What is physical development?
Physical development provides children with the abilities they need to explore and interact with the world around them. A young child's physical growth first begins as muscles gain strength and children gradually develop coordination. The development of muscular control is the first step in this process.
Developmental achievements are often called “milestones” and there are certain physical milestones, which are:
What parents can do to improve physical development “Australia’s Department of Health and Ageing has two recommendations for parents to encourage physical development”.
1. Children and young people should participate in at least 60 minutes of moderate physical activity every day.
2. Children and young people should not spend more than two hours a day using electronic media for entertainment, for example computer games, Internet, TV, particularly during daylight hours.
Encouraging physical activity in school-aged children can:
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Physical development provides children with the abilities they need to explore and interact with the world around them. A young child's physical growth first begins as muscles gain strength and children gradually develop coordination. The development of muscular control is the first step in this process.
Developmental achievements are often called “milestones” and there are certain physical milestones, which are:
- Gross motor skills: involve the coordination and control of large muscles and skills like walking, sitting and running.
- Fine motor skills: involve the coordination and control of small muscles, and skills like holding a rattle, picking up crumbs and scribbling with a pencil.
- Vision: is the ability to see near and far, and to interpret what’s seen.
- Hearing: is the ability to hear, listen to and interpret sounds, whereas speech is the ability to produce sounds that form words.
- Emotional and social behavior: and understanding is your child’s ability to learn and interact with others, including skills for play and communicating with other people and children.
- Physical development by 6 months
- Physical development by 12 months
- Physical development by 18 months
- Physical development by age 2
- Physical development by age 3
- Physical development by age 4
- Physical development by age 5
- Physical development by age 7
- Physical development by age 9
- Physical development by age 12
What parents can do to improve physical development “Australia’s Department of Health and Ageing has two recommendations for parents to encourage physical development”.
1. Children and young people should participate in at least 60 minutes of moderate physical activity every day.
2. Children and young people should not spend more than two hours a day using electronic media for entertainment, for example computer games, Internet, TV, particularly during daylight hours.
Encouraging physical activity in school-aged children can:
- Build strong bones and muscles
- Improve balance and develop skills
- Maintain and develop flexibility
- Achieve and maintain a healthy weight
- Improve cardiovascular fitness
- Help relaxation
- Provide opportunities to make friends and improve social and emotional skills
- Improve self-esteem
http://psychology.about.com/od/early-child-development/a/physical-developmental-milestones.htm
http://www.bhcmhmr.org/poc/view_doc.php?&id=12755&cn=462