The purpose of this dissertation was to determine how various sport disciplines influence children's well-being and overall development, and to analyze different findings about effects the Covid-19 epidemic had on the health and well-being of preschool children and their teachers. Our goal was to define strategies preschool teachers implemented while facing challenges presented by the epidemic, and to propose the most effective ways of coping in that situation.
In this dissertation, we first introduce various sport activities for preschool children. For this purpose, we have gathered different data about the effects these sport activities have on preschool children's health and well-being. We then analyzed findings from other researches about the effects of Covid 19on the health and well-being of the preschool children and their educators.
We conducted a survey among different preschool educators in order to establish their opinions on the importance of implementing different sport activities for the purpose of minimizing the effects of Covid-19on the welfare of preschool children. The research involved 129 preschool teachers and consisted of two series of semi-open questions. The first series of questions was based on gathering the demographic data while the second series dealt with different aspects of anxiety and stress-driven behaviour as well aswith the effects various sports have on improving that sort of behaviour.The obtained data was graphically presented in a Microsoft Excel document.
We established that engaging in different physical activities helps both educators and children to cope better when facing anxiety and stress driven behaviours. According to the survey, dancing, yoga, running, martial arts, football, basketball, rock climbing, swimming, gymnastics, athletics, horse-riding, skiing, sleighing and playing badminton have proven to be the most beneficial and affective for improving the overall well-being of educators and children.We also find that preschool children and educators share common indicators of anxiety and stress-driven behaviour: experiencing physical pain, having trouble sleeping or thinking, low concentration and focus, insecurity, seeking support and confirmation in others, irritation, stunted imagination and restlessness.
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