Establishing a Before School Activity Program

Mozen, Diana; Cradic, Sharon; Lehwald, Harry

doi:10.1080/08924562.2010.10590882

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“…It would be of interest to identify the effects of FMS interventions on physical activities for both within-school and out-of-school settings in the future. Several studies have suggested that physical activity intervention programs before school [50] and during recess time [51] are beneficial for increasing children's physical activity. Future research is warranted to investigate the effect of FMS intervention embedded in afterschool programs compared to other school programs such as before-school and recess interventions.…”

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Effects of a Fundamental Motor Skill-Based Afterschool Program on Children’s Physical and Cognitive Health Outcomes

Lee

Zhang

Chu

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Globally, more than half of school-aged children do not engage in the recommended 60 minutes of daily moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Given that developing sufficient fundamental motor skills (FMS) competence during early elementary school years is important for a child’s physical and cognitive development, the purpose of this study was to examine the effects of an 8-week FMS-based afterschool program on physical and cognitive health outcomes among elementary children. Participants were 31 K–2 students (19 girls, 12 boys; Mage = 6.65 ± 0.98) from three public elementary schools in the southwestern United States who were assigned to the intervention group (FMS-based afterschool program; n = 20) or the control group (traditional afterschool program; n = 11). A 2 × 2 repeated measures MANOVA showed significant changes in FMS competence and MVPA between the intervention and the control group over time. However, no significant changes were found in cognitive functioning. The 8-week FMS-based afterschool program showed significant improvements in FMS competence and MVPA, compared to a traditional afterschool program. This finding suggests that structured FMS-focused strategies (e.g., fun games and goal setting) can be a critical component when implementing a physical activity program to enhance children’s motor skills and physical activity behavior.

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