Motor Skills in Childhood and Its Development from an Animated Physical Education: Theory and Practice

by Pedro Gil Madrona

In the stage of infant education, children find in their own body and movement the main way of getting in touch with their surroundings, there by acquiring knowledge about the environment where they are growing up and developing. Undoubtedly, the progressive discovery of the body itself as a source of feelings and sensations, exploring the different possibilities of action and body functions will constitute the necessary experiences upon which children’s thoughts are being built. This book contains concepts and assumptions about the psychomotor development such as the different motor skills and how to work them, the body scheme and the concepts of time and space and an explanation of how to work them in infant education. Additionally, this book not only details motor skills, but also explains how to work social, emotional and cognitive skills in an integrated way because the physical education in infant education is the best way to achieve this. This book is essential, owing to the f

252 pages, Hardcover

Published June 1, 2018