EFFECTS OF OUTDOOR GAME ACTIVITIES ON ABILITY OF FINE MOTOR USAGE FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to compare the ability of fine motor usage before and after learning with outdoor game activities for one group trial by pre-test and post-test. The samples were 20 early childhood for 4 - 5 years old in 8 weeks, 4 days each week and 30 minutes per day. The outdoor game activities were focused on using fingers to move with the device by doing activities outside the classroom. The research instruments were the outdoor game activities and Evaluations Development From. Analyze data by Mean, Standard Deviation and t-test by Dependent Sample. The results showed mean 18.60 and standard deviation 3.05 before having outdoor game activities while after having outdoor activity games showed mean 22.80 and standard deviation 2.84. The early childhood has the ability to use fine motor more than before implementing experiment at a significant level of 0.05 (t=17.00, p<.05).