Tomisato City, Chiba Prefecture, which has been introducing the game of tag at nursery schools and kindergartens since last year to build children's physical strength, held a six-month report meeting to report on the results of the six-month trial, and confirmed the effects, including improvements in 25-meter running times. It means that it was done.
In May of last year, Tomisato City introduced "tag" to some nursery schools and kindergartens in order to help children improve their physical strength, as children had fewer opportunities to play outside during the coronavirus pandemic. did.
On the 14th, a meeting to report on the results was held at the city-approved nursery school where the system had been introduced.
According to that, when the average 25-meter dash time of 4-year-old children was measured in May of last year and six months later in November, and compared with the national average, the boys were about the same, but they were 0.8 seconds faster than the average, and the girls were 0.8 seconds faster than the average. This means that it went from being 1 second slower than average to 0.4 seconds faster than average.
Yasuo Hazaki, representative director of the General Incorporated Association "Onigokko Association", which cooperated with the project, said at the report meeting, ``In tag, I was able to create strategies and communicate with my friends, and as a result, I was able to continue enjoying the exercise without getting bored, and as a result, I was able to improve my abilities. This led to an improvement in
Yoshitaka Nakatsu, head of Tomisato City's child care support division, said, ``I think the results have been very successful, as we have seen an improvement in times and a sharp reduction in the number of children falling in the kindergarten.We would like to continue expanding our efforts.'' Ta.