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Motor Skills

Submitted by Leah Bonnell on Sun, 03/29/2009 - 1:50pm.

In class we discussed how young children do not have fine motor skills. Also a result, children are not able to do some tasks like button a shirt. I think the concept of motor skill development is directly related to speech development. Children cannot produce some sounds and words because they lack muscle coordination. The timing of language development seems to be dependent on motor skill development. 

I wonder if motor skill development occurs during a critical period like language. If a child was prohibited from moving during the period when motor skills usually develop, would they have normal movement as an adult?

People who play sports or an instrument from an early age tend to be better. Is this just practice, or could there be a critical period involved?

 

 

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