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  • Physical development is affected by the "chronological age, rate of maturation, and individual experiences" of children (Wortham 135).

  • Physical development encompasses children's sensory and motor skills, physical growth, and the general abilities necessary to explore and interact with the world around them.
  • Comparing child's physical growth and individual progress with appropriate milestones and developmental stages

  • Providing appropriate experiences according to their interests and areas of need

  • Identifying delays in the child's sensory or motor development in order to provide the appropriate intervention
  • Misdiagnosing a delay in a child's sensory or motor development

  • Failing to recognize a delay, which can lead to a child falling even further behind

  • Inappropriate environment for the progression of physical development to improve

  • Insufficient amount of informal assessments

Observing Physical Development

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Fine Motor Skills

  • Child's ability to coordinate and have control of small muscles

  • These skills refer to small movements of the hands, wrists, fingers, feet, and toes

  • Activities involve manipulating small objects or tools

Observation

Sources

Several reasons to observe physical development include:

  • To learn how children develop fine and gross motor skills

  • To identify specific physical activities in which the mastery of fine and/or gross motor skills is required for children's participation

  • To become familiar with individual differences in physical development and be able to identify developmental delays

(2010). California preschool learning foundations. (Vol. 2). Sacramento: California Department of Education.

NAEYC. Desired Results Development Profile - Preschool© (2010) retrieved from www.cde.ca.gov

Nicolson, S., & Shipstead, S. (2002). Through the looking glass. (3 ed.). Columbus, Ohio: Pearson Education.

Wortham, S. (2012). Assessment in early childhood education. (6th ed.). Texas, San Antonio: Pearson Education.

Gross Motor Development

  • Child's general ability to move around and use the various parts of their body

  • These large motor skills allow children to engage in active play

  • Activities include: rolling over, crawling, walking, running, and jumping around

Examples

Disadvantages

  • Teacher observational tools include checklists, DRDP assessments in certain preschool programs, etc.

  • Most importantly, teachers should use a variety of informal assessments
  • Examples of informal assessments are running records and observing performance objectives

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