CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT OF FINE MOTOR SKILLS FROM BIRTH TO INDEPENDENT WALKING

Diplomsko delo z naslovom Motorični razvoj otroka od rojstva do samostojne hoje je sestavljeno iz teoretičnega in empiričnega dela. V teoretičnem delu smo predstavili gibalni razvoj otroka, in sicer dejavnike, stopnje in hitrost gibalnega razvoja. Predstavili smo tudi negativno in pozitivno izkušenjsko okolje za otroka. Opisali smo naravne oblike gibanja, predvsem pa smo se osredotočili na hojo. Pri hoji smo predstavili pozitivne in negativne vzroke ter napake, ki jih delamo starši, ko učimo otroke hoditi. V empiričnem delu smo uporabili deskriptivno metodo in kavzalno-neeksperimentalno metodo raziskovanja. Kot raziskovalni instrument smo uporabili anketni vprašalnik, ki je bil sestavljen iz 11 vprašanj. Vzorec je bil neslučajnostni. Anketirali smo 100 staršev, katerih otroci obiskujejo vrtec prvega starostnega obdobja. Naš cilj je bil predvsem ugotoviti, koliko časa povprečno potrebuje otrok od rojstva do samostojne hoje. Ugotovili smo, da večina otrok potrebuje 13 mesecev, da samostojno hodi, da v času do samostojne hoje ni razlike med spoloma, da otroci staršev, ki več časa dnevno posvetijo otrokom, ne shodijo prej kot otroci, ki jim starši posvetijo dnevno manj časa, in da starši nimajo največjega vpliva na otrokov motorični razvoj do samostojne hoje.The thesis with the title »Childhood Development of Fine Motor Skills from Birth to Independent Walking« consists of theoretical and empirical part. The theoretical part presents a child\u27s motor skills development, including the factors, the stages and the pace of a child\u27s motor skills development. Hereby the negative and positive factors of a child\u27s environment are presented. The natural forms of movement are described, with the main focus being on the aspect of walking. For that purpose, positive factors influencing the development of walking are illustrated as well as mistakes that parents are likely to do when teaching their child how to walk. In the empirical part a descriptive and causal, non-experimental research method was used. A poll consisting of 11 questions was used as a research instrument. The sample taken was not random. We conducted a poll on 100 parents whose children attend the first age group in a kindergarten. The main goal was to establish how much time on average a child needs from birth to independent walking. The results have shown that the majority of children need 13 months to start walking independently. There are no significant gender differences and children of those parents who spend more time with them do not walk independently any sooner than those whose parents spend less time with their children. Therefore parents do not have the biggest influence on their child\u27s motor skills development and independent walking