Please define gross motor skills?

Question

Please define gross motor skills?

Answer 1

Gross motor skills are skills using major muscles. Students who have trouble with gross motor skills usually receive physical therapy. This link has lots of information on gross motor

http://www.answers.com/topic/gross-motor...

Answer 2

Any movement that requires the use of the large muscle groups...running, jumping, skipping, bike riding, and many more

Answer 3

Large muscle movements vs. fine motor skills which are small muscle movements.

Answer 4

Motor skills are motions carried out when the brain, nervous system, and muscles work together. Fine motor skills are small movements — such as grabbing something with your thumb and forefinger — that use the small muscles of the fingers, toes, wrists, lips, and tongue. Gross motor skills are the bigger movements — such as running and jumping — that use the large muscles in the arms, legs, torso, and feet.

Answer 5

Gross motor includes large muscle movement. Some examples are movement with your core, jumping, running etc.    Things to look for: Can a child throw a tennis ball while taking a step with the other foot. Other examples; they way they sit in a chair. Do they sit up straight, do they hold their head up on their own. The way they walk, do they walk on on their toes, do their swing while they take a step. The list continues, if you think you child has issues with Gross motor see you Occupational Therapist.

Answer 6

apart from the examples listed, bear in mind that gross motor skills is a developmental concept. which means that at certain age, the child is expected to do certain movement.

for example, at age 1, child is expected to sit up for more than 5 minutes, etc . at age 2, child is expected to jump, walk along a straight line, walk 3 steps backwards.

gross motor skills requires alot of balance and coordination, including limbs and eye.