The Effect of Shadow Play on Preschool Children's Fundamental Movement Skills

Rezae, Malihe; Nezakatalhosseini, Maryam; Badami, Rokhsareh

doi:10.22059/jmlm.2017.61948

Document Type : Research Paper I Open Access I Released under CC BY-NC 4.0 license

Authors

¹ M.Sc. of Motor Behavior, Faculty of Physical Education, Islamic Azad University of Isfahan, Khorasgan Branch, Isfahan, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of Motor Behavior, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Motor Behavior, Faculty of Physical Education, Islamic Azad University of Isfahan, Khorasgan Branch, Isfahan, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jmlm.2017.61948

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of 10 weeks of shadow play on preschool children's fundamental movement skills. In this quasi-experimental study with pretest/posttest design and a control group, 28 girls and boys (6 years old) were selected by convenience sampling method from children in a preschool and were randomly divided into the experimental group (5 girls & 9 boys) and the control group (5 girls & 9 boys). For 10 weeks (three 45-minute sessions), the experimental group performed the shadow play and the control group had their routine activities of preschool. The pretest and the posttest were administered by "the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-Test (M-ABC)". This test consisted of three subtests of manual dexterity, ball skills and balance skills. Analysis of data was performed by covariance analysis (α=0.05). The results showed that 10 weeks of shadow play had a significant effect on subtests of manual dexterity, balance skills and the total score of fundamental skills but had no significant effects on ball skills. Findings of this study showed that shadow play may improve preschool children's fundamental movement skills.

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The Effect of Shadow Play on Preschool Children's Fundamental Movement Skills

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Volume 9, Issue 1
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The Effect of Shadow Play on Preschool Children's Fundamental Movement Skills

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Volume 9, Issue 1June 2017Pages 79-91

Volume 9, Issue 1
June 2017
Pages 79-91