The aim of this paper was to analyse the impact of motor activities on selected curricular fields. We organised 15 motor activities following the IGR method, intertwining movement and mathematics. The impact of combining these two fields on arranging and colour and shape sorting skills were analysed in two- to three-year-old-children. We studied the differences between children participating in the programme and children of the same age who did not participate in it.
Our sample comprised 28 children aged from two to three years. 14 children were part of an experimental group, while other 14 children formed the control group. Both groups first sat a mathematical test, MAT-4. The experimental group then participated in 15 activities planned according to the IGR method with the objective to arrange and sort by colour and shape, while the control group did not participate in this programme. Once the activities were over, both groups once again sat the mathematical test, MAT-4.
The results showed that the control group achieved progress as they first obtained 11.29 points and then 13.07 points. The experimental group also achieved progress, but they first obtained 12.07 points and then 19.5 points. Therefore, the experimental group achieved more significant progress, while also forming more homogeneous connections. They obtained 5.64 points more in the final mathematical test, MAT-4, than the control group.
Based on the extent of the difference, we conducted a t-test for independent samples. We first conducted Levene’s test, which did not show any statistically significant differences (F = 3.55, sig. < 0.07). For this reason, we were able to conduct a t-test (t = –7.62, df = 26, sig. < 0.00), which demonstrated that the differences were statistically significant.
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