Human Growth and Development / Unit 7 HGD 0905 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Motor Skills, Seven to Twelve
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The idea
Gross motor skills such as balance, running and throwing, and fine motor skills such as writing and tying laces, both advance in middle childhood.
In practice
A ten-to-twelve-year-old high-jumping about three feet and drawing detailed, complex pictures.
Where people slip
Well-developed fine motor skills go with better mathematics and reading achievement, in one study by Cameron and colleagues.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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