The Creative Yoga Activities to Promote Physical Fitness in Early Childhood

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to study the physical fitness level of early childhood before and after the creative yoga activities, 2) to  compare the physical fitness of early childhood before and after the creative yoga activities. The target group was purposive sampling, consisted of 15 boys and girls at the age of 4-5 years old, studying in the 1st semester of 2023 academic year of kindergarten class 2, Nong Khae Wittaya School, affiliated to the Primary Educational Service Area Office Kalasin Area 2. The research instruments were 1) a creative yoga activity plan, 2) a physical fitness test for early childhood. The statistics used to analyze the collected data were mean, standard deviation, and percentage.         (1) After the creative yoga activities, the physical fitness level of early childhood was very good level at = 42.47 and when classified into aspects, found that the balance, the agility and the flexibility aspects were very good levels at = 13.87, = 14.33, and = 14.27 respectively. (2) After the creative yoga activities, all aspects of physical fitness of early childhood were higher. The percentage of progress was 54.53.