1. Bacilio Monterroso
Testing Relationship between intervention and toddlers motor skills improvement
This was an interesting 8 week skills program conducted to study the physical
domain of toddlers. There was a group known as the Early Start Research Institute that
did a study to observe toddlers motor skills and their potential improvement in the motor
skill activity through intervention. This motor skill program was designed to run for eight
weeks and it was a test for relationship in children’s motor skills improvement and
caregivers intervention. This was a study conducted at two different day care centers to
examine the children's skills and if they improved if the children participating were briefly
intervened in order to improve their skills. The two randomly designated child care
centers would implement three skills activities for 10 minutes day with the toddlers in
the program. Twenty nine of the participants in the study were male toddlers around 2.5
years old. In the end of the study the convincing data was able to conclude that a brief
intervention, on a daily basis by a caregiver can in fact improve motor skills among
toddlers. The gross motor skills involve using the large muscles and can be divided into
object control The test was appropriate for their ages and avoided type 1 error by
excluding the children out of the study that missed two or more days. The skills
observed varied from kicking and throwing a ball and various locomotion motor skills
such as running and jumping. All of these are special skills that are required in popular
sports and games. When the toddlers are able to develop better gross motor skills they
are often associated with a healthy range of fitness and health related outcomes. This
was a good study because it was able to make caregivers aware that there is a lot more

2. to simply watching children play and as caregivers they are responsible for creating
learning opportunities in the activities of the toddlers being watched. The children in this
study were 2 years old and they were allowed to participate in the study if they attended
the child care center at least two days a week. If the children in the study missed a day
where data was being collected then they would be excluded from the study. The
participants were 29 boys and 31 girls mean age range of 2.5 and the SD of .4 and a
95% retention rate. This study shows how caregivers are responsible for the outcome of
a child's exposures to potentials that lead to a healthy lifestyle. The greatest
improvement observed and documented through this study was the improvement in
how the children kicked the balls, through small interventions in this eight week program
there was a drastic improvement in the relationship of motor skills and intervention of
caregiver. This is a relevant test of relationship for me as a caregiver because it shows
how caregivers are responsible for presenting challenges healthy for development and
improvement of the children in care. The educators rated the motor skills activities 98%
age appropriate The right diet and exercise are habits that caregivers are responsible
for promoting to children and can teach the children these good habits through
interventions while they play. The children that did not receive intervention in the
physical activities showed very little to no improvement in the time the study was being
conducted. This was an adequate study to interpret the research findings developed
from results of correlation and regression.
The Director of the Early Start Research Institute says that there has been some
outstanding achievements by the members of the Early Start Research Institute over

3. the previous year, highlighted by a doubling in our external grant income awarded, with
most of this coming from an increase in Category 1 grant funding. The number of higher
degree research student also continues to be strong, with over 100 current enrollments.
In this study we were able to describe the type of relationship between the two
continuous variables. The correlation test allowed us to determine if the scores on both
variables increased or decreased or if one score increased while the other decreased.
At the end of this study we were able to see clearly that there is a relationship between
caregivers intervention in activities and improvement in motor skills activity. The children
that did not receive any help or intervention in the physical motor skills activity did not
show any significant improvement in the activities throughout the study. The educators
helped by encouraging these children to participate, and throughout the program both
children and educators became more motivated
The educators would speak encouraging words to coach and motivate the toddlers
during data collection. Encouragement was a tool used in the relationship and it
increased the likelihood of toddlers being willing to complete the assessments. The
educators would be effective in their communication due to their established relationship
with the toddlers. There were several skills that were able to collect data for the study.
The jump skill consisted of four components, and in the intervention centers
improvements in all components were reported.
The effect size for jumping was 0.72 . The jump skill consisted of four components, and
in the intervention centers improvements in all components were reported. This study

4. showed the strong relationship between intervention of adults in toddlers motor skills
activities.
The study conducted on the toddlers had a number of strengths and limitations. First,
the Active Beginnings program was designed in cooperation with community preschools
in a specific region. This meant that the program met the specific needs of the
educators and children involved. Second, the content of the lessons focused on specific
components of the gross motor skills. In these physical activities designed to observe
and test motor skill and the same lessons were repeated every day for one week. This
gave the children the opportunity to practice the skills for an entire week.
during the assessment the children were asked to balance on one foot, and compared
to the kick they were less prepared for the assessment and not yet developmentally
ready to master the different components.
VELDMAN, S. C., OKELY, A. D., & JONES, R. A. (2015). PROMOTING GROSS MOTOR SKILLS IN TODDLERS:
THE ACTIVE BEGINNINGS PILOT CLUSTER RANDOMIZED TRIAL. ​Perceptual & Motor Skills,