Engaging the Community in Project SKIP to Promote Early Years Physical Literacy in Indonesia

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10.2991/yishpess-cois-18.2018.31How to use a DOI?

Keywords

fundamental motor skills, object control skills, locomotor skills, motor skill intervention, preschoolers.

Abstract

Global increases in childhood overweight and obesity and decreases in physical activity warrant evidenced-based approaches to addressing this health concern. These concerns are compounded by the fact that many young children start life with significant delays in critical fundamental motor skills (FMS) needed to support an active lifestyle. Thus, communities need to begin to meet the physical literacy needs of their children and implement culturally relevant physical activity programs. One such approach is an early years motor skill program called SKIP© that is based on 28 years of data. SKIP© aims to promote FMS competence of young children. A variety of SKIP© studies using different pedagogical approaches, and both expert and trained-teacher implementers have revealed positive outcomes for the children involved. These findings have implications for early childhood care settings and community-based sport policy.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jacqueline D. Goodway
AU  - Ruri Famelia
AU  - Yung-Ju Chen
PY  - 2018/12
DA  - 2018/12
TI  - Engaging the Community in Project SKIP to Promote Early Years Physical Literacy in Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Yogyakarta International Seminar on Health, Physical Education, and Sport Science (YISHPESS 2018) and 1st Conference on Interdisciplinary Approach in Sports (CoIS 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 120
EP  - 125
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/yishpess-cois-18.2018.31
DO  - 10.2991/yishpess-cois-18.2018.31
ID  - Goodway2018/12
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