Which statement best defines gross motor development?

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Gross motor development involves using large muscle groups to move the body, enabling activities such as walking, running, and jumping. This makes the statement describing gross motor development as using large muscle groups like walking and running the best answer. The other options mix up motor skill types or timing: one confuses fine motor with large muscles, another suggests gross motor skills only occur in early childhood, and the last point describes fine motor in terms of eye movement rather than small muscle control of the hands and fingers.