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The purpose of the present research is investigating the effect of 16-week basic gymnastics education program on motor development among pre-school 6 years old children. The present research adopted pre-test-post-test design of experimental method, which is a quantitative research method. The present research was conducted on the total of 54 (experiment group (n=27), control group (n=27)) children who were selected via random sampling method among 6-year old children, who study at pre-school education institutions (Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Children House) in the province centre of Çanakkale. In order to collect data, 16-week basic gymnastics education program was conducted on participants. Motor Performance test protocol, developed by Morris, Atwater Williams and Willmore in 1980, was utilized on both experiment and control group children, in order to measure their motor performance before and after 16-week training program. Average and standard deviation values were calculated for the data collected within the present research. It was found that, there was a statistically significant difference between post-test scores of experiment and control groups (p