A Psychomotor Intervention Program: The Body Scheme and its Influence on Writing

Abstract

This study highlights the importance of psychomotricity in the writing learning process. For this purpose, a psychomotor intervention program was developed, which was applied to a sample of children in the Municipality of Évora, Portugal. The program aimed to promote the development of the body scheme, eye-hand coordination, specific motor coordination, balance, spatial orientation and laterality. The program was applied in 11 sessions, where 16 specific activities were developed, considering the objectives of the program. The results of the program application showed a remarkable evolution of the children in terms of their psychomotor education, namely in terms of the body scheme.