MOTOR LEVEL OF STUDENTS IN A SCHOOL IN THE RURAL AREA OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF PICOS-PI

Abstract

The study aimed to characterize the motor development of students between 4 and 7 years old, by applying educational tests in a municipal public school in the city of Picos-PI. This is an observational, cross-sectional study, conducted at U. E. Helvídio Nunes de Barros, in the village of Fátima do Piauí, with 60 children, according to the inclusion criteria. The students underwent psychomotor tests, according to Rosa Neto's EDM (2015), in order to stimulate their motor development through recreational activities, through stimulation of fine and global motor skills, balance, body scheme, spatial and temporal organization and laterality. After the tests, it was observed that most students are within normal range, with the psychomotor element of spatial organization having the best performance among the evaluated, while the fine motricity presented the lowest performance. In this sense, playing is scarce in the lives of children, being perceived by the absence of a favorable environment for the practice, so they were provided a pleasant moment with the psychomotor tests.