Optimization of Gross Motor Skills Development in Early Childhood by Conducting Physical Training Activities

Abstract

Increasing children's motor skills will improve children's cognitive, social-emotional, and physiological abilities, so that later children will grow into smart, independent, and healthy individuals. Related to early childhood physical motor, the target that must be achieved by children is to apply as best as possible basic movement abilities and skills. The basic movements mastered by children must be correct in accordance with their body functions and in accordance with children's daily activities. The purpose of this study was to determine the experience of teachers in optimizing the development of gross motor skills in early childhood by conducting physical training activities at PAUD Permata Diponegoro University. This research method uses qualitative methods with phenomenological approach studies. The participants in this study amounted to three participants who were teachers at PAUD Permata Diponegoro University. The results showed that doing physical training activities can optimize the development of gross motor skills in early childhood. Physical training activities in this study were carried out with a game-based warming-up model in the form of rhythmic gymnastics, traffic light games, active road creations and ball knee shoulder head games.