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Skills
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Skills can be divided into different categories, and are ordered by increasing difficulty (from gross skills to more fine skills). The presented skills are based on [1,2,3,4,5,6], and what I could think of.
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Manipulation
- push and pull an object
- grasp an object
- lift an object
- pass an object from one hand to another.
- strike an object (swinging a bat or stick)
- throw an object (control direction and force progressively)
- catch an object (follow flight of object, try to touch an object that has been thrown, catch an object with simple geometry,...)
- stacking objects (stack cubes --> stack coins)
- pencil tracking and handwritting
- dribbling (with two hands, one hand, while walking,...)
- put a piece on a chessboard (without moving the other pieces), placing some dominoes
- dual motor skills (balance cards)
- fold clothes
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Locomotion
- crawl
- stand up
- balance (on two legs, on 1 leg)
- jump (on two legs using a support with the hands, two legs, one leg, using a rope)
- static locomotion
- climb stairs
- kick or roll (stationary ball, control direction and force progressively, dynamic ball, etc)
- running
- dance / gymnastic
References: [1] "Childhood development of fine motor skills" (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_development_of_fine_motor_skills [2] "Fine Motor Development and Handwriting": http://www.therapycenterforchildren.com/child-fine-motor-development-handwriting-suffolk-county.php [3] "40 Fine Motor Skills Activities": https://theimaginationtree.com/40-fine-motor-skills-activities-for-kids/ [4] "Early Childhood Physical Development: Gross And Fine Motor Development": https://www.mentalhelp.net/articles/early-childhood-physical-development-gross-and-fine-motor-development/ [5] "Gross Motor Skills: Birth to 5 years": https://www.chrichmond.org/Resource-Library/Gross-Motor-Skills-Birth-to-5-years.htm [6] "Gross Motor Skills": https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/gross-motor-skill