Grade PreK • Physical Well-Being and Motor Development What Your Child Will Learn

Grade PreK Physical Well-Being and Motor Development

What Your Child will Learn

Fine Motor

  • finemotor2.pngUse strength and control to perform simple tasks:
    • Pushing marker caps off and on
    • Pushing cookie cutter into dough
    • Using a paper punch to make holes
    • Using glue and a glue stick
    • Pasting on appropriate side
  • Use and explore various drawing and art tools:
    • Drawing with crayons and markers
    • Painting with a brush at the easel
    • Using chalk on the chalkboard
    • Copying a line
    • Copying simple shapes
    • Drawing simple shapes
    • Writing letters and numbers
    • Adding two parts to an incomplete person
    • Holding a pencil in a pincer grasp
    • Drawing a picture and labeling it

Gross Motor

  • Foundational Skills
  • Walking and Running
  • Balance and Jumping
  • Trapping and Catching
  • Throwing
  • Striking
  • Kicking