Exploring the Relationship Between Play During School Recess and Motor Performance in 6- to 8-Year-Old Children.

Background: Playing with others, which in school occurs mainly during recess, might be an enabling factor to improve children's motor performance, as behaviour is shaped by observing and imitating others.

Objective: The aim of the current study was to examine whether children's play activities and with whom 6- to 8-year-old children play during recess are related to their motor performance.

Methods: The study sample consisted of 86 Dutch participants (mean age 6.

Qualitative age-related changes in fine motor skill performance among 3- to 6-year-old typically developing children.

This study described intra-task fine motor skill components of the Manual Dexterity tasks (Posting Coins; PC, Threading Beads; TB, Drawing Trail; DT) of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 Test for typically developing children and investigated age- and sex-related differences. Three- to six-year-old Dutch children (n = 182, M 4.5 ± 1.