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ELG Physical Health
Question | Answer |
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Fine Motor | The developing ability to move the small muscles |
Gentle touch | Appropriate touching usually one child to another |
Gross Motor | The developing ability to move the large muscles |
Eye-hand coordination | Ability to use eyes and hands together to locate, reach toward, touch, or pick up an object |
Flexibility | The ability to change or alter plans in response to the needs of a child |
Manipulate | To move, arrange or operate something using the hands |
Perceptual Development | The developing ability to become aware of the social and physical environment through the senses |
Pincer grasp | Putting the index finger and the thumb together |
Reflexes | The body’s automatic response to stimuli, for example, the leg kicks upward when the knee is tapped |
Reflexive Actions | An automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus. Many reflexive actions, such as grasp reflex, hand-to-mouth reflex, startle reflex, and rooting reflex are observed only in young infants. Reflexive actions later become more purposeful actions. |
Sensory | Related to the senses: hearing, seeing, touching, tasting, and smelling |