La música infantil como estrategia didáctica para el desarrollo de la psicomotricidad

Abstract

This research aims to determine the relevance of children's music as a didactic strategy for developing psychomotor skills. The methodology used in this study was based on a quantitative approach since we worked with statistics and a qualitative approach. An analysis of the group of children's characteristics was carried out based on the statistical data. To collect data, we used the psychomotor assessment scale from de la Cruz and Mazaira, applied with a pre and post-intervention with an activity guide named Moving my body following the musical rhythm, involving 9 children from ages ranging between 4 and 5 years old from the Nursery Education Center "Sueños y Caramelos". The most significant results are in detailin the following: Children's music and psychomotor skills have a very close connection, because these different rhythms and sounds of musical instruments are used to stimulate motion in diverse psychomotor skills. Thus, it was also evidenced that 100% of the children improved their performance in their body schema. Regarding locomotion, 77.77% of the 33.33% who were in a low-performance level on the post-test reached a good level. In positions, 100% of the children passed from a normal to a good level of performance. In conclusion, children's music is important as a didactic strategy for psychomotor skills development as it makes it possible to connect physical and psychological processes, fostering skills and motor skills development.