CLD 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Birth Weight, Leg Before Wicket, Physical Fitness

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Early Childhood Studies
• Course: CLD 204
• Professor: Rachel Caplan

Document Summary

Both the processes and products of motor development are influenced by a wide variety of factors operating in isolation and in conjunction with one another. Developmental direction: cephalocaudal: progression from head to tail (feet) Top to bottom: proximodistal: progression from center to periphery (distant) Our body and our brain able to regulate itself to reach homeostasis. Early intervention so children can catch up in growth. Reciprocal interweaving (how they come together to make a movement): differentiation. Your brain tells your body parts are supposed to do, differentiate the muscles. For example, brain send signals to use arms to pick up an object. Combining both muscles with our senses (touch, smell, vision etc) and send signals from our brain. Learning readiness: developmental convergence of biological/environment/task. Everything come together to make a movement: when children are ready to learn, we need to teach them.