Traditional games as stimulation strategies to promote gross motor skills in early Childhood Education II

Abstract

Introduction: In Initial Education, the stimulation of children to execute horrible movements is essential to contribute to the comprehensive development of children. In this article, the problem addressed is the limited development of gross motor skills. Objective: design a stimulation strategy based on traditional games to promote the development of gross motor skills in children 4 years of Initial Education of the “Natividad Delgado de Alfaro” Educational Unit, period 2022-2023. Materials and methods: The research approach is mixed; the inductive-deductive, historical-logical and analysis-synthesis methods guided the study; The sample is represented by 28 4-year-old children, 28 representatives and 2 teachers of the initial sublevel II. Results: Children have gross motor skills in the process of development and initiation; Furthermore, teachers do not apply educational actions that contribute to improvement. In this way, a proposal is designed structured in 3 phases and made up of 7 activities based on the practice of games. The stimulation strategy was evaluated by the criteria of 7 experts who rated it as very relevant. Conclusions: the various traditional games proposed can be played in the educational context because through these playful actions children develop a series of important motor movements