Physical development: Run along

This feature can be photocopied for early years practitioners and parents of under-threes Babies and toddlers learn to use their fine and gross motor skills in complementary ways to achieve what they want to do. Jennie Lindon follows their progress It is usual to divide a child's physical development into the larger, whole body movements, like crawling or climbing, and the smaller, more detailed co-ordinations using hands and fingers. The larger movements are sometimes called 'gross motor development', and the smaller ones 'fine motor development'. Both 'sides'...