Human Growth and Development / Unit 3 HGD 0330 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Gross Motor Skills
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The idea
Gross motor skills use the large muscles, progressing from supporting the head at six to eight weeks to sitting alone at four to eight months.
In practice
Standing alone between seven and seventeen months, and walking alone between eight and seventeen.
Where people slip
The ranges are wide because milestones vary with culture, experience and the individual child.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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