Análise e comparação da motricidade fina em crianças de 6 e 7 anos de idade de escola privada e pública

Abstract

Introduction: The importance of studying motor development at school age is linked to the fact that at this age that occurs gain some skills and improving existing ones. Between 6 and 7 years school activities require improvement of fine motor skills. Objective: evaluate the development of fine motor skills of children aged six and seven years old and compare the performance between public and private school students. Methodology: Search quantitative qualitative, descriptive, cross-sectional with students of six and seven years old in a public school and a private school. For the realization was used the Motor Development Scale (MDS) proposed by Rosa Neto 2002. This study only assessed the fine motor skills. Results: The results for the average motor age and motor quotient between schools was similar, private motor average age of 86.4 ± 15.8 months, since the public school had an average motor age of 87.6 ± 9, 87 months. Conclusion: the school both as private school to public school, have no great difference from fine motor skills as expected.