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- From: LISAS@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Lisa S Lewis)
- Subject: Re: Motor perception skills?
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 20:10:58 GMT
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- In article <BxoAxE.JHw@inews.Intel.COM>
- mfineman@cad018..intel.com ( Mark S. Fineman ) writes:
-
- >
- >What does the term motor perception skills refer to?
- >
- >I know what "motor skills" are, but I don't know what
- >motor perception skills means.
- >
- >--
- "Perceptual motor skills" refers to a child's ability to use motor skills
- to control the way they "perceive" sensory stimuli in the environment. In
- newborns, e.g., babies have only reflexive responses to perceptions. That is,
- they suck, look and hear. They have perception, but no ability to manipulate
- their perceptions.
-
- Perceptual Motor "Milestones"
- 4-8 months: babies start to make things happen...rubbing, shaking, kicking
- objects to make them move, make noise, or produce stimulation for their
- senses. Trying to hold and look at toys and feet, hands etc. Develop object
- permanence...learning that objects exist when out of sight.
-
- 8-12 months: Pull strings and use sticks to pull in out of reach objects.
- Hunt for out of sight objects, lifting covers. Imitate actions such as waving,
- clapping, wagging tongue. The coordination of face, throat and mouth muscles
- to imitate and produce sound combinations is a perceptual motor response.
-
- The pincer grasp is another one...the baby has to focus (visually) on a tiny
- object, and coordinate putting the thumb and forefinger together to pick it up.
-
- 1-1.5 years: Babies are getting around and learn how to move their bodies in
- varied ways (running, climbing, jumping.) They combine objects,senses...making
- "noisy messes." They are doing things like putting on and taking off jar and
- pan lids, stacking blocks.
-
- 2 years: Perceptions are now refined into mental pictures with names. Kids
- learn that things go together, usually have a particular place and objects
- have functions. They move their bodies easily and control things. Activities:
- Stacking cups
- turning cranks to make a toy pop up
- turning a key toomake a toy move
- fitting round and square blocks into formboards
- scribbling with a crayon
-
- 2-3 years: Enough information has been gained through senses and exploration to
- begin to form ideas and to (begin to) think effectively. But manipulation of
- of objects and people continue. Precepts (single thoughts) are becoming
- concepts (combined thoughts). E.g. an object can be a size (big) and a color.
- Things can have more than one function, and language is being used to ask
- questions and express thoughts.
-
- They start to do things that require both hands work together (dressing dolls,
- stringing beads, painting, cutting with scissors.)
- ----------------------------------------------------------
- Children with various disabilities (that interfere with sensory input, e.g.)
- can have problems with perceptual-motor skills. If a child doesn't respond
- appropriately to people and objects, there may be a problem in this area.
-
- Lisa Lewis
-