La estimulación temprana en el desarrollo psicomotor en la educación inicial de los niños de 4 a 5 años

Abstract

Psychomotricity is a fundamental process in the general development of children in early childhood education. It intervenes in the affective, intellectual and motor process. It thus has a close relationship with psychomotor development, which is related to the acquisition of the skills that the child acquires during his childhood. Psychomotor development is an important phase in the formation of children aged 4 to 5 years. One of its main characteristics is that the child learns through movement. The purpose of the research is to publicize the importance of early stimulation in psychomotor development with children. For this reason, early stimulation supports and improves psychomotor development through activities, games, exercises and other useful resources that shape personality, since children better adapt irregular situations to their environment. Likewise, as teachers, we need to know the appropriate activities to exercise with children and help them in their psychomotor development. The study problem originated in the pre-professional practices, in which it was possible to observe the psychomotor development problems that the children had at the time of carrying out some activities. To obtain information, participant observation and interviews with teachers were carried out. One of the results that was presented is that there are still children who cannot carry out coordination and motor activities, on the other hand, some teachers do not have enough knowledge about the importance that should be given to the psychomotor development of children.