Sensorimotor Skills in Children of Early Age

(Kindergarden Sunce, Zagreb, Croatia)

Abstract: Children between the ages of 0 and 3 get wounds. Even in the mother’s womb, researchers found a developed vestibular sensory system in fetuses from 5 months of age, which is responsible for knowing the position of the body in relation to the force of weight. All sensory areas coordinate with each other. As we have seen, the integral model of perception functions from birth. After birth, the child is surrounded by various objects and phenomena that slowly develop sensorimotor senses. Early children learn best through play. The game stimulates all the senses — eyes for sight, hands for touch, nose for smell, mouth for taste, movement for space. Through play, the child focuses on research in which he spontaneously develops his sensory areas, which become food for the brain. Everything a child experiences through experience leaves a great impact on the child’s brain and, over time, on later life opportunities and situations. It is important to offer the child a quality environment in which you will meet their individual needs and develop their sensory stimuli. The classic division of the senses refers to the vestibular system, which is important for movement and maintaining balance, the proprioceptive system responsible for muscles and joints, the tactile system for touch, the visual for sight, the auditory for hearing, the olfactory system recognizes smell, the sense for vitality and the gustatory system important for taste. All sensory systems in a child should be viewed as a whole. Only later, when the child reaches a satisfactory age-appropriate level of development, are complete observations differentiated and observed separately from each other as separate modalities. 

Key words: child, development, sensory systems, play