La motricidad fina y su influencia en el desarrollo de la preescritura en niños de 4 a 5 años.

Abstract

This research project is entitled fine motor skills and their influence on the development of pre-writing in children aged 4-5 years at the "Ardillitas" early education centre in the city of Machala. The general objective of the research was to determine how fine motor skills influence the development of pre-writing in children from 4 to 5 years of age in Initial Education 2. The type of research used was quantitative with a non-experimental design with a correlational scope where a population of 125 students aged 4 to 5 years was considered with a sample of 38 children chosen randomly from the classrooms of Sub-level 2 of Initial Education. The techniques used were an observation guide with 12 items for the fine motor skills variable and 9 for the pre-writing variable applied to the children, and another observation guide with 8 indicators between the two variables for the teachers, as well as an interview consisting of 10 closed questions addressed to 5 teachers. Through the analysis of the statistical data it was concluded that fine motor skills have a great influence on the development of pre-writing, so it can be argued that by making use of dynamic and creative activities it is possible for children from the first years of school to develop different skills such as: precision, hand-eye coordination, laterality, power in the grip of the pencil, bearing in mind that children start from the interaction and manipulation of objects.