Evaluation of Presenting Motor Activities to Children in Kindergartens in Riyadh

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the reality of teaching motor activities

provided to children in kindergartens in the city of Riyadh, and the role of

motor activities in the development of the child in this stage.Besides, the study

aimed to identify the status of the performance of teachers of motor activities

provided to children.The study used the descriptive analytical method

which relies on studying the situation or phenomenon as it is and describe

it precisely.The sample consisted of (110 teacher) of kindergarten teachers

public and private kindergartens, and a scale (prepared by the researcher)

was used to assess the situation of motor activities provided to children in

the light of Early Childhood Educational goals and objectives.The results

showed:

1. That the status of applying motor activities offered to children at this stage

represented (1.71%) of the whole sample group.This shows an opinion

agreement amongst the sample group about the position of applying

motor skills activities which are offered to the kindergarten child.

2. That the role of motor activities in the development of children in

kindergartens in the city of Riyadh represent (83.5%) .This shows an

opinion agreement amongst the sample group regarding the role of motor

skills activities in the development of kindergarten children.

3. The role of kindergarten teacher in providing motor activities for children

at this stage represented (84.5%) This shows an opinion agreement

amongst the sample group about the role of kindergarten teacher in

presenting motor skills activities to the children.

The study recommended:

♦♦ Enriching the child’s environment at the kindergarten with the appropriate

equipments and tools for motor activities; in order to create stimulus and

then rapid response during motor skill learning (according to Pavlov’s

classical conditioning learning theory) (Omda: 2012) - • Self- learning

kindergarten curriculum must include a kinesthetic program which

should contain free games and organized ones with goal setting, besides

the types of motor activities appropriate for the child and methods for

providing these activities.It should also include methods of measuring the

growth of motor skills and ways of assessing child’s kinetic ability which

commensurate with the characteristics of kindergarten child’s growth

and the objectives of this phase.- • The kindergarten teacher should pay

attention to children with special needs while playing kinetic play- There

is a need to pay attention to the courses of child kinetic education in the

curricula of colleges of early childhood education major in the universities

in Saudi Arabia