Psicomotricidade e balé clássico: a psicomotricidade associada ao balé clássico para o desenvolvimento de crianças de 4 anos

Abstract

This study has as its central theme to reflect on the relationship between the practice of classical ballet in the school context and the psychomotor studies applied to the psychomotor development of children. Thus, the general objective is to analyze the association of psychomotor skills in classical ballet classes for motor development of children aged 4 years in a private school located in the city of Manaus. As for the sample, the selected participants were four-year-olds attending the first period of the afternoon shift. This is a descriptive research with qualitative approach and phenomenological method. For data collection, the Fonseca method (1995) was used, which consists of the application of the Psychomotor Battery (BPM), which is an evaluation instrument, based on a set of tasks that allow the identification of functional deficits or its absence in the study. psychomotor terms. At the end of the study, it was possible to conclude that objective psychomotor activities can be used as a tool in early childhood education, as they help the child's psychomotor development. Keyword: students, psychomotor development, dance, psychomotor activities.