“Gross motor skills are large movements, often using the whole body,” says health visitor Kerry Bennett. Some examples might be “rolling, crawling, walking, running and jumping as a child gets older.

Remember this? If you’re a Gen X’er like me, you probably do. And yes, while you were shoving those little yellow shapes into ...

Milestones are skills that children develop as they grow. Most of them learn fine motor skills at certain ages. 3 months. Your infant doesn’t have a lot of control over their arms. They can probably ...

Motor skills are foundational for a lifetime of movement. For children, they play a vital role not only in facilitating physical activity levels but also for cognitive and socio-emotional development ...

Using a fork to eat, zipping up a sweatshirt and turning a doorknob are all things most people do without thinking, but children spend their early years developing and refining these abilities. They ...

Doctors have relentlessly impressed upon us the many benefits of exercise. Energy, mood, sleep and motor skills all improve with a regular fitness regimen that includes activities such as running.

Writing, driving a screw or throwing darts are only some of the activities that demand a high level of skill. How the brain masters such exquisite movements has now been described. A map of brainstem ...

Comparing the brains of mice that exercised with those that did not, researchers found that specific neurotransmitters switched following sustained exercise, leading to improved learning for ...