Impact of a dexterity programme on motor skills and inventiveness in 5–6-year-old children

Abstract

Background: It is believed that a child's early years provide the foundation for all subsequent generations' lives. Early childhood is a critical period in the neurological system's development, thus Aimes: In this study, a programme incorporating motor dexterity will be created, and its impact on preschoolers' imaginative thinking and some motor skills will be assessed. 40 students who took part in the study were subjected to the experimental approach by the researchers. Pre-schoolers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were randomly assigned to one of two groups, the experimental group (n = 20, age = 5.55±0.34 years; height = 109.65±0.97 cm; weight = 22.5 ±0.51 kg; intelligence = 8.30±0.47 Number), or the control group (n = 20, age = 5.50 0.34 years; height = 109.85 0.93cm; weight = 22.5±0.51 kg; intelligence = 8.30±0.47; Intelligence = 8.15±0.67 Number; weight = 22.70±0.57 kg). Anthropometric measurements, intelligence testing, motor ability tests, and creative thinking were used to acquire the data. The educational programme was implemented over the course of eight weeks at a rate of two instructional units each week. Results: The findings demonstrated that the proposed educational programme using a dexterity kinetic had a more favourable impact than the conventional programme on the growth of creative thinking and restricted motor skills.As the percentage differences in motor skills ranged from (1.07% to 99.16%) and the percentage differences in creative thinking ranged from (7.67% to 26.97%) and (P<0.05), respectively. All of the differences in the rates of progress worked in favour of the experimental group. In conclusion, the suggested educational programme employing a dexterity kinetic improved the imaginative thinking and some motor skills in preschoolers, which resulted in substantial differences between the post-tests and advantages for the experimental group.