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It is harder to tie your shoelaces and draw: why children’s motor skills are deteriorating
Alyona Pavliuk — February 10, 15:12
In children, motor skills are deteriorating - what are the causes
Modern children are deteriorating in motor skills. 1 of the main reasons for this is to spend time in front of the screens, which displaces simple drawing or tinkering.
What another factors affect your motor skills and how to deal with it - reads in National Geographic.
In 2024, American magazine Education Week conducted a survey among teachers on the problems of pupils in primary school. 77% of them stated that children now have more difficulties with pencils, pens and scissors than 5 years ago. And 69% of teachers noticed that it was harder for school children to tie their shoelaces.
In a fresh survey published In JAMA Pediatrics, American scientists analyzed the motor skills of more than 250 children born in the first year of the pandemic. After six months, their test results were lower than in children born before COVID-19.
According to co-author Lauren Shaffrey, it is hard to find whether this is due to increased prenatal stress or from another environment in which children were in their early months due to a pandemic.
NOTICE:
Shaffi besides notes that due to being home with working parents, children of all ages began spending more time with gadgets. This origin importantly affects delays in the improvement of motor skills.
However, Stephen Barnett, co-director of the National Institute for Early Education investigation at Rutgers University, believes that specified a trend appeared before the pandemic.
Because children spend more and more time in front of the screens, they are little active in creativity, drawing and design. Although math or digital art may be beneficial, it does not make motor skills.
According to Barnett, the time for games and another outdoor activities is besides reduced, which are crucial for the improvement of tiny and large motor skills.
Amy Hornbeck, a coach at Beverly City Public Schools in fresh Jersey, notes that various regular amenities besides affected the deterioration of motor skills. These are for example pants without locks and buttons or packed snacks.
Children's preference for toys has besides changed, says Hornbeck. Magnetic images that are easy to connect have replaced puzzles and wooden blocks that require patience and precision.
The expert besides notes that children read little and less. In the 3 of the 4 classes she observed, not 1 kid dared to enter the reading area for 3 hours.
Turning the pages of the book may seem a very easy task, but reading besides develops the ability to focus and follow instructions. They are the key to motor skills - fastening the zipper on the coat or tying the laces.
Barnett adds that the decline in children's ability to focus on a peculiar task is simply a key origin in the decline in motor skills.
How to make motor skills?
Amy Hornbeck advises parents to add motor skills to regular tasks: joint cooking, search for pebbles on their way to school, pour drinks into cups, compression washes in the bathtub.
A simple plasticine and a box of colored crayons can besides be helpful.
The expert besides advises not to immediately make competition between useful activity and gadget. In particular, do not disable the screen during exercise.
We wrote earlier that scientists They found that the time spent on digital devices has a long-term impact on children's brains. Although they noticed affirmative effects, they prevailed negative. In particular, we are talking about attention disorders and cognitive processes.
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It is harder to tie your shoelaces and draw: why children’s motor skills are deteriorating
Alyona Pavliuk — February 10, 15:12
In children, motor skills are deteriorating - what are the causes
Modern children are deteriorating in motor skills. 1 of the main reasons for this is to spend time in front of the screens, which displaces simple drawing or tinkering.
What another factors affect your motor skills and how to deal with it - reads in National Geographic.
In 2024, American magazine Education Week conducted a survey among teachers on the problems of pupils in primary school. 77% of them stated that children now have more difficulties with pencils, pens and scissors than 5 years ago. And 69% of teachers noticed that it was harder for school children to tie their shoelaces.
In a fresh survey published In JAMA Pediatrics, American scientists analyzed the motor skills of more than 250 children born in the first year of the pandemic. After six months, their test results were lower than in children born before COVID-19.
According to co-author Lauren Shaffrey, it is hard to find whether this is due to increased prenatal stress or from another environment in which children were in their early months due to a pandemic.
NOTICE:
Shaffi besides notes that due to being home with working parents, children of all ages began spending more time with gadgets. This origin importantly affects delays in the improvement of motor skills.
However, Stephen Barnett, co-director of the National Institute for Early Education investigation at Rutgers University, believes that specified a trend appeared before the pandemic.
Because children spend more and more time in front of the screens, they are little active in creativity, drawing and design. Although math or digital art may be beneficial, it does not make motor skills.
According to Barnett, the time for games and another outdoor activities is besides reduced, which are crucial for the improvement of tiny and large motor skills.
Amy Hornbeck, a coach at Beverly City Public Schools in fresh Jersey, notes that various regular amenities besides affected the deterioration of motor skills. These are for example pants without locks and buttons or packed snacks.
Children's preference for toys has besides changed, says Hornbeck. Magnetic images that are easy to connect have replaced puzzles and wooden blocks that require patience and precision.
The expert besides notes that children read little and less. In the 3 of the 4 classes she observed, not 1 kid dared to enter the reading area for 3 hours.
Turning the pages of the book may seem a very easy task, but reading besides develops the ability to focus and follow instructions. They are the key to motor skills - fastening the zipper on the coat or tying the laces.
Barnett adds that the decline in children's ability to focus on a peculiar task is simply a key origin in the decline in motor skills.
How to make motor skills?
Amy Hornbeck advises parents to add motor skills to regular tasks: joint cooking, search for pebbles on their way to school, pour drinks into cups, compression washes in the bathtub.
A simple plasticine and a box of colored crayons can besides be helpful.
The expert besides advises not to immediately make competition between useful activity and gadget. In particular, do not disable the screen during exercise.
We wrote earlier that scientists They found that the time spent on digital devices has a long-term impact on children's brains. Although they noticed affirmative effects, they prevailed negative. In particular, we are talking about attention disorders and cognitive processes.
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