Development of cheerful creation gymnastics ‘Jalaleota’ for the improvement of early childhood motor skills

Abstract

This study aims to describe the development of Jalaleota cheerful creative gymnastics to improve motor skills at an early age with the core movements of gymnastics, including running, throwing and catching. This type of research is research and development which consists of preliminary studies, development models and testing models. The subjects in this study were kindergarten schoolchildren evaluations, product evaluations, initial trials and product trials in early childhood. The data collection techniques were observation, questionnaires and tests of motor skills for early childhood. The data collected was then analysed qualitatively and quantitatively. Qualitative data analysis used the interactive model of Miles and Huberman and quantitative data analysis used paired sample t-test. The results showed that the development of the Jalaleota cheerful creative gymnastic product determined the indicators of motor skills, movement, appearance and early childhood music. The main field test obtained a value of 0.034 < 0.05, indicating that there is a significant influence on the use of creative gymnastics on motor skills at an early age. The motor skills of early childhood using Jalaleota, created by cheerful gymnastics, are better than before they were used. Currently, we have obtained cheerful gymnastics created by Jalaleota that are worthy of use according to the views of experts and users.        

Keywords: Creative gymnastics, improvement of motor skills, physical activity, early childhood.