BACKGROUND Almost half of young children do not achieve minimum recommendations of 60 daily minutes in physical activity. Physical activity is potentially an important determinant of the development of motor competence in children. This study is one of very few longitudinal studies in this area and the first to investigate early childhood physical activity as a predictor of subsequent motor ski...

Active play is a novel approach to addressing low physical activity levels and fundamental movement skills (FMS) in children. This study aimed to determine if a new school-based, 'Go2Play Active Play' intervention improved school day physical activity and FMS. This was a pragmatic evaluation conducted in Scotland during 2015-16. Participants (n = 172; mean age = 7 years) were recruited from sev...

Background and Study Aim. Motor skills are a very important ability for every student to have because they can affect their full development. However, the growth development of elementary school-age children is likely be influenced by environmental factors such as family, social environment, school environment. This study aims determine differences in gross motor students lower grades hilly coa...

Objetivo: Analizar los efectos de un programa estimulación motriz 8 semanas basado en actividades lúdicas, el nivel desarrollo motor grueso varones escolares tercero y cuarto básico del Instituto Salesiano Valdivia. Método: Participaron 15 alumnos hombres, con una edad 9.03±0.63 años realizando tres sesiones semanales, por tiempo ocho semanas. Se midió antes después la intervención, utilizando ...

purpose :   the aim of this study was to examine the influence of selected exercises on motor development in elementary school third grade girl students in ahwaz city, iran . methods :   the present study was semi-experimental, performed as field and using experimental and control groups. the statistical population included all third grade girl students of elementary schools of ahvaz city (10,5...