Motor skills Flashcards
1
Q
What are fine motor skills?
A
Fine motor skills are skills that use the smaller muscles in the body, for example fingers, toes and hands
2
Q
What are gross motor skills?
A
Gross motor skills are skills that use the larger muscles in the body, for example legs and arms
3
Q
What are locomotor skills?
A
Locomotive skills are skills that help an individual to get around, for example crawling for a baby these are gross motor skills
4
Q
name a fine motor skill?
A
painting drawing using cutlery using scissors writing
5
Q
name a gross motor skill?
A
running jumping climbing skipping throwing
6
Q
What are non-locomotor skills?
A
These are gross motor skills like kicking a ball or sitting up which do not help you to get around
