Abstract
Motor development is influenced by many factors such as practice and appropriate instruction, provided by teachers, even in preschool and elementary school. The goal of this paper was to discuss the misconception that maturation underlies children's motor skill development and to show that physical education, even in early years of our school system, is critical to promote proficiency and enrolment of children's in later motor activities. Motor skill development, as a curricular focus, has been marginalized in many of our physical education proposal and in doing so, we have not promote motor competence in our children who lack proficiency to engage and to participate in later motor activities such as sport-related or recreational.
Highlights
No doubts that life is quite facilitated by many of the “modern” commodities that nowadays we literally have at hand
The conjunction of high rates of caloric ingestion and low level of physical activity leaded to a worldwide obesity epidemic
Half of Brazilians is overweighed and for one out of three Brazilian children between 5 to 9-yearold overweighting can be observed (IBGE, 2010). Such numbers have pushed several segments of our society to discuss and implement actions towards controlling the caloric ingestion and, less than one would expect, physical activities programs or promoting peoples enrolment in activities aiming caloric consumption
Summary
Fundamental motor skill proficiency is necessary for children’s motor activity inclusion. The goal of this paper was to discuss the misconception that maturation underlies children’s motor skill development and to show that physical education, even in early years of our school system, is critical to promote proficiency and enrolment of children’s in later motor activities. O objetivo deste artigo foi discutir o entendimento errôneo de que maturação é o processo básico no desenvolvimento de habilidades motoras e mostrar que educação física, mesmo em anos iniciais do sistema escolar, é crucial para promover proficiência e, consequentemente, envolvimento de crianças em atividades motoras futuras. El propósito de este artículo es analizar el malentendido de que el envejecimiento es el proceso básico en el desarrollo de las habilidades motoras y mostrar que la educación física, incluso en los primeros años del sistema escolar, es crucial para promover el dominio y por lo tanto la participación de niños en actividades motoras futuro.
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