CSET 3 PE

• Perceptual Motor Development


  combines a child's sensory (brain) and motor skills (body) to synchronize body movements and perform a variety of movements allowing them to interact with their environment
• Perceptual Motor Development categories

  -directional awareness

  -body awareness

  -spatial awareness

  -temporal awareness
• directional awareness


  the ability to understand the concepts of left and right, up and down, top and bottom, front and back, and in and out
• why is directional awareness important?

  needed for movement awareness and following directions
• Directional Awareness includes


  -understanding concepts such as top & bottom, left & right, etc.

  -the concept of laterality (the body has two sides)

  -the concept of directionality (applying laterality to the world around them)

  -awareness of the body in space

  -relationships among objects as they travel through space
• body awareness


  ability to understand where your body is in space (orientation, location, and position)
• why is body awareness important?

  need for motor control and coordination
• body awareness includes


  -identifying and locating parts of the body

  -identifying body shapes and positions

  -demonstrating awareness of the body's movement

  -identifying the wYs in which ht body is used to communicate/ express feelings

  -demonstrating awareness of muscle tension and relaxation
• What is needed to develop body awareness?

  the use of multiple sensory systems
• spatial awareness


  awareness of oneself and other objects in space
• why is spatial awareness important?

  needed for judging distance and perceptual vision
• spatial awareness includes


  - recognizing and respecting personal space

  -safely moving within spaces

  -recognizing different directions

  -understanding how to change directions

  - understanding the different levels of movement

  - understanding how to take different paths through space

  - understanding how objects take different paths through space

  - adjusting one's range of motion to accommodate different spaces
• how to acquire spatial awareness

  obstacle courses, movement games (ex: Simon Says), and building block/ Lego structures
• temporal awareness


  the ability to judge movement and time
• importance of temporal awareness

  hand-eye coordination and eye-foot coordination
• temporal awareness includes


  -cognitive learning skills (ex: reading and writing) since they are influenced by rhythm and sequence

  - repeating daily routines

  -predicting movements of objects

  -understanding and practicing various tempos, speeds, and rhythms
• movement exploration


  Active-learning strategy that helps students use their body to develop various skills and concepts, including hand-eye coordination, spatial awareness, and balance.
• sensory skills


  skills required for coordination and motor development
• 4 sensor skills


  -auditory discrimination

  -kinesthetic discrimination

  -tactile discrimination

  -visual discrimination
• auditory discrimination


  The ability to tell the difference between one sound and another sound.
• Why is auditory discrimination important?

  It is very important in the development of phonemic awareness.
• What is Kinesthetic Discrimination?


  The ability to sense changes that involve body movements and muscle feelings.
• How does Kinesthetic Discrimination manifest?


  It involves the whole body and gross motor skills.
• tactile discrimination


  the ability to determine information through the sense of touch
• what kind of motor skills are used in tactile discrimination

  fine motor skills
• visual discrimination


  the ability to see subtle differences in objects, pictures, letters, and numbers (ex: hand-eye coordination)
• locomotor skills


  Skills that move the body from one location to another
• Name some examples of locomotor skills.

  Walking, running, skipping, galloping, hopping, leaping, jumping
• non-locomotor skills


  Skills that involve whole body movements without traveling from one place to another
• examples of non-locomotor skills

  Bending

  Stretching

  Twisting

  Swaying

  Wiggling

  Shaking

  Balancing
• manipulative skills/ object control skills


  help students learn how to handle and move objects
• examples of manipulative skills/ object control skills


  throwing

  catching

  kicking

  punting

  volleying

  dribbling

  hitting
• closed skills


  Skills that occur in an environment that is stable and predictable
• examples of closed skills

  squats, serving in tennis, performing a gymnastics routine
• open skills


  skills that are affected by the environment; the performer has to react and adjust to the situation and this will constantly change
• examples of open skills


  playing soccer with others, passing a football
• what are needed to master locomotive skills

  stability skills
• stability skills require


  maintaining and acquiring balance
• balance


  the ability to maintain control of the body while performing a task
• static balance


  the ability to maintain balance while remaining stationary

  ex: handstands