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;