The Ability to use the Fine Motors that Have Been Received in Clay Molding Activities

Abstract

The objectives of this articles were: (1) to study the ability to use fine-motor skills of the early childhood in Kindergarten 2, Anuban Loei School, Mueang District, Loei Province and (2) to compare the ability to use motor skills of the early childhood in Kindergarten 2, Anuban Loei School, Mueang District, Loei Province. Early childhood boys and girls, aged between 4-5 years studying at the level of kindergarten 2, semester 2, academic year 2021, totaling 30 participants, acquired by purposive sampling method by selecting 1 classroom. The tools used in the research were: (1) a teaching plan for clay molding activity to promote hand skills of preschool children, i.e. clay molding, dough making, newspaper molding, and snack molding and (2) an assessment form to examine the early childhood’s ability to use hand skills and data analysis. The researcher collected the data, measured the scores to be analyzed with a program, and then took the scores obtained from the assessment both before and after using the activity to analyze for statistics.  The analysis was divided as: (1) mean and standard deviation and (2) t test dependent.

The results showed that before clay molding activity, the level of ability to use hand skills of the early childhood in kindergarten 2 at Anuban Loei School, Kut Pong Sub-district, Mueang District, Loei Province was at an overall average score of 39.01 (SD = 5.18).  When considering individually agility in using hand at 9.73 (SD = 1.20), hand flexibility at 9.47 (SD = 1.36), ability to control the use of hand at 9.80 (SD = 1.35), and hand-eye coordination at 10.10 (SD = 1.27) Meanwhile, the ability to use hand skills of the early childhood in the Kindergarten 2, Anuban Loei School, Kut Pong Sub-district, Mueang District, Loei Province after using the clay molding was higher than before using the activity with statistical significance at the 0.05 level.