Infancy Gross Motor Skills

0-4 months
Milestones
Turn head towards noise
Move arms around
Wiggle limbs; Moro reflex
Grasping reflex
Bring hands to mouth and put hands in mouth
Lift head a little of the ground during tummy time
4-8 months

Reach for objects

Start to roll over
Prop themselves up during tummy time
Sit independently for a short time
8-12 months

Get objects and put in mouth

Grab small objects with pointer and thumb
Bend down and pick up toys
Sit without support
Stand with support
Pull self-up

Infancy Gross Motor Skills Healthy Tummy time

Activities Gaining babies attention
Standing activities
Change position of how baby sits when playing
Let baby make a mess
Let baby do things themselves
Poking holes in paper to help baby learn to use fingers

Infancy Fine Motor Skills Palmer grasps

Pincer grasps
Reaching and grasping

Childhood Gross Motor Skills 3 years old

Milestones Hopping
Jumping
Running
4 years old
Scramble over low jungle gyms
Display athletic prowess
5 years old
 Hair- raising stunts
Climbing objects
Run hard and race with each other
Middle and Late Childhood
Swimming
Bicycle riding
skating
Childhood Healthy Activities Sports
o football
o baseball
o gymnastics
o soccer
Activities
o Running
o Climbing
o Skipping rope
o Swimming
o Bicycle riding
o Skating
Childhood & Adolescence Fine pick up tiny objects
Motor Skills complete puzzles
building high block towers
playing a musical instrument

Adolescence & Adulthood Gross Jumping higher

Motor Skills Milestones Lifting more weight

Adolescence & Adulthood Healthy Running

Activities Working out
Lifting weights
Engage in social activities
Knitting
Painting
Drawing
Adulthood Fine Motor Skills Painting with watercolors
Large scale macram
*Fine motor skills for adults can often change after injury such as a
stroke, nervous system damage, or an injury to their hands etc.