Question

please write a short paragraph (5 sentences) telling me which movements that you use or should be using on a daily basis. What situations throughout a normal you would be using 2 of the locomotion movements and why.

Answer 1

Gross motor skills are those skills that involve the whole body — your core muscles (think belly and back) and the muscles of your arms and legs.

Gross motor skills include skills such as:

sitting

standing

walking

running

jumping

lifting (a spoon, a hairbrush, a barbell — they all count)

kicking

Yup, these are actually skills.

And then there are the skills that need, well, a little more skill:

riding a bike or a horse

playing sports like football or baseball

roller blading

swimming

When your child uses their gross motor skills, they’re also working on balance, coordination, hand-eye coordination, and strengthening the neural pathways in their brain.