Suggate, Sebastian and Stoeger, Heidrun and Pufke, Eva (2017) Relations between playing activities and fine motor development. EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CARE, 187 (8). pp. 1297-1310. ISSN 0300-4430, 1476-8275
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Children's fine motor skills (FMS) are being increasingly recognized as an important aspect of preschool development; yet, we know very little about the experiences that foster their development. We utilized a parent-administered children's fine and gross motor activities questionnaire (MAQ) to investigate links with FMS. We recruited a sample of 225 preschool children (aged 5; 9) and assessed FMS and vocabulary. Additionally, parents completed the MAQ and a questionnaire on home literacy environment (HLE) to test two competing accounts. According to a differential account, fine motor activities lead to greater FMS, whereas according to an epiphenomenal account, a generally more educative home environment fosters FMS alongside other skills. Findings were highly differential: FMS linked to the fine-MAQ but not to the gross-MAQ or the HLE, whereas vocabulary linked to the HLE, but not the fine- or gross-MAQ. The data underscore fine motor activities as a distinct factor in the preschool period.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION; SCHOOL READINESS; HOME-ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG-CHILDREN; ACHIEVEMENT; PRESCHOOL; SKILLS; INTERRELATION; PERFORMANCE; ASSOCIATIONS; Fine motor skills; home environment; play; home literacy environment; vocabulary |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 370 Education |
| Divisions: | Psychology and Pedagogy > Institut für Pädagogik > Lehrstuhl für Schulpädagogik (Prof. Dr. Heidrun Stöger) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Dec 2018 13:01 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Feb 2019 15:01 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/641 |
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