Child Care and Early Education Research Connections

Skip to main content

The effects of SPARK physical education program on fundamental motor skills in 4-6 year-old children

Description:
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of SPARK Physical Education (PE) program on fundamental motor skills in 4-6 year children. SPARK (Sports, Play, and Active Recreations for Kids) is an evidence based PE program designed in order to promote the lifelong wellbeing. Methods: In total, 90 children aged 4 to 6 years were selected randomly. The children were allocated into 3 groups with separate PE programs: 1-SPARK, 2-Gymnastics and 3-Routine activity. Using the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD-2), a pretest was done in all groups. Afterwards, SPARK and Gym PE programs were performed for 8 weeks and 3 sessions each week. The third group used to do the routine physical education program in their daycare. After 8 weeks (24 sessions), the post tests were done for all groups with the same scoring system as the pretest. Findings: The results showed that the SPARK programs had a higher efficacy on the promotion of the fundamental motor skills comparing to the routine physical education programs or gymnastics PE group. Conclusion: SPARK can be used as an appropriate alternative in order to promote the children's motor skills. (author abstract)
Resource Type:
Reports & Papers
Country:
Iran

Related resources include summaries, versions, measures (instruments), or other resources in which the current document plays a part. Research products funded by the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation are related to their project records.

- You May Also Like

These resources share similarities with the current selection.

The effect of a physical activity intervention on preschoolers' fundamental motor skills: A cluster RCT

Reports & Papers

The development of fundamental motor skills of four- to five-year-old preschool children and the effects of a preschool physical education curriculum

Reports & Papers

An Integrated Early Literacy and Motor Skill Intervention to Improve Letter Knowledge, Phonological Awareness and Fundamental Motor Skills

Administration for Children and Families/OPRE Projects
Release: 'v1.62.0' | Built: 2024-05-03 16:33:15 EDT