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¶ … Children AGE GROUP PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT MILESTONES There are many milestones for each age. I have selected some that have to do with movement on a small and large scale because I believe that they have to do with the way in which children may be inclined to move a good deal and perhaps exercise in later life. Infants: [footnoteRef:1] [1: American Pregnancy. First Year Development: Infant Development. American Pregnancy Association.

http://www.americanpregnancy.org/firstyearoflife/firstyeardevelopment.html, accessed January 28, 2012.] Fine (Small) -- hands clench, strong grasp reflex, holds objects, pulls on clothing or blankets. Gross (Large) -- Turns head, rolls back and forth on stomach, holds weight on feet, bounces when held standing, sits well by about nine months. Toddlers:[footnoteRef:2] [2: Toddler Developmental Milestones. Parenting Magazine. http://www.parenting.com/article/toddler-developmental-milestones?page=0,1, accessed January 28, 2012.] Fine -- filling up and dumping out small items, trying to dress and undress, drawing or scribbling, stacking or sorting objects, poking and pinching.

Gross -- Throwing and kicking a ball, pushing and pulling during play, squatting, climbing, running. 3 to 5 Years:[footnoteRef:3] [3: Developmental Milestones. Ages Three, Four, Five. Gross Motor Development: Widely Held Expectations. http://www.dimensionsfoundation.org/media/Develomental_Milestones_3to5.pdf, accessed January 28, 2012.] Fine -- assembles things, manipulates items, paints, stacks blocks high, cuts paper, good balance. Gross -- walks agilely, runs around objects, catches balls and throws from overhead, climbs a ladder, alternates feet well. 2.

TOYS AND RESOURCES Physically Active Games (Gross) The games in this section can be found in a great publication called Gross and Fine Motor Activities for Early Childhood (2007).[footnoteRef:4] The numbers following each item refer to the page numbers in this publication. Details of what they are and how they are used can be found there as well. The 3 to 5-Year games can be found on the site of CodeName: Mom.[footnoteRef:5] [4: Stacy A. Chandler. Gross and Fine Motor Activities For Early Childhood: Infants and Toddlers.

Early Childhood Institute, Mississippi State University, 2007. http://www.earlychildhood.msstate.edu/motoractivities/infant-toddler.pdf, accessed January 28, 2012.] [5: Dionna. 23 Gross Motor Games and Activities for Preschoolers You Can Play With Two or More People. Codename: Mama. http://codenamemama.com/2011/08/11/gross-motor-games/, accessed January 28, 2012.] Infants -- Ball Rolling (4), Bang and Shake (4), Catch the Roller (5), Crawling Fun (7), Dancing Fun (7), Happy Feet (12), Kick-Kick-Kick (14), Make it Spin (16), Pounding Plan (16). Toddlers -- Baby Basket Ball (54), I can do it book (66), Obstacle Course (68), Riding Around (69), Sponge Shapes (74), Float or Sink (64), Block Music Stories (57), Baby's House (54).

3 to 5 -- Egg Races, Sidewalk Chalk Simon Says, Jump the Brook, Toe Pick-up, Red Light Green Light, Crab Soccer, Touch Game, Preschool Four Square.[footnoteRef:6] [6: Carrie Lippincott. Fine Motor Activities for Preschoolers. July 2005. http://make-the-grade-ot.com/Fine%20Motor%20Activities%20For%20Preschoolers.pdf, accessed January 28, 2012.] Fine Motor Manipulation and Management (Fine) The games in this section can be found in a great publication called Gross and Fine Motor Activities for Early Childhood (2007). The numbers are page references.

Infants -- Coos & Hugs (6), Dropping Game (8), Find the Noise (9), Finger Puppets (9), Follow the Animal (10), Grab it (10), Handy Clap (11). Toddlers -- Ball Bop (31), Body Art (32), Boom Down (33), Color Game (34), Drop Box (36), Finger Friends (38), Guess Which Hand (39). 3 to 5 -- Play dough, Newspapers, Spray Bottles, Tweezers, Eye Droppers, Coins & Buttons, Finger Puppets, Tomy Waterfuls Games. Props for Motor Development (3 and describe use) Infants -- Small cereal boxes to throw, hacky-sack balls, pin cushions (without the pins). For the most part these items are to allow for squeezing and throwing.

The colors and fabric provide interest. The cereal boxes often have cartoon characters and may inspire attention to detail. Toddlers -- Animal sponges, boxes on strings, egg cartons for stacking. Toddlers are squeezers too and animal shapes inspire interest and associations. The boxes on springs can be filled with small objects and pulled about. The unique shapes of egg cartons makes staking intriguing.[footnoteRef:7] [7: Erick Strickland. Physical Development: Prop Boxes for Physical Play. Scholastic.com.

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/physical-development-prop-boxes-physical-play, accessed January 28, 2012.] 3 to 5 -- Hoola-Hop balance beam, painted footprints, and mouse-pad Frisbee.[footnoteRef:8] [8: Lippincott. Fine Motor Activities for Preschoolers.] Center-based Equipment (2 ways to use) For this one I decided to focus on playground equipment with high-quality soft landing materials. Below are the two ways that this equipment can be used for each age grouping. Infants -- sit in soft landing material, throw and let the materials drop. Toddlers -- balancing on low objects, sits on swings.

3 to 5 -- climbs ladder, slides with help and alone. 3. PURPOSE OF COLLECTION As I noted above, I tried to focus on the types of milestones that suggest a tendency for good movement of limbs and activity such as grasping, pushing, pulling, balancing and beginning climbing as the children get a bit older. It is my hope that in doing this the children will be rewarded to.