Core skills

Foundations for all core skills

These foundations, built from birth, underpin the core skills.

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Rolling

Beginning to gain independence to explore their environment and choose their own activities.

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Crawling

Beginning to gain independence to explore their environment and choose their own activities.

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Walking and running

Progressing through standing unaided to more natural and fluid movements, allowing more energetic play.

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Jumping

From learning to push feet down into the ground, to jumping with increasing height and distance.

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Balancing

Balance is essential for sitting, crawling, and standing. Good balance depends on strong back and tummy muscles, so activities to strengthen them are crucial.

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Climbing

Using increased balance and coordination to complete daily activities, such as climbing stairs, to the challenge of climbing for fun.

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Throwing

Using improved hand-eye coordination to go from releasing objects to propelling objects further and with increased accuracy.

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Catching

Catching is a core skill that begins with basic hand-eye coordination and ultimately leads to children being able to receive fast moving objects from a distance.

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Kicking and batting

Visually tracking objects and coordinating movement responses with feet (kicking) or a handheld object (batting) with increasing accuracy.

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Using wheeled toys

Using growing balance and spatial awareness to safely travel around their environment with balance bikes, scooters, and other push-pull toys.

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Fine motor skills

Utilising gross-motor stability, strengthening the smaller muscles of the hands to perform tasks such as drawing, writing, fastening clothes, etc.

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