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Children are wonderful creation by our maker so they are to be handle with love and affection if not, we lose them so today we are going to look at motor development in children hope this post, will be of help to us parent, guidance and teachers.
One can not over - emphasize the crucial role of motor development in a child's effective interaction with his environment. We know that the development of motor is in stages. The child remains at a particular level, gets mature there before moving to the next level. The key issue is for the child to be matured. A child who is brought up in a home rich in educational toys is likely to develop better intellectually. Symbol manipulation is an important aspect of cognitive development and provision should be made to ensure skill development in this direction. We use symbols in our speeches. Without sample opportunity to talk to elders, the child may not be able to adequately manipulate symbols. The child should be encouraged to verbally convey his feelings, thoughts and needs to others.
Language is one of the greatest attributes of man. It is used in clothing concepts. When adults speak to children they help to enhance the language development of the children. One who helps a child's language development is at the same time aiding his cognitive development. Parents and teachers should interact and talk with their children. Aside from enhancing cognitive skill development, language development helps reading ability principally because reading is a psycho - linguistic skill. A child who is deficient in language development can not interact very well with others. Such a child will find it difficult to fit into the school culture. The problem with our culture is that children are hardly allowed to speak while in company of older people. This presupposes that African children need greater attention in their first years in school in order to get integrated.
Cognitive development also involves the development of analytical skill. Analytical skill refers to a person's ability to codify and sort out information on which basic he arrives at co conclusions about events and issues. The development of analytical skill begins before the child reaches school age. Poor home environment could create problems for the child at a given stage before moving to another. Where the environment comes in is in the fact that practice is helpful in one's motor skill development. For instance, at a given stage a child may be mature enough to sit on its own, crawl, stand or walk. If a child who is mature enough to practices walking he will develop that skill better than a child, who though mature is not given an opportunity to practice walking. Parents who provide incentives for their children to explore, experiment and practice are more likely to provide better environment for growth than those who do not. Providing a helpful environment for motor abilities consists of providing balanced diets, facilities for
Physical exercises and helpful parental attitudes in variety of activities. Heredity aside, differences that exist in motor abilities among school children arise from differences in the abilities of families to provide children with adequate environment stimulation.
Another example good example is perceptual ability which is an essential attribute of a healthy individual. Early environment which does not attend to the development of perceptual skills in children is a deprived environment for example abilities to differentiate between colors, objects and shapes. Some children have grown up without being able to distinguish between objects. They may not see the difference between goat and sheep, chair and desk, circles and triangles, rivers and stream and so on. Home lay the foundation for the development of perceptual abilities. For that reason, children who come from different homes go to school with varying degrees of perceptual abilities since there are variations in what different homes can provide. Parents have a duty to help their children in the development of basics perceptual skills. This is because perceptual abilities develop through practice and for adequate practice to go on home should make resource available as an aid to their children.
In conclusion*
Parents who do not interact well with their children may not be able to provide a rich environment for the development of fine perceptual skills. The way out is for parents to provide varieties of educational toys for their children and also make time to interact with them. Some homes have radios, television, books, telephones and educational toys while some homes lack these essential times. It is this situation that differentiate one pupil from another when they meet and interact in school.
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