<![CDATA[Gross motor skills of early childhood at Melati Sikur Kindergarten were still low due to limited movement stimulation, thus requiring appropriate intervention to optimize their development. This study aimed to determine the effect of physical fitness gymnastics on improving gross motor skills in early childhood. The method used a quantitative approach with a pre-experimental type using a one-group pretest-posttest design. The subjects were 20 children from Group B of Melati Sikur Kindergarten selected through purposive sampling. The instrument used was the Test of Gross Motor Development-2 (TGMD-2) measuring 6 gross motor components: balance, agility, coordination, flexibility, strength, and speed. The physical fitness gymnastics intervention was conducted 6 times with 30-40 minutes per session. Data analysis used paired sample t-test with SPSS version 25.0. The results showed an increase in the mean score from 13.40 (pretest) to 16.40 (posttest) with a difference of 3.00 points. The paired sample t-test resulted in Sig. (2-tailed) = 0.000 < 0.05 and effect size of 1.72 (large category). The conclusion is that physical fitness gymnastics has a positive and significant effect on improving gross motor skills in early childhood. Therefore, physical fitness gymnastics is recommended as a routine program in early childhood education institutions with a minimum frequency of 3 times per week to provide optimal gross motor stimulation for children.]]>
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