http://journal2.uad.ac.id/index.php/jecce <p> </p> <table class="data" style="height: 285px;" width="661" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td width="20%">Journal title</td> <td width="80%"><strong>JECCE (<strong>Journal of Early Childhood Care and Education</strong>)</strong></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="20%">Initial</td> <td width="80%"><strong>JECCE</strong></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="20%">Abbreviation</td> <td width="80%"><strong><em>J. Early Child. Care. Educ.</em></strong></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="20%">Frequency</td> <td width="80%"><strong>2 issues per year</strong></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="20%">DOI</td> <td width="80%"><strong>Prefix <a href="https://doi.org/10.26555/jecce.v7i2.11553">10.26555</a></strong><strong> <br /></strong></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="20%">Online ISSN</td> <td width="80%"><a href="https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2615-1413" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>2615-1413</strong></a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="20%">Editor-in-chief</td> <td width="80%"><a href="https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57218899930"><strong>Prima Suci Rohmadheny</strong></a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="20%">Publisher</td> <td width="80%"><a href="https://uad.ac.id/en/ahmad-dahlan-university/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Universitas Ahmad Dahlan</strong></a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="20%">Citation Analysis</td> <td width="80%"><a href="https://scholar.google.co.id/citations?user=2aTOnMIAAAAJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Google Scholar</strong></a> | <strong><a href="https://app.dimensions.ai/discover/publication?and_facet_source_title=jour.1321697" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dimensions</a> | <a href="https://sinta.kemdiktisaintek.go.id/journals/detail?id=6450">SINTA</a></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> <hr /> <p data-start="23" data-end="263"><strong>JECCE (Journal of Early Childhood Care and Education)</strong> is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published electronically by Universitas Ahmad Dahlan and managed by the Early Childhood Education Study Program (PG PAUD), Universitas Ahmad Dahlan.</p> <p data-start="265" data-end="598">JECCE provides a scholarly platform for research and academic discussion in the field of early childhood care and education. The journal welcomes research articles, conceptual papers, case studies, and literature reviews from scholars, lecturers, students, practitioners, and professionals whose work aligns with its focus and scope.</p> <p data-start="600" data-end="795">Articles may be submitted in <strong>Indonesian</strong> or <strong>English,</strong> and they are <strong>published in English</strong>. All manuscripts undergo a <strong>double-blind peer review</strong> process to ensure academic quality, originality, and relevance.</p> Universitas Ahmad Dahlan en-US Journal of Early Childhood Care and Education 2615-1413 <p>Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:</p> <ul> <li>Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under <a title="a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a> that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the works authorship and initial publication in this journal.</li> <li>Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journals published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.</li> <li>Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).</li> </ul> http://journal2.uad.ac.id/index.php/jecce/article/view/14930 <p><strong>Purpose </strong>– Gross motor readiness is an important but often undervalued aspect of children’s transition from early childhood education to primary school. Although song-and-movement activities are widely used in Indonesian PAUD settings, their effects on children’s gross motor readiness are still rarely tested through structured intervention and standardized indicators. This study therefore examined the effectiveness of a structured song-and-movement intervention on gross motor development among preschool children during the transition to primary school.</p> <p><strong>Design/methods/approach </strong>– A pre-experimental one-group pre-test and post-test design was used with 16 children aged 5–6 years in a PAUD institution in Karanganyar, Indonesia. The intervention was conducted over 8 weeks in 16 sessions using the “Aramsamsam” song-and-movement activity. Gross motor skills were assessed through five indicators: balance, strength, agility, coordination, and flexibility. Data were analysed using Shapiro-Wilk and paired-samples t-test.</p> <p><strong>Findings – </strong>Children’s mean gross motor score increased from 8.81 (SD = 2.316) at pretest to 14.75 (SD = 3.088) at post-test. The difference was statistically significant (t = -20.102, df = 15, p &lt; .001), with a very large effect size (Cohen’s d = 5.026; Hedges’ g = 4.899). The largest gains were found in coordination (1.43) and balance (1.37).</p> <p><strong>Research implications/limitations </strong>– The findings suggest that structured rhythm-based movement activities may enhance motor readiness during school transition. However, the absence of a control group limits causal interpretation. Further randomized studies are recommended.</p> <p><strong>Practical implications </strong>– Structured rhythm-based movement activities can be incorporated into early childhood classrooms as a playful strategy to support children’s motor readiness for school transition.</p> <p><strong>Originality/value </strong>– This study contributes empirical evidence from Indonesia on the role of rhythm-structured song-and-movement activities in enhancing specific gross motor domains during the transition to primary school.</p> Warananingtyas Palupi Danella Ayu Novitasari Alyana Suciparasati K.P. Anayanti Rahmawati Adriani Rahma Pudyaningtyas Nurul Kusumadewi Vera Sholeha Glenn Webforges D. Ricardos Copyright (c) 2026 Warananingtyas Palupi https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 2026-03-25 2026-03-25 9 1 1 16 10.26555/jecce.v9i1.14930