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Essay Instructions: In order to display comprehension of the concepts of motor learning and control, students will complete a final paper. The following is the protocol for the paper:
Using your knowledge of:
- the stages of motor learning; cognitive, associative and autonomous stage
- the role of attention in learning motor skills;
- practice scheduling;
- the variables impacting memory and retention of motor skills;
- the impact of individual differences;
-the role of Augmented Feedback; and
-your knowledge of motor learning theories regarding motor skill acquisition,

discuss how these components interact with Fitt?s Law and the development of coordination for two novice individuals to acquire the skill of hitting a softball. One of your novices is a "natural" - s/he learns complex skills easily; the other novice is "motorifically challenged" - s/he has difficulty learning the simplest of tasks.
Using descriptive language, describe the observable changes in human coordinated movement that occur as both novices progress through the stages of learning to hit a softball. A minimum of 10 references from peer-reviewed journals are required for full credit.

Essay Instructions: 1.Provide planned and spontaneous experiences to foster the physical development of children
2. Create opportunities for children to develop a wide range of physical skills
3. Interact with the child to foster skill development.

1. For this taks you are required to develop a collection of resources that can be used to support motor skills development.

Include a list of physical development milestones for each of the following age ranges
INFANTS.. Include at least 10 milestones of physical develpment ( gross and fine motor and fundamental movement skills. appropriate for this age range.
TODDLERS s....... Include at least 10 milestones of physical development ( gross and fine motor and fundamental movement skills appropriate for this age range.
THREE TO FIVES. Include at least 10 milestones of physical development ( gross and fine motor and fundamental movement skills appropriate for this age range.


2. You are required to develop a collection of resources that can be used to support motor skills development for each of the age ranges above.

a. 8 Physically active games with and element of gross motor
b . 7 fine motor experiences to foster the manipulation of equipment and managment of tools
c. Identify 3 props sthat you could make to use with children sepcifically to support motor development. ( gross and fine motor and fundumental movement skills.) describe the props and how it could be used.
d. Identify one item of gross motor equipment commonly used in centre based serves and suggest two ways it could be used to support gross motor development.

3 EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE OF YOUR COLLECTION OF RESOURCES. BY LINKING POSSSIBLE OUTCOME S FOR CHILDREN AND HOW EDUCATORS PROMOTE THIS LEARNING FOR EACH OF THE AGE RANGE.

Essay Instructions: Directions:
Respond to each item. Each response should be concise and between two and three paragraphs in length.
Use MS Word to write your responses, and submit your answers to all three questions in one Word document.
Copy and paste each question within the document, so that your instructor can see which question you are responding to.


1. As in all stages of development, brain growth is an important influence on children?physically, cognitively, and socially and emotionally. Review page 247 in your course text and then explain how continuing development in the prefrontal cortex area of the brain can affect young children's readiness to enter the more structured environments of kindergarten and the primary grades. Considering that each child develops in his or her unique way, what are some of the challenges (physically, cognitively, and socially and emotionally) that children might encounter when they start formal schooling such as kindergarten, despite being the appropriate age?

2. Between the ages of 3 and 7, children's fine- and gross-motor skills advance considerably. Review "Milestones in Motor Development," Figure 8.4 on page 250 of your course text. Based on the information you have learned from the Learning Resources for this week, explain at least two ways changes in motor competency may impact children's development and skills in the cognitive domain and in the social and emotional domain.

3. Review the sections "Young Children's Understanding of Pretend and Real" (pp. 280?281) and "Young Children at Play" (pp. 328?330) in your course text. Then explain how pretend play has the potential to enhance children's development in all of the domains.

Essay Instructions: Choose a teratogenand write about its effects on the fetus and the development of a child.
Identify the Teratogen
Discuss the effects it has on the fetus and brain
Discuss some of the long term problems the child is going to demonstate during the following periods, include language development, fine and gross motor skills, cause and effect reasoning: Infancy, Elementary school.
What is the prognosis of their problem
Why is this a significant issue to the general public

Referring to erikson, Piaget and Vygotsky explain what stages of development may be affected and how this may affect the child as they get older.

Must have an abstract page in addition to the Body (4-5 pages double spaced).