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Developing Motor Skills

Last updated 29 May 2025

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Using explicit teaching
Using games
Using music

Using explicit teaching

You can explain and demonstrate how to perform a skill using the four steps below:

  1. Encourage movement exploration: Provide time, resources and space for children to explore how to execute a motor skill. 

  2. Demonstrate the new skill: Show and explain how to perform the skill. 

  3. Give teaching cues: Provide teaching cues to draw children’s attention to the series of body movements during teacher’s demonstration. 

  4. Provide practice and feedback: Get children to recite the teaching cues and practise the skill to be more familiar with the body movement. Continue to provide feedback and encouragement to help children improve the skill. 

Using games

Games help children to practise or reinforce a specific motor skill while having an enjoyable time. Games also promote opportunities for peer interaction and encourage children to cooperate and develop teamwork. 

Do carry out warm-up and cool-down activities to prepare children physically for the activity and help them return to a resting state. This will minimise the risk of injury. 

Using music

Music promotes the development of both gross and fine motor skills, through activities like dances or fingerplay songs. At the same time, it promotes creativity as children explore various movements in an enjoyable manner.