Child development - Basic Terminology
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| The abilities required in order to control the large muscles of the body for walking, running, sitting, crawling, and other activities | Gross motor skills |
| The coordination of small muscles, in movements – usually involving the synchronization of hands and fingers – with the eyes | Fine motor skills |
| Elicited by stroking the baby‘s palm, which causes the fingers close and grasp any object left in the hand | (palmar) grasp reflex |
| A body position in which the person lies flat on their back with the face and chest up | Supine position |
| Lessen, weaken, reduce, decrease, minimize | Diminish (e.g. diminish the infant's attention span) |
| When you can stand on your feet without the need to touch the ground with any other part of your body | Bear weight on one's legs / feet |
| Hold your head in an upright position | Hold one's head erect |
| Lie on your back and move to your side by rolling | Roll from back to side |
| Use your hands and arms to support the front part of your body | Bear weight on the hands |
| Walk while swinging from side to side | Bounce on legs |
| Move along with the body on the ground or close to the ground or floor | Creep (on hands and knees) |
| Move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground | Crawl (on all fours) |
| Take side steps while holding on to furniture OR walk with both hands held (by the mother, for example) | Cruise (along furniture) |
| Grab things and put them in boxes | Move objects into containers |
| Draw (or write) something carelessly or hurriedly | Scribble (on paper) |
| Tie your shoelaces | Lace your shoes |
| Cut a picture out with scissors (following an outline) | Cut out a picture following an outline |
| Wisdom tooth | Third molar |