Although physical development is one of the Prime Areas, it is possibly the least well understood in practice and provision. This is not helped by the limitations of the statutory framework's expectations.
The emphasis on gross and fine motor skills concludes with two narrow Early Learning Goals:
ELG: Gross Motor Skills
‘Children at the expected level of development will:
ELG: Fine Motor Skills
‘Children at the expected level of development will:
What we have here is a very limited viewpoint of what PD is. Unfortunately this leads to limited observation, assessment, planning, practice and provision. The result of this is many buying in commercial ‘programmes’ and products that are promoted to develop fine motor skills. Much time is given to these.
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