en پژوهشي Original Research Articles <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Objectives:</strong> The aim of this study was to determine the effect of Perceptual-motor training on motor skills of normal preschool children (aged 4-6 years) in Esfahan city.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Methods:</strong> This was a quasi-experimental study with intervention and control groups. Each group included 30 normal preschool children aged 4 to 6 years. They were selected randomly children of intervention group one empowering children center and the control group from preschool centers, of Esfahan city in 2013. The intervention group received perceptual- motor training for 15 sessions (each 1 hour) during 2 months. The measurement was Bruninks&ndash;Oseretsky test that was implemented as pre and post-tests. Data analysis was done by SPSS version 18.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Results:</strong> The intervention group had significantly higher motor skills (gross and fine motor skills) scores after training, in comparison to control group (P=0.000).</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Discussion:</strong> It seems that the perceptual-motor training can improve the motor skills level of preschool children. So it is recommended as a useful method for motivation of motor skills development in preschool centers.</p> Perceptual–motor training, Motor skills, Preschool children 14 17 http://irj.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-216-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Firoozeh Sajedi fisajedi@gmail.com No Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Hajar Barati h.barati27@yahoo.com Yes University of Allameh Tabatabayi, Tehran, Iran.