Improving Gross Motor Skills in Early Childhood: Through Aquatic Games and Coconut Shell Stilt Walking in Terms of Balance

Abstract

This research is based on the low level of aggressive motor skills in early childhood. This research aims to analyze: (1) the comparative effects of aquatic games and coconut shell stilts on the improvement of aggressive motor skills in early childhood. (2) The comparative effects of children with high and low balance on the improvement of aggressive motor skills in early childhood. (3) The interaction between aquatic games and coconut shell stilts in terms of balance on the increase in aggressive motor skills in early childhood. The research method used was an experiment with a 2 x 2 factorial design. The results showed that: (1) There was a significant difference in the effect of aquatic games and coconut shell stilts on the increase in aggressive motor skills, with a significance value of p < 0.05. The aquatic play model group performed better than the coconut shell stilts play model group in improving aggressive motor skills, with a posttest average difference of 1.2. (2) There is a difference in the effect between children with high and low balance on the improvement of aggressive motor skills in early childhood, with a significance value of p < 0.05. Children with large balance abilities were better than children with low balance abilities, with a posttest mean difference in aggressive motor skills of 1.8. (3) There is an interaction between aquatic game models and coconut shell stilts in terms of balance (high and low) on the increase in aggressive motor skills in children aged dni, with a significance value of p 0.000 < 0.05. Finally, it shows that the aquatic game model is a more efficient game model for children with high balance, and the coconut shell game model is more efficient for children with low balance.