Motor competence and self‐regulation develop rapidly in early childhood; emerging work
suggests motor competence interventions as a promising way to promote self‐regulation …

Self-regulatory skills are broadly defined as the ability to manage emotions, focus attention,
and inhibit some behaviors while activating others in accordance with social expectations …

Introduction Self-regulation (SR) is critical to healthy development in children, and
intervention approaches (ie, professional training, classroom-based curricula, parent …

Previous mastery motivational climate (MMC) movement interventions have enhanced
fundamental motor skill (FMS) competence across diverse groups of preschool-age children …

Objectives This review aims to give an overview of studies providing evidence for a
relationship between motor and cognitive skills in typically developing children. Design A …

Executive function skills play a critical role in school readiness for young children and can
be improved through targeted intervention. However, children in preschool often experience …

This study examined the influence of FMS instruction on the object control (OC) skills of
disadvantaged preschoolers. Participants were 77 disadvantaged preschoolers randomly …

Background Good motor skills are considered important for children's physical, social, and
psychological development, but the relationship is still poorly understood. Preschool age …

Purpose: Motor skill interventions are effective for improving young children's fundamental
motor skills, but less is known regarding if boys and girls equally benefit from these …

Objective: To investigate both fine and gross motor proficiency in preschool children
enrolled in Head Start in comparison to their age-matched typically developing peers …