We all, as children, we're taught to do menial, simple tasks by older people, like walking or jumping or even brushing our teeth. No matter how small they seem to us now, they were milestones to be accomplished. These milestones are expected to be achieved at the right age or early. However, children sometimes tend to reach them later and require more effort than normal.
It could be because of Dyspraxia or Developmental Coordination Disorder(DCD), and it is called Motor Planning Disorder
Understanding Motor Planning Disorder
When we perform a particular activity, let's say walking, it comes automatically to us at this point. We couldn't do it when we were born and had to be taught how to do it. This teaching helped our brain plan how to execute it, and with time it became like a reflex to us. But our brain still has to plan everything before executing it.
This skill allows the brain to deduce different steps required to bring about a particular motion, no matter how small. This skill is undeveloped or lacking in some children, making it difficult to achieve motor-related milestones or delaying them.
This difficulty is termed Motor Planning Disorder, which unfortunately has no medical cure. But that doesn't mean that your child has to live with these difficulties for the rest of their life. There is Motor Planning Therapy to aid children having difficulty in motor planning.
