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1. PHYSICAL AND MOTOR
DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN
AND ADOLESCENT
By:
MARILOU D. JAMERO

2. OBJECTIVES
• Define Physical and Motor Skills
Development of the Children and Adolescent
• Identify the Stages of Development in Children
• Site Fine and Gross Motor Skills Activities
• Explain the importance of Developing Gross
Motor Skills in Children
• Describe the Physical Development in
Adolescence

6. Pretty predictable process
Similar process
Allows us to make generalization
about different stages.

7. Infancy
Childhood
Adolescence
Adulthood

8. Infancy
Childhood
Adolescence
Adulthood

9. Child Development
• refers to a child’s ability to perform tasks of
greater complexity as he gets older
• Involves language, social and motor skills.

10. Infanthood
(0-2 y.o.)
Early
Childhood
(2-6 y.o.)
Middle
Childhood
(6-12 y.o.)
Stages of Motor Development

11. Physical Development during
Early Childhood
• Age range: 2 to 6 years
• Known to us as “preschool age”
• Follows a directional pattern

12. Directional Pattern
1. The rapid increase in body size of the first
two years tapers off into a slower growth
pattern. On average, children add 2 to 3
inches in height and about 5 pounds in
weight each year. Boys continue to be
slightly larger than girls.

13. Directional Pattern
2. Larger muscles develop before small
muscles. Muscles in the body’s core, legs,
and arms develop before those in the fingers
and hands.

14. Directional Pattern
3. The Center of the body develops before
the outer regions. Muscles located at the
core of the body become stronger and
develop sooner than those in the feet and
hands.

15. Directional Pattern
4. Developmental goes from the top down,
from the head to the toes.

16. BRAIN Development during Early
Childhood
• Brain increases from 70% in its adults
weight

17. Physical Development in children
• refers to the development of their motor
skills, which involves using their bodies
• Defined by a child’s gross motor, fine
motor and balance or coordination skills

18. What is the
motor
development
during
childhood?

19. Motor
Skills
FMS GMS
Fine Motor Skills Gross Motor Skills

20. Fine Motor Skills
• relate to the use of the upper extremities
to engage and manipulate the
environment.
• Movements involving smaller
muscles groups such as
those in the hands and wrist
• Writing, feeding oneself,
buttoning, zippering, waving

21. Gross Motor Skills
• movements related to large muscles such
as legs, arms, etc.
• Examples: coordination to
walk, balance, run , jump,
climb, throw

22. Chronological progression of Gross
Development

23. PHYSICAL MOTOR

24. Infanthood
(0-2 y.o.)
Early
Childhood
(2-6 y.o.)
Middle
Childhood
(6-12 y.o.)

25. MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
• Age range: 6 to 12 years
• Known as Grade 1 to 6 pupils

26. Physical
Development
Bones
broaden
dramatically
Grow on
average 2-3
inches / year
Both are
building
muscles
Girls tend to
retain more
fatty tissue
Motor
Development
Boys slightly
faster in
GMS
Girls slightly
faster in
FMS

27. Fine
Motor
Skills
Gross
Motor
Skills
Slower Faster

28. How are we going to
develop fine and
gross motor skills?
 Physical Activities

30. How to promote Overall Motor Skills
Development?
• Provide opportunities for children to exercise large
muscles every day.
• Offer a range of small motor activities and
experiences in the classroom.
• Provide materials, equipment, and child-sized
furniture in adequate numbers to allow all
children to participate.
• Be aware of cultural differences in
young children with regard to motor
development

31. WHY to develop fine
and gross motor
skills?
Self Confidence
Social Development
Emotional Development

32. Physical Development geared
toward aiding in physical
development contribute
significantly to a person’s
health and well-being.

34. Infancy
Childhood
Adolescence
Adulthood

35. ADOLESCENCE

36. Physical Development during
Adolescence
Significant
Changes
Adolescent
(Pubertal
Growth Spurt)
Puberty

37. 1. Adolescent or Pubertal
Growth Spurt
• Refers to the rapid acceleration in height
and weight
Earlier rapid growth
than boys
Age of 9 or as
late as 12
Spurt occurs 2
years earlier
Age of 12 or as late as 16

38. 2. PUBERTY
• The emergent of primary and secondary
sex characteristics, and the point which
the individual becomes physically capable
of sexual reproduction.
ovaries Gonads (testes)
Sex hormones Sex hormones
PRIMARY PRIMARY
SECONDARY
SECONDARY
Hourglass body form Triangular body form
Pubic hairs Pubic hairs
Menarche Penis growth

42. Although, human development has the same
pattern and process,
Still, human is different from each other.
Which means, children and adolescents
are same human but they have different
Needs and styles..
So, we have to think to the appropriate way to
develop their motor skills considering
his/her stage in life.

43. Answer this please….

44. 1. Which of the following is true
of childhood?
a) Independence is developed in childhood.
b) Self-confidence is developed in
childhood.
c) We learn to make our own decisions
during childhood.
d) All of the answers are correct

45. 2. Which of the following is true
of human development?
a) It follows a predictable pattern
b) Generalizations can be made about
different stages of human development.
c) Most people develop in a similar way.
d) All of the answers are true.

46. GOD BLESS EVERYONE…
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