Age Group
Physical development
Infancy
- Rolling and crawling occur as
infants develop skills in using
large-muscle groups
Teaching Strategies
-Provide physical safety and
emotional security
-Allow play and manipulation of
objects
-For example, babies learn about
the world as they develop their
physical senses of sight, touch,
smell, sound, and taste.
- Young children will develop the
abilities to balance, crawl, and
walk from their foundational
reflex responses.
Early Childhood
- They use large body
movements, normally involving
the entire body.
- Develop physical skills at their
own pace and like all areas of
development, each individual
child will show strengths and
abilities in different areas.
-They can dress a doll and can
button clothes themselves.
-Use play therapy, with dolls and
puppets
-Stimulate senses: Visual,
auditory, tactile, motor