Optimisation of motor activity of senior preschool children in natural conditions by means of sports games

Abstract

The article analyzes research on the problem of optimizing motor activity in children of older preschool age. An important factor affecting the health and performance of a child’s body is motor activity, i.e., the natural need for movement, the satisfaction of which is an indispensable condition for the comprehensive development of the child. Only such motor activity, which is within the limits of optimal values, is useful for the child’s body. Since hypodynamic and hyperkinesia equally negatively affect the development of a preschooler’s body, providing preschool children with a rational level of motor activity requires careful attention from specialists. Research goal – optimization of physical activity for older preschool children in natural conditions through sports games. During the experimental research, the following methods were used: analysis of special scientific and methodical literature; pedagogical experiment; control tests; methods of mathematical statistics. The results. On the basis of the analysis of scientific and methodological literature, we identified the main criteria of volume, duration, intensity of determining motor activity in children at the age of six. The level of organization in older preschool children’s motor activity was determined. A system for optimizing the physical activity of older preschool children in natural conditions through active use of sports games is presented, consisting of two stages. The work system for optimizing motor activity of older preschool children in natural conditions is presented, which includes two stages. The first stage – cognitive – involved familiarizing children with physical and health activities in the air, forming ideas about motor activity in natural conditions. The goal of the second stage in the work - the activity stage was to activate motor activity of older preschoolers in natural conditions. Practical recommendations for educators on optimizing motor activity of older preschool children in natural conditions are offered.