Age at Which Most Children Perform Locomotor Skills
Source: Pearson Allyn Bacon Prentice Hall
Topics: Developmental Milestones, Motor (Age 0-1), Motor (Ages 2-3), Motor (Ages 3-5), Physical Development, Growth and Motor Skill Development
It is generally agreed that children progress through a predictable sequence of physical developmental stages (Gallahue & Ozmun, 2001; Shelov & Hannemann, 2004). The examples provided in the below table illustrate this clearly.
| By the end of the 1st year, the child: | By the end of the 2nd year, the child: | By the end of the 3rd year, the child: | By the end of the 4th year, the child: | By the end of the 5th year, the child: |
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Excerpted From:
Excerpt from The Whole Child: Development Education for the Early Years and Early Childhood Settings and Approaches, by J. Hendrick & P. Weissman, 2006 edition, p. 104.
© 2006, Merrill, an imprint of Pearson Education Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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