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Recreational games to strengthen equilibrium and oral expression of children with down syndrome

Abstract:

This research shows the contribution of recreative games on the improvement of oral expression and equilibrium in children with Down syndrome. Two are the cases of study chosen in this research project executed for 10 months in an elementary school located in Manta city, Ecuador. The researchers' team designed ad hoc., an educational intervention that articulates games and phonics for exercising the oral expression in Spanish and English languages. Besides, the participants train their static and dynamic equilibrium using the gamification model proposed by Delgado, Pérez, Mero, Villafuerte, and Macias in 2019. Pretest and posttest are applied to determine the participants’ oral expression and equilibrium progress. The results allow concluding that recreational games contribute to developing oral expression and equilibrium in children with Down syndrome. However, the early therapies, family involvement, children's personality, and their learning attitudes impact on the children's performances.