Psychomotor skills are a fundamental area for holistic development in childhood, but there is a lack of practical and validated assessment instruments for the educational context. The aim of this study was to validate the Venâncio Psychomotor Battery, an instrument for the quantitative assessment of functional psychomotor skills. The research was conducted with preschool children (mean age 5.79 ± 2.02 years). Through exploratory factor analysis, the psychometric properties of the battery were investigated. The results indicated high suitability of the data for factorization (KMO=0.733; Bartlett’s test p<0.001). A two-factor structure was extracted, explaining 53.4% of the total variance, with excellent model fit indices (RMSEA = 0.00; TLI = 1.02). Factor 1 grouped items related to spatial structuring, coordination, laterality, and body schema, while Factor 2 emphasized the centrality of body schema and laterality. It is concluded that the Venâncio Psychomotor Battery presents strong evidence of validity, constituting a reliable and objective tool to assist educators and psychomotor therapists in the assessment and intervention in child development.
