- Title
- The effect of a 10-week physical activity programme on fundamental movement skills in 3–4-year-old children within early childhood education centres
- Creator
- Ali, Ajmol; McLachlan, Claire; Mugridge, Owen; McLaughlin, Tara; Conlon, Cathryn; Clarke, Linda
- Date
- 2021
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/178767
- Identifier
- vital:15460
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.3390/children8060440
- Identifier
- ISBN:2227-9067 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- The objective of this study was to examine the effect of a 10-week physical activity (PA) programme, in early childhood education (ECE) settings, on 3 and 4-year-old children’s fundamental movement skills (FMS). A further aim was to examine FMS three-months post-intervention. The PA instructors delivered one 45 min session/week over 10 weeks, to 3-and 4-year-old children (n = 46), across four ECE centres. These sessions involved participation from ECE teachers. Children in the control group (CON; n = 20) received no PA classes and completed pre-and post-intervention assessments only. Locomotor (e.g., running/hopping) and object-control (e.g., kicking/throwing) skills were assessed using the Test for Gross Motor Development-2 (TGMD-2), before and after the intervention and, for the intervention group (EXP), at 3 months. Locomotor and object-control skills significantly improved in the EXP group, with typically no change in the CON group. The EXP group’s locomotor and object-control skills were maintained at 3 months. The 10-week PA intervention successfully improved 3-and 4-year-old children’s FMS. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Relation
- Children Vol. 8, no. 6 (2021), p.
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Rights
- Copyright © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 1607 Social Work; Motor skills; Physical activity; Physical education; Pre-school; Test of gross motor development
- Full Text
- Reviewed
- Funder
- This research was funded by BestStart Educare.
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