“La expresión corporal en el desarrollo motor grueso en niños y niñas de 1 a 2 años del centro infantil del buen vivir la dolorosa”

Abstract

The present research topic was carried out in the City of Ambato, Tungurahua Province, with a population of 20 children between 1 and 2 years of age attending the Buen Vivir La Dolorosa Children's Center during the period of March-August 2017, in which is intended to determine if the stimulation of the body expression affects the gross motor development of the population under study, as an instrument of evaluation was used the Brunet-Lezine Test, in addition an interview based on a structured questionnaire was applied to the parents of family of said children and later a planning of activities framed in the different modalities as motor songs, free expression, motor stories, expression games, children's songs and dance, focused to the strengths and weaknesses inherent to each age group; comparing the pre and post test showed a significant improvement of gross motor development, corroborating the hypothesis.