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Childhood Growth and Motor Development
childhood growth and development
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Physical Activity
Differentiation and Integration
the gradual progression from the gross
global (overll) movement patterns of
infants to the more refined and functional
movements of children as they mature.
refers to the coordinated interaction of
opposing muscle and sensory systems
Football
locomotor
Stability
manipulative
phases of motor development
Initial
Elementary
Mature
rudimentory movement phase
(Birth- 2)
reflexive movement phase
(Utero)
(factors affecting)
specialized movement phase
(Age 7-14)
fundemental movement phase
(Age 2-7)
Early childhood development vs. Later childhood development
Early Childhood Development
Later Childhood Development
Motor Characteristics
- growth slow and steady
- body begins to lengthen out
- full of energy but often process low endurance levels
fundemental movement skills should be well developed
Motor Characteristics
- growth at a slow but steady pace
- rapidly developing fundemental movement skills
- gross motor control developing
- body functions and processes become regulated
Cognitive
- attention very focused, especially during activities of interest
- eager to learn and please adults
- good imaginations and display creative minds
- limit abstract thingkin ideas and start following concrete examples
Cognitive
- increasingly able to express thoughts
- fantastic imagination
- learning "how and "why" of their actions through play
- transition from self-satisfied beavior to fundemental
socialized behavior
Affective
- interests of boys and girls re similar at this period
- group interaction and concept of teamwork improve
- often aggressive, boastful, self-critical, and overreactive
- responsive to authoity and often concious of what is "fair"
Affective
- egocentric, assume everyone thinks the way they do
- fearful of new situations, shy, and self-concious
- learning to distinguish right from wrong through actions
- self concept rapidly developing
Fundemental movement skill phases