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Direct linkRennê H. da Silva; Glauber C. Nobre; Maria Luiza F. Pessoa; Ívina A. A. Soares; Jorge Bezerra; Anelise R. Gaya; Jorge A. P. S. Mota; Michael J. Duncan; Clarice M. L. Martins – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2024
Purpose: To analyze associations between physical activity (PA) during school hours and fundamental movement skills (FMS) of young children with and without PE classes. Methods: This cross-sectional study examined 201 children of both sexes (102 girls, 50.7%), aged 3-5 years old (4.51 ± 0.79), who were engaged (n = 129) or not (n = 72) in physical…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Psychomotor Skills, Physical Education, Correlation
Eileen Africa; Michael Duncan; Lauren Bath – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2024
The Montessori philosophy and environment offers opportunities for free movement within the classroom. Physical development includes the acquisition of fundamental movement skills (FMS) which children acquire through different opportunities for movement. Previous research has shown that Montessorian pre-schoolers were more physically active during…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychomotor Skills, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Fatma Betül Senol; Nezahat Hamiden Karaca – Education 3-13, 2025
This study aimed to determine the motor creativity of preschoolers, to develop a music education programme suitable for the interests and needs of children, and to investigate whether music education is effective in motor creativity. A quasi-experimental design was used to test the effect of music education programme on children's motor…
Descriptors: Music Education, Creativity, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
Ine H. van Liempd; Ora Oudgenoeg-Paz; Paul P. M. Leseman – Child Development, 2025
Object exploration is considered a driver of motor, cognitive, and social development. However, little is known about how early childhood education and care settings facilitate object exploration. This study examined if children's exploration of objects during free play was facilitated by the use of particular spatial components (floor, tables,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Toddlers, Preschool Children, Object Manipulation
Katri Savolainen – Environmental Education Research, 2025
There is a rapidly growing trend in Western countries to offer preschool education in nature. More information is urgently needed on whether the use of nature as a learning environment has beneficial or debilitating effects on the development of children's general school readiness skills. This study examined the differences in parent-reported…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Environmental Education, Preschool Education, School Readiness
Pei-Jung Wang; Hua-Fang Liao; Li-Chiou Chen; Lin-Ju Kang; Lu Lu; Karen Caplovitz Barrett – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Motivation is a key factor for child development, but very few studies have examined child and family predictors of both child task and perceived motivation. Thus, the three aims of this 6-month longitudinal study in preschoolers with global developmental delays (GDD) were to explore: 1) differences between task and perceived motivation in…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Developmental Delays, Child Development
