Psychomotor Games and Development of Basic Motor Skills in Physical Education

Abstract

Initial Education is the first stage where children begin their training in the classroom, however there are difficulties in motor development at the initial level, due to the application of traditional pedagogies by nursery educators. It has been considered that the game is the most effective means for the acquisition of significant learning, development of motor skills, providing children with a comprehensive movement education. The purpose of this article is focused on analyzing different perspectives about the impact that psychomotor games have on the development of basic motor skills in the Physical Education class of the initial level through the use of bibliography search strategies in scientific articles of the last five years. The methodology developed had a qualitative approach, type of documentary research, taking into account the inclusion and exclusion criteria, using taxonomy and heuristic matrices to analyze the information accordingly. The results show that the motor and cognitive development processes of children are decisive and influential for physical development in childhood. It can be concluded that the pedagogical approach of Physical Education contains several methods and tools that not only provide an opportunity to promote a healthy lifestyle, but also optimize the process of motor development at school age, however psychomotor games provide a Pleasant, fun and enriching teaching-learning space to contribute to the motor, physical, social, cognitive and psychological aspects of infants.