A contribuição de atividades dirigidas para o desenvolvimento da psicomotricidade nos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental

Abstract

The psychomotricity and the activities directed together contribute to a better motor and cognitive structure of the students. Thus, the aim of the present study was to report the contribution of activities aimed at psychomotor development in the early years of elementary school. To this end, a study of the type of Experience Report was developed, based on the experiences of an academic from the Physical Education Degree course on the psychomotricity teaching process in the early years of Elementary School during the classes Supervised Curricular Internship II classes. The study participants were 20 students in the first year of elementary school at a public school in the state network of Uruguaiana/RS. Data were collected through participant observation, with records in a field diary and through photographic and video recordings of the activities carried out. The study identified that students' psychomotor aspects were developed through playfulness, they learn to identify body parts, become aware of their bodies, their peers and the environment that surrounds them, developing different functions of the human body, as well as working the right, left, front, back, side, top, bottom, among others. Together, the importance of developing psychomotor skills since childhood was also observed, as it has direct implications on student performance at the beginning of Elementary School. In this way, the reported experiences begin to provide subsidies that help in the professional performance of other teachers, being aware of the importance of developing psychomotricity in students in this age group.