MOTOR DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD (6-11) YEARS OF AGE .6-11 years old coming out of their classes after school is over? Yes you are Right! Some of them would be running, others would be skipping and still others leaping on to narrow edges and balancing themselves. The children are learning to coordinator their muscle for different types of movements. The body had two types of muscles, namely the large muscles such as those of legs, arms, back etc. and the small muscles or fine muscles such as those in the fingers, toes etc.MUSCLE COORDINATION is of two types: (Fine or Gross) The movements of fine (small) muscles is called FINE MOTOR muscular coordinator while the movement of large muscle is called gross motor muscular coordinator. Activities such as running, balancing, skipping, climbing etc. GROSS MOTOR coordination Motor skill are action that involves that the movement of muscles in the body. They are divided into two groups. Gross motor skills develop over a relatively short period of time. Most development occurs during childhood. E.g. crawling, running, jumping. Fine motor skills AS the child grow older greater proficiency over fine movement is gained. This is the period which involves fine motor coordination can be taught to the child such as writing, needle work, painting etc. It is known from experience that children learn to walk run, jump, kick etc. before they learn to feed themselves or write. It means that gross motor muscular coordination is learnt before fine muscle coordination. From 6-11 years, the handwriting gradually improves i.e. it becomes better and faster. Children in the age group between 6-11 years learn maximum number of different activities. They play different types of games. Activities and skills from 6-11 years are Throw a ball at an estimated distance, Catch the ball, Balance on one feet, Jump at a good height, Skip with two legs