Реферат: Child Development Essay Research Paper Physical development

furniture for climbing, side walk curbs for balancing, and

gardens or empty lots for digging up which are typical

skills in a three year old. Generally preschool children

learn basic motor skills by teaching themselves and learning

from other children.

Fine motor skills, involving small body movements,

especially those of the hand and fingers, are much harder

for preschoolers to master than gross motor skills. For

example such things as pouring juice from a pitcher into a

glass without spilling, cutting food with a knife and a

fork, and achieving anything more artful than a scribble

with a pencil are difficult even with great concentration

and effort. Preschoolers could spend hours trying to tie a

bow with their shoelaces, often producing knot upon knot

instead. They experience these difficulties because they

have not yet developed the muscular control, patience, and

judgement needed for the exercise of fine motor skills as do

most 6 year olds. For many 3 year olds, having short fat

fingers can result in frustration and destruction causing

them to burst into tears when they cannot button there

sweaters, or mash a puzzle piece into place when they are

unable to position it correctly.

In children’s artwork for example, 3 year olds often

just plunk, their brushes into the paint, pull them out

dripping wet, then pushes them across the paper without much

forethought or skill, by age 6, most children took care to

get just enough paint on their brushes, planned just where

to put each stroke and stood back from their artwork to

examine the result. Older children also show an