GROSS MOTOR DEVELOPMENT AND FINE MOTOR DEVELOPMENT // CTET// WBTET//ALL TET EXAMS 

👉👉‘motor development’ refers to the development of control over body movements. This results in increasing coordination between various parts of the body. The child is able to hop, jump, and climb because of the control over his body. Motor development can be divided into the development of gross and fine motor skills.

👉👉Gross motor skills are those skills which require the coordination of the large muscles of the body such as those of the neck, shoulders, trunk, hips and the upper and lower limbs. Running, walking, jumping and throwing are examples of gross motor skills. 

👉👉Fine motor skills are those skills which require the use of the small muscles of the body such as those of wrist, hand and fingers. Picking up objects, grasping them, drawing and the cutting are examples of fine motor skills.

👉👉As a principle of development, gross motor skills are acquired before the fine motor skills and the child acquires gross motor coordination before fine motor co-ordination. For example, a child learns to use his entire hand for holding objects (gross motor skill) before he is able to grasp with his fingers (fine motor skill).

👉👉Gross motor skills

Involve the large muscles in the arms, legs, and torso 

Enable balance, coordination, reaction time, and physical strength 

Examples include walking, running, jumping, throwing, pushing, pulling, rolling, crawling, and sitting 

👉👉Fine motor skills 

Involve the small muscles in the hands and wrists

Enable hand-eye coordination

Examples include writing, drawing, cutting, buttoning, folding clothes, typing, zipping, and tying shoes

👉👉Activities that help develop fine motor skills: 

Cutting out shapes with scissors

Threading beads on laces

Picking up small objects

Drawing lines

Buttoning

Playing with puzzles

The development of the seven sensory systems is necessary for children to effectively develop gross and fine motor skills.

Physical development covers a wide range of gross and fine motor skills (outputs) that are made in response to sensory input.

Gross motor skills refer to the controlling of large body movements that involve large muscle groups, including core stability and posture e.g. pushing, pulling, rolling, crawling, walking and sitting still.

Fine motor skills refer to physical skills that involve small muscles and hand-eye coordination. Movements are more controlled and precise and often a well-developed pincer grip is needed