Investigation of Motor Skills Level of TK Students During the Covid 19 Pandemic

Abstract

Possessing motor abilities at a young age has a long-term impact on physical activity. Kindergarten children engaged in online learning, increased screen usage, and spent time at home during the COVID-19 epidemic. There is a lot of research that evaluates the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on all parts of human existence, but little work that ties it to kindergarten pupils' mobility skills during the epidemic. The scarcity of literature on the development of movement abilities in kindergarten pupils during the COVID-19 epidemic is a reflection of the students' low of motor skills. Objective: To obtain information on the motor skills of kindergarten students during the COVID-19 pandemic as a basis for post-pandemic policy making. The method used in this research is descriptive with a quantitative approach. There were 80 kindergarten students who were sampled with an age range of 4-5 years. Motor skills test conducted using TGMD-2. Results: information obtained on the level of motor skills of kindergarten students during the COVID-19 pandemic was in the Poor category. The results of this study can be used as a basis for developing the motor skills learning process after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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