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Action Words, Part 1 (Classroom Physical Activity Breaks)

 WisconsinDPI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF9qrV7P8tk, 2011

This video provides useful activities that develop basic gross motor skills as well as helping the children with reading and pronunciation.

 

Pediatric Physical Therapy - Gross and Fine Motor Skill Development

 Margret Rice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js62IcXgYcI , 2009

Another video that allows the children to develop their gross motor skills in a fun and exciting game.

Gross Motor Skills: Cones Sideways Cognitive Motor Skills Activities to Develop Fine Motor Skills

 Motor Skill Learning,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpgIPX0UUDc , 2012

This is video shows how basic motor skills can be pushed the limit in order for children to be pushed to the next level and become sportsmen.

Early Childhood Computer Experience and Cognitive and Motor Development

Xiaoming Li, PhD, Melissa S. Atkins, PhD

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/113/6/1715.short , 2004

A report on how factors in everyday life can both negatively and positively affect the gross motor skill development in children. This article contains a lot of statistics and data that was collected by adequate researchers.

 Why Is it Important to Develop Gross Motor Skills in Preschool Children?

Becky Swain , Demand Media http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/important-develop-gross-motor-skills-preschool-children-4262.html  2014

This article emphasises that the importance of developing gross motor skills from an early age. The benefits are presented and include: promotes a healthy lifestyle and promotes psychological health.

Fine Motor Development and early school performance

http://www.fingergym.info/downloads/Finemotordevpp1-4.pdf , 2014

This is a brief article outline what are gross motor skills and how they affect everyday life.

 

  

Cognitive development in babies and children,  

http://www.kidspot.com.au/discoverycentre/Joy-of-discovery-Development-Cognitive-development-in-babies-and-children+5357+553+article.htm Kidspot team, 2014       

This article provides information as to when a childs skills are developing so that the parent is informed at the correct time period to start developing these skills.

Developing gross motor skills,

Queensland Government  http://deta.qld.gov.au/earlychildhood/pdfs/tip-sheets/developing-gross-motor-skills.pdf  , 2012

This page outlines a game that is useful in developing basic gross motor skills.