Video Transcript
Narrator: In the Perceptual and Motor Development domain, the strand Motor Development includes the foundation Gross Motor Development. Children from 11 through 23 months coordinate large muscle groups to move from one place to another. They adjust their movement to adapt to different surfaces and places.
Example 1
Text on screen: Moves from one place to another, adapting their movement to different surfaces
On screen: In this example, a child moves from one place to another, adapting their movement to different surfaces.
In an outdoor play yard, 19-month-old Pedro walks behind a tunnel. He squats and looks through the tunnel. He places his hand on the top of the tunnel and stands up. He walks to a low, cushioned chair with throw pillows and a privacy canopy. He squats, presses his hands to the seat cushion, and stands quickly.
Pedro leans on the seat and reaches to press his hands against the throw pillows. He stands back up. He picks up one pillow with both hands and throws it against the seat. He crawls onto the chair then rises to his feet with his hands still on the seat. He kneels down. He picks up a pillow and holds it to an opening in the canopy. He sees another child through the opening. He drops the pillow and turns his body to watch the other child walk by.
Example 2
Text on screen: Moves from one place to another, adapting their movement to different surfaces
On screen: In an outdoor play yard, 17-month-old Alisia, stands on the upper level of a low climbing structure. She walks to the top of a slide. She places her hands on each side of the opening to the slide and looks back at a child coming up behind her.
Alisia holds on to one side and sits down. She lets go and slides down quickly. She lands on her feet and then stumbles forward a bit. She regains her balance.
Caregiver 1: Yes! Wow!
On screen: Alisia turns and walks quickly to the climbing structure steps. She climbs them on her hands and knees. She looks back at her caregiver and enters the climbing structure. She walks across the structure to the slide and lowers herself to sit, holding on with one hand.
Alisia lets go and slides down. She lands on her feet, stumbles one step, and regains her balance.
Caregiver 1: Wow!
On screen: Alicia turns back toward the steps.
Example 3
Text on screen: Moves from one place to another, adapting their movement to different surfaces
On screen: 23-month-old Amelia takes one large foam block from a low shelf. She holds it in both hands and pivots on one foot.
Amelia walks a few steps holding the block. She squats and places the block on the floor. She braces her hands on the floor to stand then turns and walks to the shelf. She kneels on one knee and leans sideways to take another block.
Holding the block with both hands, Amelia stands and turns. She bumps into a large basket and pauses. She walks around the basket. One step nudges a toy. Her next step lands on a foam cushion, which slides a little. She maintains her balance and bends to put the block with the first one.
Amelia gets another block from the shelf. As she stands and steps back, her foot catches on a floor mat. Amelia turns away from the mat as her caregiver fixes it.
Amelia: Yay, ooh?
On screen: Amelia sets the third block with the others. She walks back to the shelf and kneels again. She reaches and takes a block from the back of the shelf. Holding it with both hands, she stands while turning. She walks, squats, and places the block next to the others.