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This document contains a student's assignment on motor development milestones for infants aged 5-8 months. It includes descriptions of gross motor milestones like rolling over and fine motor milestones such as grasping. The student recommends rattles and shakers as toys that support both gross and fine motor skills by building grip and tactile stimulation. Introducing these toys after nap time allows infants to focus on exploration and discovery. Reaching toys encourage gross motor progression and freedom of movement.

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Motor Development

This document contains a student's assignment on motor development milestones for infants aged 5-8 months. It includes descriptions of gross motor milestones like rolling over and fine motor milestones such as grasping. The student recommends rattles and shakers as toys that support both gross and fine motor skills by building grip and tactile stimulation. Introducing these toys after nap time allows infants to focus on exploration and discovery. Reaching toys encourage gross motor progression and freedom of movement.

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Nikolle Ayala

ECE 252

Professor Montgomery

Spring 2023

Motor Development

1. Please choose an age group (young infants or toddlers). Describe the developmental

milestones for your defined age group for gross motor.

I chose 5-8 month old infants for my age group. During infancy babies experience a lot of

changes with respect to how they move and how they act in the world they encounter.

Movements even those simple ones like lifting a cup involve continuous cycles of

information being relayed among the brain and muscles.(Pg.72) A directional trend in

motor development is from inside to outside. This is called proximal distal development.

For example in this age group a good sign of motor development can be a 6 month old

rotating from back to stomach. Other developmental milestones for 5 - 8 month olds are

that they might start dropping objects (unintentionally). They can

start sitting while leaning on their hands, move in stationary circles while on their

stomach, or begin to roll over from belly to back. At 1- 3 months infants don't have a lot

of control over their arms. They can probably bring their hands to their mouth. A

newborn’s hands are often tightly clenched. Your baby’s hands start to relax and open up

at 3 months. They may try to reach for dangling toys and might be able to swing their

arm in the direction of a toy.


2. Describe the developmental milestones for your defined age group for fine motor

development

Babies practice an expanding array of movements especially in this age group.

Directional patterns of motor development and the motor system serve as useful guides

for what to expect in the moments of infancy movement. (Pg.73) Developmental

milestones in fine motor for this infant age group can be reaching for objects with their

elbow extended. It can be grasping tiny objects with their fingers, banging two blocks

together, or even remove a peg from a peg board. This is possible since fine motor is eye

hand coordination. Learning to successfully reach and grasp is a process that requires

months of practice. So a 2 month old is not going to be able to do this because they are

too small. 5 to 8 months old can do this because they are using the muscles of the arm,

shoulder, fingers, and wrists. They use their eyesight to help them move their hands to

what they want to grab and touch. At 6 months most babies at this age can clasp their

hands together. They can usually reach for things with both arms at the same time. The

baby may be able to hold small objects for a short time. At 9 months children can

typically bring objects to their mouths and pass things from one hand to the other at 9

months. Their hands are relaxed and open most of the time. Many babies start using a

pincer grasp. This is when they use their thumb and index finger to pick up small items.

3. Conduct online research and find an early childhood material that would support

both fine and gross motor development for your defined age group. Include a

picture of the material (toy) that you found.


Rattles and shakers are good for gross motor and fine motor development for 5-9 months old.

They can build grip and tactile stimulation. Dangling toys and hanging soft small toys can

enhance reach and grasp; keeping head in midline,bringing hands together in midline. The

colorful donut looking organizers are good too because the infants can practice holding them.

These promote gross and fine motor development.

4. Based on the material you found:

1. How does the fine motor material support the development of eye-hand

coordination and manipulation?

The rattles, shakers, hanging toys, and ring stackers can support the development of eye

hand coordination and manipulation because when children grasp toys and learn how to

manipulate them. They are effectively practicing motor skills and becoming more adept

at hand-eye coordination. This helps children advance through the different stages of

physical development. Later on they will need to use this practice for scribbling with

pencils or crayons. Even cooking, cleaning, and other activities for later in adult life.

Children learn to grasp, pinch, and create hand gestures. Rattlers and learning boards can

help kids create small directed movements.


2. How would you introduce the material into the environment to support

exploration and discovery?

I can introduce this material after nap time when a child is more energized and has gotten their

sleep already. That way the infant can be better focused. If he or she gets fussy or bored they can

get calmed down and happy by learning to work and play with the toy/material that I will

introduce to them. Teaching them will be good so they can hear my voice and see the toy.

3. How does the material support the progression of gross motor development and

locomotion? Does the material support the concept of freedom of movement?

Holding objects or toys out of an infant's reach will encourage the development of gross motor

skills in infants because it will encourage them to reach for them. Choosing toys that a child is

already attracted to will increase the chances that they attempt to reach out to them.

Works Cited Resources

Mary Jane Maguire Teaching and Learning with Infants and Toddlers

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Earley, Brigitt. “11 Toys That’ll Develop Baby’s Fine Motor Skill While They Have Fun.” What

to Expect, 11 May 2023

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