Support of social relationships in children's groups by means of physical activities

Abstract

The contribution deals with possibilities of development of social skills with pre-school children by means of physical activities. We work on the presumption that physical activities are a rich source of emotions and situations with a strong hub, so they provide considerable scope for developing social skills in a playful and entertaining way. The contribution presents running results of the pedagogical experiment, which was aimed at testing the program of physical activities aimed at developing social skills in children. Running results suggest that well-chosen physical activities lead to development of social skills in children, particularly regarding respecting rules, regulation of emotions and the ability to cooperate. The text is an outcome of the IGA project run on Tomas Bata University in Zlin called Support of Social Relationships in Children's Groups by Means of Physical Activities (IGA/FHS/2015/010). (C) 2016 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy.org.uk