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Gross Motor Skills: Why Are They Important for Baby and How do They Develop?

What are gross motor skills? Gross motor skills refer to movements involving large muscle groups like legs, arms, and the trunk. Gross motor skills examples in babies and children include rolling, crawling, sitting up, walking, running, and jumping. Before baby starts progressing through these movements, they need to build strength in their muscles to gain control. Head control, a strong core, and control of their limbs is a big part of baby figuring out how to move. Though this doesn’t happen right away, baby gets to develop these important muscles while also having fun! This video covers what gross motor skills are, why they’re important, how they develop, and examples of how to help baby strengthen them! A few examples of how you can help baby strengthen gross motor skills include: • 0-3 Months: Put baby on their tummy and get down on their level. Encourage eye contact. Place a mirror in front of baby so they can see themselves in a new way. • 4-6 Months: Place baby on your lap sitting upright and lightly move your knees up and down and then side to side. Make sure to hold on to baby securely! • 7-9 Months: Create a tunnel with your legs and encourage baby to crawl through. “Catch” them by squeezing your legs together as they pass. After getting caught a few times, they may speed up to try to get past you. • 10-12 Months: Let baby stand next to or behind a soft chair or piece of small furniture they can hold on to for support and encourage them to reach to one side for a toy. Then put the toy on the other side and have them reach with the other arm. Watch to see more gross motor skills examples and fun activities by age (up to 2+ years) to help baby strengthen these important muscle groups. 📹 Fine vs. Gross Motor Skills: A Complete Guide:    • Baby's Fine and Gross Motor Skills | ...   📹 Understanding Baby’s Fine Motor Skills:    • What are Fine Motor Skills and Why ar...   🏠 Visit Pathways.org for more FREE resources: https://www.pathways.org 👶 Download our FREE, award-winning mobile app, featuring important milestones to keep baby on track: https://pathways.org/mobile-app 🔗 Learn more about motor skill development: https://pathways.org/topics-of-develo... 📧 Stay in the know! Keep up with our latest FREE materials by signing up for our weekly email newsletter: https://pathways.org/sign-up/ ________ 👪 ABOUT PATHWAYS.ORG Pathways.org is a non-profit organization that provides free, trusted resources so that every parent is fully empowered to support their child’s development. Our milestones are supported by American Academy of Pediatric findings. Our resources are developed with and approved by expert pediatric physical and occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists. 👋 COME JOIN US Facebook:   / pathwaysdotorg   Instagram:   / pathwaysorg   Pinterest:   / pathwaysorg   Twitter:   / pathwaysorg   00:00 What are gross motor skills 00:20 Building strength: head control + strong core + control of limbs 00:40 Having a strong core is the foundation 01:30 Baby’s arms 02:15 Baby’s legs 03:11 How can baby strengthen their gross motor skills? 03:14 Strengthen gross motor skills at 0-3 months 03:25 Strengthen gross motor skills at 4-6 months 03:35 Strengthen gross motor skills at 7-9 months 03:47 Strengthen gross motor skills at 10-12 months 04:01 Strengthen gross motor skills at 13-18 months 04:22 Strengthen gross motor skills at 19-24 months 04:40 Strengthen gross motor skills at 2+ years #grossmotorskills #grossmotorskillsexamples #motordevelopment #motormilestones #babydevelopment Copyright © 2024 Pathways Foundation All materials including videos are provided at no cost; no fees or charges may be associated with any of the [Pathways.org](http://pathways.org/) materials without prior written approval.