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Interestingly, recent research is exploring links between gross motor skills and other areas of finer motor skill development (like handwriting).

A pediatric occupational therapist brings her love for the outdoors and nature to a camp she started in Harlem for children with special needs.

Gross motor skills in baby Gross motor skills, also known as large motor skills, are the movements and coordination of the arms, legs, and other large body parts and movements, and gross motor skills ...

All that open space and climbing equipment provide ample opportunities for young children to develop their gross motor skills.

Your baby is now 18 months old. How the time flies! What milestones should they have experienced at this age? Movement Skills (Gross Motor Skills) Your child should be able to: Walk by themselves ...

The children were tested for motor performance, including fine and gross motor skills and balance, as well as for possible developmental coordination disorder.

The study also found that a healthier maternal diet in early pregnancy was associated with better motor development in the child, especially in gross motor skills at 5-6 years of age.

When carrying out an assessment for DCD, a healthcare professional will ask questions about the child’s developmental history, intellectual ability, and gross and fine motor skills.

Today’s children are losing critical fine motor skills—the small, precise movements required to tie a shoelace, write with a pen, or build a tower.