Effects of Pre-school Play on Motor Development in Children

Abstract

Motor skills are considered important for children's physical, social, and psychological development. Pre-school age seems to be decisive for the development of motor skills. Our study's aim was to investigate the effect of 12 weeks game education on the motor development of pre-school children aged 4 to 6 years. In the research, experimental method pre-test / post-test and control group design was used. In this study, a total of 30 boys and 30 girls were enrolled. The research consisted of a total of 60 children who were studying in pre-school and were selected via random sampling model. In order to collect data, 12 weeks game education was conducted on participants. Motor Performance test protocol, developed by Morris, Atwater Williams and Willmore in 1980, was used on both experiment and control group children, in order to measure their motor performance before and after 12-weeks game education. Average and standard deviation values were calculated for the data collected. Children's throwing, catching, long jump, vertical jump, running, and stopping skills were measured. Mean and standard deviations of the data obtained in the study were taken. A statistically significant difference was found between the experimental and control groups in terms of post-test. A statistically significant difference was found in the experimental group pre-test and post-test comparisons. In these comparisons, the post-test values were found to be higher than the pre-test values. According to the results of the research, it is necessary to apply more long-term applications to increase the positive effect of 12-Weeks basic game education at the levels of motor development in children aged 4 to 6 years old.

Intraday reliability, sensitivity, and minimum detectable change of national physical fitness measurement for preschool children in China

“…Previous studies also showed that girls outperformed boys in flexibility throughout childhood until adolescence [ 3 , 32 ]. The comparison of TT ability exhibited consistent results with a previous study such that superior performance in male children was observed [ 34 ]. Although investigations on DTH are lacking, recent studies indicated that boys performed significantly better than girls in leap, SLJ, and sideway jump tests [ 35 , 36 ].…”

Bag Toss Game based on Internet of Education Things (IoET) for the Development of Fine Motor Stimulation in Children 5-6 Years Old

“…Furthermore, the results of the test will be scored and analyzed by child development experts. Another research studied the effect of 12 weeks of game education on the motor development of 60 children ages 4-6 years [3]. Children need to play throwing, catching, long jump, vertical jump, running and stopping.…”

“…Indeed, previous research has utilized IoT to stimulate child motor development, but the analysis still relies on human assistance [24]. Moreover, the study conducted by Hayrettin still uses an entirely conventional method [3]. Furthermore, the research that we conduct has the opportunity to be developed with a variety of play activities integrated with the IoT system.…”

“…In this age range, the child's motor development will increase rapidly and is known as the golden age of growth. In general, children's motor development divided into two groups, namely fine motor development and gross motor development [3]. Fine motor development is an event of physical development which includes activities involving small muscles (hands) and coordination between the hands with the eyes or other senses that ensures accuracy in motion [4] [5].…”

Children's Only Profession: Playing with Toys

“…For the development of fine motor movements, carrying, grasping, writing, drawing geometric pictures with a pencil, cutting paper with scissors, playing with dough and sand, stringing beads, and eating suitable foods with a fork would be helpful. With the pleasure created by all these, children also develop cognitively [ 14 , 15 ]. On the other hand, since some of these activities are carried out outdoors, both the rates of obesity are reduced and the need for Vitamin D is met thanks to sunlight.…”