1-3: Motor Development 3 (Gross Motor Milestones in 1st Year)

Question 1

Newborn

Answer 1

• Physiological Flexion
• No head lifting in prone
• May drag nose and face
across the surface in prone
• Unable to keep head in
midline in supine
• Reflexive standing and
stepping
• Poor head control in
supported sitting and
standing

Question 2

3 Months

Answer 2

• Prone on Elbows
• Holds head up in prone on elbows
• Supine, holds head in midline
• Starts to bring hands together
• Head control in supported sitting or
supported standing
• When held in supported standing,
does not bear weight

Question 3

9 Months

Answer 3

• Creeping in quadruped
• May use other forms and
variations of creeping and
crawling
• Transitions in and out of
sitting well
• May begin to pull to stand
at furniture

Question 4

12 Months

Answer 4

• First Steps
• Independent standing
• First steps emerge
• Transitions in and out of
standing without furniture
• Beginning to squat

Question 5

At what average age do children typically

achieve other Gross Motor Skills?

Answer 5

• Rolling/grasping feet (b/t 3-6 months
• Transitions in/out of sitting (b/t 6-9 months)
• Pulling to stand and cruising (b/t 9-12 months)

Question 6

Universality and Variability and Motor Development

Answer 6

• Wide ranges of typical developmental timeline
• Not all milestones are achieved in the same order
• Some milestones are skipped
• Motor skills may regress as new skills are achieved
• Bursts of new skills and plateaus
• Extrinsic and Intrinsic Factors