Domain: Perceptual, Motor and Physical Development Sub-Domain: Gross motor Goal IT-PMP3. Child demonstrates effective and efficient use of large muscles for movement and position. Birth to 9 Months: 8-18 Months: 16-36 Months: Gains 36 Months: Coordinates Explores new Moves from control of a variety of movements and actions for a body positions crawling to postures and purpose. Walks and runs, and movements cruising to movements including adjusting speed or direction such as rolling walking, learning stooping, going from depending on the situation. over, sitting, new muscle sitting to standing, crawling, hitting coordination for running and jumping. or kicking at each new skill and objects to achieve how to manage goals. changing ground surfaces. Goal IT-PMP4. Child demonstrates effective and efficient use of large muscles to explore the environment. Birth to 9 Months: 8-18 Months: 16-36 Months: Uses a 36 Months: Explores Uses each new Uses body variety of increasingly environments using motor skills, posture (raising position, balance, complex movements, such as throwing, kicking, head, rolling onto and especially body positions and jumping, climbing, carrying and back, sitting) to movement to postures to participate running. Experiments with learn new ways to explore and in active and quiet different ways of moving the explore the examine materials indoor and outdoor body such as dancing around environment. For activities and play. the room. example, sits up spaces. to be able to reach for or hold objects. Goal IT-PMP5. Child uses sensory information and body awareness to understand how their body relates to the environment. Birth to 9 Months: 8-18 Months: 16-36 Months: Shows 36 Months: Maintains balance Responds to Shows awareness understanding of what and posture while seated and sounds and sights as an size openings are concentrating such as working in the accomplished needed for their body to with clay, blocks or markers or environment by crawler or walker move through. Learns looking at a book. Adjusts orienting head or of new challenges about body size such as position of body to fit through body to or dangers in the doll clothes won’t fit on or into small spaces. understand the environment, such a child’s body or a information in the as steep inclines child’s body won’t fit on event. or drop-offs. dollhouse furniture.
Domain: Perceptual, Motor and Physical Development Sub-Domain: Gross motor Goal IT-PMP3. Child demonstrates effective and efficient use of large muscles for movement and position. Birth to 9 Months: Explores new body positions and movements such as rolling over, sitting, crawling, hitting or kicking at objects to achieve goals. 8-18 Months: Moves from crawling to cruising to walking, learning new muscle coordination for each new skill and how to manage changing ground surfaces. 16-36 Months: Gains control of a variety of postures and movements including stooping, going from sitting to standing, running and jumping. 36 Months: Coordinates movements and actions for a purpose. Walks and runs, adjusting speed or direction depending on the situation. Goal IT-PMP4. Child demonstrates effective and efficient use of large muscles to explore the environment. Birth to 9 Months: Uses each new posture (raising head, rolling onto back, sitting) to learn new ways to explore the environment. For example, sits up to be able to reach for or hold objects. 8-18 Months: Uses body position, balance, and especially movement to explore and examine materials activities and spaces. 16-36 Months: Uses a variety of increasingly complex movements, body positions and postures to participate in active and quiet indoor and outdoor play. 36 Months: Explores environments using motor skills, such as throwing, kicking, jumping, climbing, carrying and running. Experiments with different ways of moving the body such as dancing around the room. Goal IT-PMP5. Child uses sensory information and body awareness to understand how their body relates to the environment. Birth to 9 Months: Responds to sounds and sights in the environment by orienting head or body to understand the information in the event. 8-18 Months: Shows awareness as an accomplished crawler or walker of new challenges or dangers in the environment, such as steep inclines or drop-offs. 16-36 Months: Shows understanding of what size openings are needed for their body to move through. Learns about body size such as doll clothes won’t fit on a child’s body or a child’s body won’t fit on dollhouse furniture. 36 Months: Maintains balance and posture while seated and concentrating such as working with clay, blocks or markers or looking at a book. Adjusts position of body to fit through or into small spaces.