Examination and factor analysis of the use of fundamental movement skills among young children at play:

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  • Oikawa Naoki
    Department of Preschool Education, Iida Womenʼs Junior College

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  • 幼児の遊びの中で発現する基本動作の実態と関連要因の検討
  • 幼児の遊びの中で発現する基本動作の実態と関連要因の検討 : 地域子育て支援拠点を利用する親子を対象に
  • ヨウジ ノ アソビ ノ ナカ デ ハツゲン スル キホン ドウサ ノ ジッタイ ト カンレン ヨウイン ノ ケントウ : チイキ コソダテ シエン キョテン オ リヨウ スル オヤコ オ タイショウ ニ
  • focusing on parents and children at a childcare support center
  • ―地域子育て支援拠点を利用する親子を対象に―

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This study examined the use of fundamental movement skills among young children at play and analyzed the factors affecting the use of these skills. Forty-seven young children (aged 1-3 years) and their parents participated in the study at a childcare support center located in City A, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The participating children were pre-kindergarten or pre-nursery children. The initial part of the study included a survey administered to parents to assess their evaluation of the environment and substance of the childrenʼs at-home play. Next, the children were observed while at play in the childcare support center for 20 minutes. The frequencies and types of fundamental movement skills were recorded. Following the examination, the childrenʼs play situations were assessed. Overall, during play, the children employed 65 fundamental movement skills (stability：14 types, locomotion：15 types, manipulation：36 types). The use of each fundamental movement skill was observed an average of 4 times per child, in an average of 18 children. The mean number of types of skills employed in the overall sample was 25, and the mean frequency of use of skills per child was 271. The childrenʼs play and fundamental movement skill use influenced both the indoor and outdoor environments of the childcare support center. The at-home environment and substance of the childrenʼs play had non-significant effects on the fundamental movement skills observed in the childcare support center.

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