LSP1501 - ASSIGNMENT 8 WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
\.Motor development - Answer-✔is characterised as a clear pathway which occurs from birth to
adulthood. It is a continuous process that occurs over the aforementioned period. Motor
development is predictable according to the skills acquired from birth to adulthood.
\.Movement - Answer-✔refers to the physical and entire motor development process from
infancy to old age and includes all the developmental patterns of basic motor skills at all age
levels. Movement lies at the heart of learning. Learning, language and behaviour are all linked in
some way to the function of the motor system and the control of movement. It is known that
children have an insatiable desire for movement, but very often, educators and parents
suppress the desires of the child and believe that they only learn when they are sitting still and
paying attention.
\.Movement activities - Answer-✔are an essential ingredient of physical activity. These activities
not only include the various categories of movement such as stability, locomotion and
manipulation activities, but also a wide range of activities which need to be planned and
presented for learners in the Foundation Phase.
\.Physical development - Answer-✔refers to the process linked to the child's structural or body
size.
, \.Sensory motor integration - Answer-✔refers to a relationship between the sensory system
(nerves) and the motor system (muscles). It also refers to the process by which these two
systems (sensory and motor) communicate and coordinate with each other.
\.Fundamental movement skills - Answer-✔are movement patterns that involve various body
parts and provide the basis of physical literacy. Fundamental movement skills are the
foundational movements, or precursor patterns, to the more specialised and complex skills used
in play, games and specific sports.
\.Physical literacy - Answer-✔is the ability to move with competence and confidence doing a
wide variety of physical activities in multiple environments that benefit the healthy
development of the whole person. A child who is competent in movement is able to perform a
variety of much-needed fundamental motor skills
\.Perceptual motor - Answer-✔is a combination of sensory skills and motor skills that allow a
person to synchronise body movements. Perception has to do with the contact that the brain
makes with the outside world by means of data which is gathered through the senses. This
development begins at a very young age and involves perception of relations in space, for
instance, enabling a child to see an animal in a tree (a leopard or bird). This leads to the
development of background and foreground. It also involves a perception of position in space
when infants look at an object on a mat. No matter what angle they are looking from, it will stay
the same.
\.Physical education - Answer-✔is considered the education of, by and through human
movement. It can mean different things to different people. It is an essential subject which is
dedicated to learning about the psychomotor domain and at the same time focuses on the
development of lifetime physical activity patterns and behaviour.
\.Gross motor abilities - Answer-✔require the child to use his/her arms, legs and large parts of
his/her body. Activities like crawling, jumping, running and skipping utilise the large muscles of
the child's body.
CORRECT ANSWERS
\.Motor development - Answer-✔is characterised as a clear pathway which occurs from birth to
adulthood. It is a continuous process that occurs over the aforementioned period. Motor
development is predictable according to the skills acquired from birth to adulthood.
\.Movement - Answer-✔refers to the physical and entire motor development process from
infancy to old age and includes all the developmental patterns of basic motor skills at all age
levels. Movement lies at the heart of learning. Learning, language and behaviour are all linked in
some way to the function of the motor system and the control of movement. It is known that
children have an insatiable desire for movement, but very often, educators and parents
suppress the desires of the child and believe that they only learn when they are sitting still and
paying attention.
\.Movement activities - Answer-✔are an essential ingredient of physical activity. These activities
not only include the various categories of movement such as stability, locomotion and
manipulation activities, but also a wide range of activities which need to be planned and
presented for learners in the Foundation Phase.
\.Physical development - Answer-✔refers to the process linked to the child's structural or body
size.
, \.Sensory motor integration - Answer-✔refers to a relationship between the sensory system
(nerves) and the motor system (muscles). It also refers to the process by which these two
systems (sensory and motor) communicate and coordinate with each other.
\.Fundamental movement skills - Answer-✔are movement patterns that involve various body
parts and provide the basis of physical literacy. Fundamental movement skills are the
foundational movements, or precursor patterns, to the more specialised and complex skills used
in play, games and specific sports.
\.Physical literacy - Answer-✔is the ability to move with competence and confidence doing a
wide variety of physical activities in multiple environments that benefit the healthy
development of the whole person. A child who is competent in movement is able to perform a
variety of much-needed fundamental motor skills
\.Perceptual motor - Answer-✔is a combination of sensory skills and motor skills that allow a
person to synchronise body movements. Perception has to do with the contact that the brain
makes with the outside world by means of data which is gathered through the senses. This
development begins at a very young age and involves perception of relations in space, for
instance, enabling a child to see an animal in a tree (a leopard or bird). This leads to the
development of background and foreground. It also involves a perception of position in space
when infants look at an object on a mat. No matter what angle they are looking from, it will stay
the same.
\.Physical education - Answer-✔is considered the education of, by and through human
movement. It can mean different things to different people. It is an essential subject which is
dedicated to learning about the psychomotor domain and at the same time focuses on the
development of lifetime physical activity patterns and behaviour.
\.Gross motor abilities - Answer-✔require the child to use his/her arms, legs and large parts of
his/her body. Activities like crawling, jumping, running and skipping utilise the large muscles of
the child's body.
