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Motor development in 6 t0 7 years old children
By this age the coordination of the child’s muscles improved. 6 to 7 years old child learn to ride bike, swim and skip rope which indicate that the child developed grows motor skills that earlier he/she can’t perform well. The child can throw with proper weight shift and steps and acquires the ability to skip. The child body balance improved as the child can balance on one foot with eyes closed and can walk on a 2-inch-wide balance beam without falling off. The child can perform hopscotch correc -
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Motor development i 6 to 7 years old child
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Motor development in 8 years old child
By age of 8 we can find some difference in the gross motor skills between boy and girls. Girls are superior in the accuracy of the movement while the boys are superior in forceful acts. Girls can throw a small ball while boys can throw a small ball 59 feet. Both girls and boys are participated in a lot of games and sports. Learn sports involving good physical control which is very clear in that age. The fine motor also improved specially the using of the hands. 8 years old child can use each ha -
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Motor development in 8 years old child
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Motor development in 9 to 10 years old child
by this age the child can judge and intercept directions of small balls thrown from a distance. The good connection between brain and muscles improve both gross and fine motor skills of the child. Girls can jump vertically 8.5 inches over their standing height while boys can jump vertically up to 10 inches. Boys can run 16.6 feet per second and throw a small ball 41 feet while the girls can run 16 feet per second and throw a small ball 41 feet. By age of ten years old both girls and boys can run -
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Motor development in 9 to 10 years old child
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Motor development in 11 to 12 years old child
Gross motor skills improve in the capacities of body flexibility, balance and force to prepare the child to the adolescence and adult hood stage. Child 11 and 12 years old improves in the reaction time where the child responds almost twice as quickly to a stimulus as 5 years old child. Other gross motor skills like jumping will improve dramatically, boys can achieve standing jump of 5 feet while girls can achieve 4.5 feet. by age of 12 year both girls and boys can achieve high jump of 3 feet.
