Abstract
Children's health could be monitored through basic motion skills, for example, running, walking, jumping, sliding, galloping, skipping, hopping, and leaping. Children could be determined as healthy if they can perform those movements properly aligning with their development phase. This study is a part of research development in order to develop test instruments of basic locomotor skills through puzzle-based activity. This study aims to describe elementary school students' health levels through 8 basic locomotor skills measured by the test instruments. The data were collected through a descriptive approach. The participants consisted of 60 students in a class, Ciracas, East Jakarta. The study shows that 35 students (58,33%) received a good score in walking, 29 students (48,33%) received a good score in running, while 38 students received a good score in jumping, hopping, leaping, galloping, skipping, and sliding. According to the results, students' health levels in this study varied as 25 students (42%) received overall good scores, 20 students (33%) received overall average scores, while 15 students (25%) received an overall bad score.
Highlights
Physical activities are more favourable from the perspective of 7 to 8 years old first-grade elementary school students
The test instrument of basic locomotor skills is based on a puzzle game that was incorporated to observe 8 basic locomotor skills which consist of walking, running, jumping, sliding, leaping, galloping, skipping, and hopping [5, 12, 13]
The distribution result data is presented to determine the level of student ability in each test item and the overall motion variable in first-grade students in elementary school
Summary
Physical activities are more favourable from the perspective of 7 to 8 years old first-grade elementary school students. Johnstone, Hughes, Martin, & Reilly (2018) described that children who are involved in frequent physical activities could be benefited from their health. Frequent physical activities may reduce the risk of cancer, depression, diabetes, and prevent obesity. It enhances students’ cognitive development, develops healthy bones, psychosocial, and cardiometabolic [1, 2]. Healthy and active lifestyles during the early stages of childhood will help improve their motor development throughout the growing process [3]. Physical activities that could be conducted by children are various, for example, active play
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