Fundamental movement skills project: Efforts to keep children in indonesia active during the pandemic

Abstract

This study aimed to determine and explain the efforts to keep children in Indonesia active during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research method used was a descriptive quantitative method. A total of 109 Early. The sample data used for this study were obtained via purposive sampling, where the data was under the criteria. The children participated in the challenge of doing physical activities at home during the pandemic. Regarding vulnerability, early childhood ages who took part in this challenge competition were 2–7 years old. In this study, the element of assessment was the fundamental movement skills of the children. The assessment instrument was a modified Peabody Developmental Motor Scale so that children could do it at home, and it included the items of balance, running, walking, hopping, jumping forward, crawling, throwing and catching objects with scores of 0– 2. From the tests carried out, the reliability obtained using Cronbach's Alpha was 0.84. The results were excellent with consistent reliability. Furthermore, this study also assessed projects made by the family, namely by exercising with the family and using assessment points of family bonds, performance, and creativity carried out, such as using video packaging, uniform costumes and music. Efforts to keep children active during this pandemic have not been easy;this was observed from the number of participants who took part in the challenge although the dissemination of information was carried out for 1 month using mainstream mass media. This was also caused by the obstacles and difficulties that parents have experienced during this pandemic. For this reason, it is necessary to make even more strategic efforts at achieving the desired goals. The basic movement project with movement instructions from this modified Peabody development test can be applied to children during the pandemic because its implementation can be adapted to the conditions in the respective homes of children. © JPES.