“Gross motor skills are large movements, often using the whole body,” says health visitor Kerry Bennett. Some examples might ...

Motor development skills play a huge role in a child's growth hence parents should know the factors that impact the motor development of kids. movements, from crawling and walking to more complex ...

A four month child, when put on their tummy, should raise his neck up to look for the surrounding environment. If the surroundings are interesting they would very likely be interested in keeping their ...

Motor skills development in children is a critical component of healthy physical, cognitive, and social growth. It encompasses a range of fundamental abilities—including balance, coordination, agility ...

Every task we perform needs proper coordination and support from our muscles and tissues in the body. This coordination between muscles, movement and functioning is called motor skills. These skills ...

A recent study among 3- to 7-year-old children showed that children's motor skills benefitted if a child was older and participated in organized sports. Additionally, the study provided information ...

Researchers show that children and adolescents who spend most of their time barefoot develop motor skills differently from those who habitually wear shoes. Published in Frontiers in Pediatrics, this ...

In 2015, when Inabela Souza da Silva Tavares fell pregnant with her second child, she did not even consider that the baby might not be born healthy. All she thought about was that she wanted it to be ...

For generations, farther back than anyone can remember, the women in Rano Dodojonova’s family have placed their babies in “gahvoras,” cradles that are part diaper, part restraining device. Dodojonova, ...