USING SENSORIMOTOR ACTIVITIES SET FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF GROSS MOTOR SKILLS OF CHILDREN WITH VISUA IMPAIRMENT AT KINDERGARDEN LEVEL

Abstract

The objective of this research was to study the use of sensorimotor activities set for the development of gross motor skills of children with visual impairment at the kindergarten level. Participants in this research were six children at kindergarten level at The Northern School for the Blind. They were selected by purposive sampling. The treatments in this study were 12 activities which enhanced their gross motor skills. They received treatments individually for 40 minutes a day thrice a week for 12 weeks. Data was analyzed for descriptive statistic, percentage mean and statistic testing by The Wilcoxon signed rank test. The result of gross motor skills development of all the participants after receiving the treatments with sensorimotor activities set was improved. They improved from a rating of “fair” to “good” with progression at 27.31 %.That result proved the assumption of the research. The Efficiency of the process E1and E2 (E1/E2 ) of sensorimotor activities set was 82/85 above the goal setting at 75/75 with meant sensorimotor activities set could effect on gross motor skills in children with (visual) impairment and the Efficiency Index (E.I ) rate was 0.72 which meant the participants got improved of gross motor skills development at 72