to-eye coordination. Expands vocabulary by exposing kids to descriptive words. Develops color recognition, fine…
Key points: Encourage jumping skills through animal imitation and vocabulary-building games. Dance to upbeat music, coordinating jumps and arm movements with the rhythm….
Key points: Jumping is a fundamental gross motor skill, involving take-off, flight, and landing. It supports various developmental processes, including coordination, attention, stability,…
Key points: Hand dominance usually forms by elementary school age. Encourage hand dominance exploration with midline placement and coordination activities. Activities like dough…
Key points: Hand preference, laterality, and dominance describe a child’s tendency to favor one hand for motor skills. Both hands have important roles…
Key points: Manual dexterity is the ability to manipulate objects using coordinated hand and finger movements. Around 36 months of age, children begin…
Key points: Balance is crucial for various activities, from standing to playing pretend and gaining independence in tasks like dressing and eating. Children’s…
Key points:1. Between 3 and 4 years old, children master gross motor control and posture skills.2. They can maintain stable posture while sitting,…
Key Points: Hand coordination skills involve controlling hand and finger movements and integrating them with visual and perceptual abilities. Developing visual-motor skills, finger…
Key Points: Around 3 years old, children develop finger dexterity, allowing them to perform tasks like turning book pages, engaging in arts and…
Key Points: Balance involves maintaining controlled body positions during static and dynamic activities, requiring the integration of the vestibular, visual, and proprioceptive systems….
Key points: Children aged 2 to 5 spend most of their day doing sedentary activities and only engage in moderate or vigorous physical…
Key points: Developmental skills in early childhood are interdependent, connected, and intertwined. Independent walking is an important milestone for the social behavior of…
Key points: Writing readiness involves the development of pre-writing skills in children, which relate to gross and fine motor skills. Skills necessary for…
Key points: Many children under 5 years old fail to meet the minimum physical activity guidelines, and research suggests they should engage in…
