Effects of an aquatic exercise program on the development

The aquatic environment is ideal for psychomotor stimulation activities with infants. The objective was: To develop psychomotor skills with children from 1 to 2 years old of the Puerto Cumbia Residential Complex in Soledad-Atlántico through a program of aquatic exercises. It was an applied research, with quantitative approach and quasi-experimental design, in which 6 children participated. Initially, a Simplified Scale for the Evaluation of Integral Development (ESEDI) was applied, focused on psychomotor skills; as for the most important results, deficiencies were found in gross motor skills in 3 children, fine motor skills in 5 and cognitive area in 2. Based on the diagnostic assessment, the program was designed and implemented in 12 sessions, including activities such as: breathing and apnea exercises, flotation body positions, aquatic displacements with motor variables, manipulation of toys on the surface and underwater, among others;