Efforts to Develop the Correct Motor Ability of Early Children Based on Soft Skills Through Learning of Dance

Abstract

Motor development is the development of elements of maturity and body movement control. In the process of child development, gross motor skills develop first than fine motor skills. The purpose of this study was to identify dance learning in developing gross motor skills in early childhood. The data collection technique used in this study was observation and documentation of children's activities in the learning process. The data analysis technique used descriptive qualitative analysis. The results showed that children who liked and were able to perform body movements in dance increased by 34%, with dancing activities children became more enthusiastic in the learning process, it can be concluded that the application of dance learning to gross motor skills obtained positive results.