Motor skills

Gross Motor skills: infancy

• flexed arms and legs

• Raise there head 45°

• sits without support

• crawling

• start walking

• roll over from their back to front.

Fine Motor Skills: infancy

• Brushing their teeth

• Eating and eating by themselves

• writing

• places their hands in their mouth

• hands become more relaxed

• holds hands together

• begins to grasp things

• bangs things together

Gross motor skills: Early childhood

• walk backwards - age 3

• catch a large ball - age 3

• tiptoe - age 5

• ride a bike - age 6-7

• catch a ball with one hand - age 7

• Run in a straight line - age 8

Fine Motor skills: Early childhood

• thread small beads - age 4

• hold a crayon - age 4

• joined up writing - age 6

• use a knife and fork - age 6

• using a pair of scissors - age 8

• hand-eye coordination - age 8