Effects of a traditional Thai games program on preschool child development
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Background : An early childhood development program is extremely important to stimulate children to develop age-appropriately in terms of movement, social-emotional skills and intelligence, especially a program that uses Thai-style games to help organize play activities.
Objectives : To examine the effects of a traditional Thai games program on promoting early child development.
Methods : This study used a quasi-experimental research with two-group pre-post-test design. The sample consisted of children age 2-4 years who did not pass any item assessed by the Developmental Surveillance and Promotion Manual (DSPM). They were divided into an experimental group and a control group, 30 per group. The experimental group carried out a program using Traditional Thai Games for 4 weeks to promote their development The research instruments included 1) Traditional Thai game program for promoting preschool child development, 2) Early childhood development (DSPM) monitoring and promoting, 3) Video to promote children’s development through traditional Thai games, 4) A guide to promote children’s development through traditional Thai games for parents. Data analysis wre analyzed using descriptive statistics and Chi-square test.
Results: The experimental group improved in every aspect. But in the comparison group, there was only increased development in the large muscles. Small muscles and intelligence and speech perception only By comparing the differences in each aspect of development. Before and after the experiment, it was found that the improvement in self-help and social skills of the experimental group was statistically better than that of the comparison groupat the .05 level.
Conclusions : A program promoting preschool child development via traditional Thai games can promote preschool child development.
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ข้อความที่ปรากฏในบทความแต่ละเรื่องในวารสารวิชาการเล่มนี้เป็นความคิดเห็นส่วนตัวของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี และคณาจารย์ท่านอื่น ในวิทยาลัยฯ แต่อย่างใด ความรับผิดชอบองค์ประกอบทั้งหมดของบทความแต่ละเรื่องเป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่าน หากมีความผิดพลาดใด ๆ ผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านจะรับผิดชอบบทความของตนเองแต่ผู้เดียว
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