Physical activity in kindergarten, fundamental movement skills, and screen time in Spanish preschool children

A Carballo‐Fazanes, MP Díaz‐Pereira… - Psychology in the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Schools have been postulated as ideal environments to encourage physical activity (PA).
This study aimed to assess the relationship between PA in school hours, motor competence …

[HTML][HTML] Physical activity and motor competence in preschool children

VE Martínez-Bello, I Estevan - Children, 2021 - mdpi.com
Longitudinal evidence has demonstrated that engagement in physical activity (PA) and the
development of motor competence (MC) have numerous tangible health and developmental …

[PDF][PDF] Fundamental movement skills and physical activity recommendations for preschool children

P Fernández-Valero, J Soto-Sánchez… - Journal of Physical …, 2021 - researchgate.net
Problem statement: Although the evidence indicates that fundamental movement skills
(FMS) are the building blocks to master complex and specific movements, are a component …

[HTML][HTML] The role of preschool hours in achieving physical activity recommendations for preschoolers

S Lahuerta-Contell, J Molina-García, A Queralt… - Children, 2021 - mdpi.com
Research on physical activity (PA) in different educational settings could elucidate which
interventions promote a healthy school lifestyle in early childhood education (ECE). The …

Motor competence and compliance with physical activity recommendations in Chilean schoolchildren

N Martinez-Lopez, I Estevan… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The development of motor competence is thought to be a crucial precursor to raising the
trajectory of PA throughout a person's life. The objectives of this study are to determine motor …

Young children's physical activity levels in primary (elementary) schools: what impact does physical education lessons have for young children?

K Howells, I Wellard, K Woolf-May - Early Child Development and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: This paper explores the impact of physical education (PE) lessons, focusing on
children aged 6–7 years, an underrepresented age in physical activity research. Methods …

[PDF][PDF] Relationship between physical activity, physical fitness, and motor competence in school children

CR dos Santos, CC da Silva, I Marques - 2017 - researchgate.net
The aim of this study was to verify the relationship between habitual physical activity,
physical fitness, and motor competence in school children. In total, 100 children aged 8-10 …

Physical activity in high school during 'free-time'periods

P Silva, M Sousa, C Sá, J Ribeiro… - European Physical …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this study was to examine youth physical activity (PA) in free-time periods
during high school days and their contribution to total PA. Differences in terms of sex, age …

Is Just Moving Enough for Girls? The Moderation Role of Gross Motor Development Level in the Association Between Physical Activity and Cognition

J Páez-Herrera… - … of Teaching in …, 2023 - journals.humankinetics.com
Purpose: Our objective is to describe the moderating effect of the level of gross motor
development on the relationship between physical activity (PA) level and visual …

A comparison of children's physical activity levels in physical education, recess, and exergaming

Z Gao, S Chen, DF Stodden - Journal of Physical …, 2015 - journals.humankinetics.com
Purpose: To compare young children's different intensity physical activity (PA) levels in
physical education, recess and exergaming programs. Methods: Participants were 140 first …