Sensory-perceptual game: didactic-pedagogical strategy aimed at the development of balance, motor and intellectual skills and learning in elementary school students (Sub-level 2)

Abstract

Introduction:  The Ministry of Education through the curriculum includes curricular updates, to guarantee the comprehensive development of the child, engaging educators in the teaching-learning process through sensory-perceptive games, strategies, and methods that enhance balance and movement, considering that mobility, manual abilities, and motor skills must be improved. Objective: determine the importance of sensory-perceptive play: a didactic-pedagogical strategy aimed at the development of balance, motor, and intellectual skills, and learning in Elementary School students (Sub-level 2) at the Manuela Espejo School of Basic General Education. Methodology: acquires a qualitative approach, with a non-experimental design, along with the descriptive scope. The technique applied was observation, the instrument was validated using the SPSS statistical program for better veracity at the time of collecting numerical data. Results: it was established that the application of sensory-perceptive games in Basic Elementary (Sub-level 2) is little used by educators despite its advantages, a factor that affects body posture, the development of balance, motor, and intellectual skills. and learning. Conclusion:  Difficulties in the development of balance, motor and intellectual skills and learning were diagnosed in Elementary School students (Sub-level 2) at the Manuela Espejo School of Basic General Education. Therefore, it is established that in the training system the implementation of strategies and recreational activities will allow achieving better results in academic performance, decision making, problem solving and teamwork.