Development of Fine Motor Skills for Kindergarten 3 Students by Using a Dress-Up Activity Training Package

Abstract

The purposes of this action research were 1) to study the dressing up ability of Kindergarten 3 students before and after using the dress - up activity practiceว and 2) to compare development of fine motor muscles before and after the activity by using a dress - up activity training for Kindergarten 3 students. The samples being used were 14 students of Nadindum school 2 nongnasai, Mueang District, Loei. Research instruments were 1) Lesson plan 2) Field notes 3) Dress-up activity training 4) Observation of dressing behavior form, and 5) Fine motor muscles ability assessment form. The data were analyzed by using percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test for dependent samples.  The results of the study were found as follows: 1) Cycle 1: Students could do dressing activities, which represented 67.85 percent. At first time, some students were unable to string eyelets and hooks. Therefore, cycle 2 was improved using the lesson plan and dress-up activity training until it is completed, which represented 94.64 percent. The ability to perform dressing activities increased by 26.79 percent; and 2) the students' fine motor skills after using dress-up activity training were significantly higher than before at the 0.01 level.