I Move We Move - Good For Kids - NSW Government
I Move We Move - Good For Kids - NSW Government
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5.1<br />
Fundamental movement skills in<br />
early childhood<br />
This section of The Guide will help to familiarise you with fundamental movement skills and extend<br />
your knowledge and practice for facilitating the development of these skills for children in your care.<br />
What are the fundamental movement skills?<br />
Fundamental movement skills are specific gross motor movements that involve different body parts<br />
such as feet, legs, trunk, hands, arms and head. They are the alphabet or ‘building blocks’ for more<br />
complex and specialised skills that are required to play different games, sports and recreational<br />
activities offered in the school years and in the community.<br />
Fundamental movement skills are categorised either as stability, locomotor and manipulative 2 .<br />
Stability skills – moving or standing still with one body part making contact<br />
with the ground or equipment, and moving around the vertical or<br />
horizontal axis of the body i.e. balancing, stretching, twisting, bending etc.<br />
These can also be called non-locomotor skills.<br />
Locomotor skills – moving the body from one location to another i.e.<br />
walking, running, jumping, leaping, galloping, hopping, sidesliding.<br />
Manipulative skills – imparting or receiving force from or to an object<br />
i.e. throwing, catching, striking, bouncing, kicking, underarm rolling or<br />
bowling. These can also be called object control skills.<br />
See Figure 5.2 (page 5.11) for a detailed description and illustration of each skill.<br />
I <strong>Move</strong> <strong>We</strong> <strong>Move</strong>, The Guide Edition 1 August 2009<br />
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