Motor Development In Children. Fetal movement serves as the foundation for newborn motor skills through the emergence of tone primitive reflexes and general fetal movements. At birth babies have very little control over their bodies.
Gross motor physical skills are those which require whole body movement and which involve the large core stabilising muscles of the body to perform everyday functions such as standing walking running and sitting upright. Development of the muscle tone and power. A child s motor development is a continuous process from fetal life to maturity evolving from development of the central and peripheral nervous systems.
Development of the muscle tone and power.
The development takes place in four main areas. A child s motor development is a continuous process from fetal life to maturity evolving from development of the central and peripheral nervous systems. Gross motor development gives children the ability to maintain thier posture mobility and stability. While both these skills involve movement they do have differences.