Movement and motor development for children is a current issue. Research shows that children are becoming more sedentary in front of the television, computer, iPad, etc. The purpose of my thesis is to study how pedagogues work with movement and motor development in the preschool yard. In my attempt to investigate this, a qualitative research in the form of face-to-face interviews was performed. Qualitative interviews is the chosen method for my research to provide as extensive and detailed answers as possible. Six preschool teachers (both with and without pedagogic education) from three different preschools participated in the research. The results show that none of the teachers worked with planned movement activities to support the development of children’s physical development. However, they all felt that movement and motor development are important for the children and that a lot of movement and motor training are already performed naturally in the outdoor stay. / Rörelse och motorisk utveckling hos barn är idag ett mycket aktuellt ämne. Forskning visar att barn nu för tiden blir alltmer stillasittande framför bland annat tv, dator, Ipad. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur pedagoger arbetar med rörelse och motorisk utveckling på förskolegården. För att undersöka detta gjordes en kvalitativ undersökning i form av kvalitativa intervjuer. Totalt intervjuades sex pedagoger (både barnskötare och förskollärare) från tre olika förskolor. Resultatet visar att ingen av pedagogerna har arbetat med planerade rörelseaktiviteter för att främja barns motoriska utveckling. Däremot ansåg de intervjuade pedagogerna att rörelse och motorisk utveckling är viktigt för barnen och att det till stor del sker naturligt i utomhusvistelsen.

Title Outdoor excercising - muscle imbalance reduction instrument Summary This thesis main topic is pre-school children muscle imbalance problems. Theoretical part deals with importace of execercising for pre-school children and postural functions together with respiratory systems using the Matthias test are pointed out in theoretical part. Next part deals with a mapping of possible physical activities which can help to eliminate muscle imbalances. The main topic of practical part is children appliance physical system and bellows vital capacity analysis. In next part is evaluated muscle imbalances caused by outdoor games and activities and children respiratory system. Then is mentioned influence of outdoor exercising regarding to indoor activites in nursery schools. There is also mentioned possible influence of outdoor activities outside of nursery schools on pre-school childern optimal posture. The main goal of this thesis is to find out if movement activities and outdoor excercising influence posture positively and prevent muscle imbalance of pre-school childern. Key words Muscle imbalance, pre-school, correct and faulty posture, Matthias test, outdoor exercising, indoor activities in nursery school.