Importance of Physical Education to Promote Gross Motor Skills in Initial Education

A Theoretical Compilation

Abstract

The present study arises from the problems evidenced in Physical Education classes at the initial level, characterized by difficulties in the development of gross motor skills in infants, one of the main factors that threaten the problem is ignorance on the part of teachers on the use of teaching methodologies with a playful approach. The objective of this work is to carry out a theoretical review about the importance of Physical Education for the development of gross motor skills in children of the initial level through bibliographic search strategies. As a methodology, the bibliographic review of popularization or scientific inquiry journals was used in regional and high-impact database sites such as Scielo, Redalyc, Latindex, Scopus and Web of Science considering impact, relevance and topicality as criteria. It was obtained as a result that Physical Education requires that consistent methodologies be established with the current curricular criteria so that infants are capable of acting autonomously; At the same time, it has been possible to show that the family context also plays a fundamental role since in many cases they are also unaware of how important motor area stimulation is in children. In conclusion, this area is useful during the initial level because through it activities are proposed that promote motor skills and abilities, exercising the coordination and balance of infants.