Walking and talking -- motor and reading?

[Claire Son]

Dear Info-CHILDES,

I think this discussion is really interesting.
I'm in the field of early childhood education and thinking about the
relation between motor and early cognitive achievement.
Some school readiness tests include motor assessment -- the use of motor
test seems to be based on the assumption that having information about
motor development as well as language and cognitive development adds
additional power in explaining their readiness or predicting their future
achievement (usually reading) in school.
How do you think about motor and early reading development in this sense?
And can the rationale for (or predictive validity of) using motor items in
readiness test be on correlation or cause-and-effect do you think?
Well, my position is that motor items should be included in early
assessment which reveal  more information about the whole child, but not so
sure that where I can find theoretical justifications about motor and
reading (or math).
Thank you in advance for your comments.

best,
Claire Son

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