scholarly journals Forms of Physical Activity of Biała Podlaska Preschool Children

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulina Gradus ◽  
Ewa Benza ◽  
Olga Rybak ◽  
Paweł Krzysztoń ◽  
Paulina Batorzyńska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Kindergarten Children ◽  
Psychomotor Development ◽  
Diagnostic Study ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Housing Estates

Abstract Introduction. Physical activity is fundamental to children's all-round development in the first six years of their life. It is particularly significant in preschool age, when the need for movement is predominant. Psychomotor development, conditioned by children's innate abilities and their own activity, depends upon the influence of external surroundings as well as parental upbringing and preschool education. The aim of the study was to obtain data regarding physical activity (both structured and unstructured) of children during their stay in a kindergarten. Material and methods. The study was conducted in five state kindergartens situated in four main housing estates of Bia³a Podlaska. It included 11 groups of older preschool children. It was a diagnostic study. A diagnostic poll method employed in the study included interviews with teachers, lesson observations (during one day) and document analyses (programmes and class registers). Results. During their stay in a kindergarten children take part in physical activities for 1.5 hours a day. During this period they participate in obligatory forms of physical activity such as morning gymnastics, movement plays, outdoor activities and gymnastic exercises. Furthermore, optional movement activities are organised in kindergartens (different forms in different kindergartens). Such extra classes enable children to be physically active for over two more hours per week. Conclusions. In terms of caring about health and motor development of children, not all elements of preschool education programmes are fully realised. Training sessions, workshops and lectures showing diverse forms of physical activity for children ought to be organised for preschool teachers.

Policies and Practices to Promote Physical Activity

2021 ◽  
pp. 306-321
Author(s):  
Linda Saraiva ◽  
Fernando Santos ◽  
Ana Ferreira ◽  
César Sá
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Policy Assessment ◽  
Program Staff ◽  
Observation Instrument ◽  
Children’S Physical Activity

This chapter presents a pilot study that sought to examine the practices and policies that can encourage children's physical activity in preschool settings located at Viana do Castelo, Portugal. The Environment and Policy Assessment and Observation instrument was used to measure the quality of the physical activity environment. The findings show that preschool settings present multiple limitations that may hinder children's physical activity and motor development. It should also be noted that policies are practically non-existent as there is a clear absence of physical activity content within the guiding documents in preschool education contexts. Further, there were no education opportunities provided to program staff. It is paramount to engage policymakers and other stakeholders in discussions that provide quality environments to encourage physical activity among preschool children.

scholarly journals Secular Changes of Adiposity and Motor Development in Czech Preschool Children: Lifestyle Changes in Fifty-Five Year Retrospective Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petr Sedlak ◽  
Jana Pařízková ◽  
Robert Daniš ◽  
Hana Dvořáková ◽  
Jana Vignerová
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Motor Performance ◽  
Skinfold Thickness ◽  
Lifestyle Changes ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Energy Output ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Inadequate Food Intake

Secular trends of adiposity and motor development in preschool children since the fifties of the last century up to the beginning of this millennium were analyzed so as to reveal possible changes due to continuously differentiating lifestyle. In preschool children (n=3678) height, weight, skinfold thickness over triceps, subscapular, and suprailiac were measured by Harpenden caliper in 1957, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1990, and 2012. Simultaneously, motor performance was tested by evaluating the achievements in broad jump and throwing a ball, as a marker of adaptation to changing level of physical activity, free games, and exercise. Along the period of five decades the values of skinfold thickness increased significantly until 2012, mainly on the trunk. Simultaneously, the level of motor performance significantly decreased. Modifications of the way of life during the mentioned five decades characterized by sedentarism and inadequate food intake as related to energy output influenced negatively both adiposity and motor performance already in preschool children. Mostly increased deposition of fat on the trunk which is considered as a marker of possible development of metabolic syndrome was apparent already in preschool age, indicating the importance of early intervention concerning also physical activity and availability for exercise since early life.

scholarly journals FEATURES OF THE VITAL ACTIVITY AND THE STATE OF HEALTH OF MOSCOW PRESCHOOL CHILDREN

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. I. Stepanova ◽  
N. O. Berezina ◽  
Z. I. Sazanyuk
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Vital Activity ◽  
The Family ◽  
Russian Education

The objectives of reforming the Russian education open up new possibilities for organizing the educational process on the basis of the shaping of principles of a healthy lifestyle embodied in standards of preschool education. The study was conducted in 8 Moscow kindergartens. The questionnaire survey included 437 parents of children of young preschool-age (3-4 years) and older preschool-age (5-7 years). The vital activity of modern preschool children was established to be characterized by the elevated of the static and emotional load against the background of deficiency of physical activity due to the increased use of gadgets and watching television, visiting other classes for preparation for school. Failure to comply with a rational mode of the day in the family has a negative impact on the health status of preschool children. Familiarizing parents to a healthy lifestyle, the optimization of mental and physical loads, the increase in the physical activity for children are the priority areas in health promotion work with preschool children.

scholarly journals Relationship between smartphone use management and physical activity in leisure time of children aged 4-6

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 477-508
Author(s):  
Bojan Milošević ◽  
Branka Janković ◽  
Milenko Janković
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Sports Activity ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Smartphone Use

We are witnesses to an ever faster and more "aggressive" influence of modern technologies, not only on lives of adults and adolescents, but also children of preschool age. This planetary trend has not bypassed contemporary Serbian society either. The subject of this paper is the analysis of the data collected through the original empirical research in relation to establishing a connection between (1) the dimension of smartphone control imposed by the parents and (2) the dimensions of physical activity of children of preschool age in their leisure time. The paper analyzes the physical activities of preschool children depending on the following variables: children's gender and age (4, 5 or 6 years old), whether the child owns a smartphone or not, whether the child is included in a programmed sports activity; all this in relation to the parents' statement on whether they limit the time of the child's smartphone use. The relationship between these variables is justified by applying the Parental Smartphone Use Management Scale (PSUMS), while Baecke questionnaire is used for the data on preschool children's physical activity in their leisure time. The empirical research was carried out in the first half of 2020 by conducting a survey among the parents of 943 preschool children aged from 4 to 6 attending preschool and daycare centres in the territory of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (Serbia). Based on the analysis of the collected data, we have deduced the following: 1. a large percentage of children from 4 to 6 do not own their own smartphones (77.9%), but nonetheless they use smartphones on a daily basis (73.4%); 2. there are no differences in children's physical activities in relation to their gender and age; 3. children spend more time on physical activities in their leisure time if they do not have their own smartphones, if they are engaged in an organized sports activity ("recreational schools"), as well as if their parents limit their smartphone use, and 4. children participate more in physical activities in their leisure time if their parents are consistent regarding children's smartphone time management. Recommendations to parents based on our research are that children should be included in free physical activities at the earliest preschool age, and in the structured/programmed ones at a later preschool age, because that is the period most suitable for accepting adequate habits of physical exercise that are carried on into adulthood. In that manner, children will more easily "give up" their passive (sedentary) activities in leisure time, which is usually spent alongside use of smartphone, all with the aim of optimizing the quality of their growing up.

Specific functions of the concept of game activity in physical education of children in children

2021 ◽  
pp. 97-105
Author(s):  
V. Pasichnyk ◽  
M. Pityn ◽  
V. Zgoba ◽  
V. Pasichnyk ◽  
O. Kolobych ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Human Soul ◽  
Harmonious Development ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Spiritual Culture ◽  
Game Activity ◽  
Healthy Body

In preschool age there is a formation of the child's personality, the formation of his physical and spiritual culture - the basis of harmonious development, as the beauty of the human soul and healthy body. Today, one of the main tasks of improving preschool education is to raise a harmoniously developed, perfect, healthy child, able to fully realize their spiritual, physical, intellectual and moral capabilities. An important area of ​​physical education of preschool children is the use of various forms and tools for their harmonious development, among which an important place is given to play activities Purpose: to characterize the specific functions of the concept of play activities in the physical education of preschool children. Research methods: theoretical analysis and generalization of literature sources, induction and deduction, abstraction, comparison, classification and systematization. Results: specific functions are indicated as a certain category of system approach. It is represented by independent properties and has the purpose of describing the system of game activity within the physical education, which should be carried out to achieve the generalized goal. The group of specific functions of the concept of play activity in physical education includes the competence, interdependence, effectiveness and density, which are largely implemented by the author's concept and justified by us and implemented depending on the specifics of play in the relevant group of educational institutions. The fundamental changes taking place in the modern cultural and educational space, social demands and needs confirm the idea of the priority of childhood as the most responsible period of personality development. It is in preschool age that the formation of a child's personality takes place, the formation of his physical and spiritual culture - the basis of harmonious development, as the beauty of the human soul and a healthy body.

FORMATION OF SPEECH IN PRESCHOOL AGE AS A UNITY OF IMITATION AND CREATIVITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 20-26
Author(s):  
Pestereva T.N.
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Children's Literature ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Speech Development ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Synthetic Activity ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Theoretical Substantiation

The study examines the aspect of the formation of speech in preschool children, as a unity of imitation and creativity. According to the Federal State Educational Standard of Preschool Education: «The speech development of children includes the possession of speech as a means of communication and culture; the enrichment of an active vocabulary; the development of coherent, grammatically correct dialogical and monological speech; the development of speech creativity; the development of sound and intonation culture of speech, phonemic hearing; acquaintance with book culture, children's literature, understanding by ear texts of various genres of children's literature; formation of sound analytical and synthetic activity as a prerequisite for literacy training» [3]. The «Concept of Preschool education» notes that «Imagination is the basis for the active participation of a child in various types of activities. It is included in the composition of already known forms of thinking (visual-effective, visual-figurative). On the basis of imagination, children develop the first manifestations of a creative attitude to reality» [4]. The article considers the views of teachers and methodologists on the speech development of preschool children. The method of speech development of preschool children is also described: the «Binomial fantasy» method. Binomial fantasies are used in two areas of the development of imagination and logic of thinking: - To generate ideas for new objects or the transformation of an existing object; - To get ideas for writing fairy-tale or fantastic stories (speech creation). The article reveals the algorithm of work according to the method, in accordance with two directions. The prospect of the research the theoretical substantiation of the unity of imitation and creativity in the formation of speech in preschool children.

scholarly journals The Effect of Play-Based Math Activities on Different Areas of Development in Children 48 to 60 Months of Age

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 215824402091953
Author(s):  
Meral Taner Derman ◽  
Elvan Şahin Zeteroğlu ◽  
Arzu Ergişi Birgül
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Fine Motor ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Gross Motor ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Language Areas ◽  
Experimental Group

There are previous studies in the literature conducted on the effect of play-based math activities on the mathematical skills, language, and cognitive development of preschool children. However, the number of studies conducted to determine the effect of play-based math activities on different areas of development in preschool children was too few. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of play-based math activities on different developmental areas (personal-social, fine motor, language, and gross motor development) of children 48 to 60 months of age. The pretest/posttest quasi-experimental research design with control and experimental groups was employed in this study. The research group of this study is composed of 45 children 22 of whom (10 girls and 12 boys) were in the experimental group and 23 (10 girls and 13 boys) in the control group. Denver II Developmental Screening Test was used as the data collection tool. As a result, it was determined that there was a significant difference between the subscales and pretest-posttest total scores concerning personal-social, fine motor, and language areas in the experimental group, while there was no statistically significant difference in the gross motor subscale. In addition, it was observed that there was statistically no significant difference between pretest–posttest scores concerning personal-social, fine motor, language, gross motor subscales and total scores of the control group. The result revealed that play-based math activities have a positive effect on personal-social, fine motor, language, and gross motor developments of children. Further studies can be planned to investigate the effects of play-based mathematics education integrated with different activities where children can have fun and be physically active on children’s developmental areas.

scholarly journals Calibration and Evaluation of an Objective Measure of Physical Activity in Preschool Children

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Sirard ◽  
Stewart G. Trost ◽  
Karin A. Pfeiffer ◽  
Marsha Dowda ◽  
Russell R. Pate
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Interobserver Reliability ◽  
Objective Measure ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Physical Activity Intensity ◽  
Activity Intensity ◽  
Preschool Age Children ◽  
Trained Observers ◽  
Children’S Physical Activity

Background:The purposes of this study were 1) to establish accelerometer count cutoffs to categorize activity intensity of 3 to 5-y old-children and 2) to evaluate the accelerometer as a measure of children’s physical activity in preschool settings.Methods:While wearing an ActiGraph accelerometer, 16 preschool children performed five, 3-min structured activities. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve analyses identified count cutoffs for four physical activity intensities. In 9 preschools, 281 children wore an ActiGraph during observations performed by three trained observers (interobserver reliability = 0.91 to 0.98).Results:Separate count cutoffs for 3, 4, and 5-y olds were established. Sensitivity and specificity for the count cutoffs ranged from 86.7% to 100.0% and 66.7% to 100.0%, respectively. ActiGraph counts/15 s were different among all activities (P < 0.05) except the two sitting activities. Correlations between observed and ActiGraph intensity categorizations at the preschools ranged from 0.46 to 0.70 (P < 0.001).Conclusions:The ActiGraph count cutoffs established and validated in this study can be used to objectively categorize the time that preschool-age children spend in different physical activity intensity levels.

scholarly journals Introduction of means of rhythmic gymnastics in the process of Physical Education at the institutions of preschool education in order to form the movements culture in children of senior preschool age

2021 ◽  
pp. 18-23
Author(s):  
Lilia Gonchar
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Head Turn ◽  
Internet Resources ◽  
Rhythmic Gymnastics ◽  
Research Analysis

It’s a well- known fact that beautiful and correct movements are formed in the young age. In the future on this basis it will be easy to master more complex movements and actions, including sports. Purpose of the research. On the ground of analyzed literature we are to determine the means of rhythmic gymnastics, which are aimed at the formation of movements culture and to develop the program of PT classes of 5-6 years old children in conditions of institutions of preschool education of Ukraine. Methods of the research: analysis of scientific and methodical literature, Internet resources and educational programs, and pedagogical supervision of the educational process in several preschool educational establishments and in the sport school of Olympic reserve in rhythmic gymnastics. The research results. We analyzed 6 kindergarten programs. One of the tasks is the development of the ability to correctly use the acquired motor experience in independent motor activity. In our opinion, it is the means of rhythmic gymnastics that will be effective for solving this problem. Among the variety of means of rhythmic gymnastics we offer to identify basic and auxiliary ones, as the most effective for the formation of movements culture of preschool children in conditions of preschool education. Music and motor games improve the emotional background of the lesson, aesthetic behavior of preschoolers and creative skills. Summary. So Rhythmic gymnastics exercises is a universal means for forming the culture of movements of preschoolers because this sport has aesthetic and technical components of performing exercises, namely beautiful posture, beautiful head turn, and the ability to perform movements together and gently. Prospects for further research. To develop a set of exercises for the formation of a "culture of movements" for senior preschool children with the use of means of artistic gymnastics in the conditions of preschool educational institutions.

scholarly journals Comprehensive Assessment of the Progress of «Skoroshkolnik» Technology Implementation. The Individualization of the Adapted Basic Education Program for Pre-schoolers with ASD

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 70-85
Author(s):  
G.V. Don ◽  
Yu.I. Erofeeva ◽  
K.R. Salimova ◽  
E.Yu. Davydova ◽  
A.V. Khaustov
Keyword(s):  
Motor Development ◽  
Technology Implementation ◽  
Program Effectiveness ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Comprehensive Assessment ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales ◽  
Children With Asd

Present article considers the technology «Skoroshkolnik» which was developed for the individualization of the adapted basic educational program of preschool education of children of senior preschool age in the group of short-term stay, including the individual characteristics of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The program was developed by educational professionals of the Federal Resource Center for the Organization of Comprehensive Support for Children with ASD of MSUPE. Key principles of the technology are shown in accordance with individual characteristics of children with ASD. A pilot study of program effectiveness carried out using a comprehensive assessment of dynamics of basic skills necessary for teaching in a group. To assess goals achievement we used following methods — «Psychological and educational profile (PEP-3)», Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (VABS) as well as specially developed tools. The study revealed that the program was effective for basic communication skills, speech, cognitive and motor development, as well as reduced the severity of undesirable behavior and improved behavior regulation.

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