Improving 3-6-Year-Old Children’s Motor Skills through RooPaa, a Play-based Educational Program

Children at the ages of 3-6 years are within a golden period of motor development, and as such having an appropriate program could help them benefit more from this period. One such a program is a domestically developed one called RooPaa which is play-based. To assess the effectiveness of this program an accidental sample of 210 boys and girls was randomly divided into two groups of experimental and control. The experimental group went through the RooPaa program, while the other group had the regular program. Denver Test II was used to assess the two groups’ motor skills before, after the program which lasted one academic year, and as a follow up three months after the program. Statistical analyses of the data revealed a significant and lasting improvement of the said skills among the experimental group. Thus it is suggested that such programs be used for this age group.