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The development of early childhood needs to be considered, considering the child is a parent investment in the future. Meeting the nutritional needs and education of children has the same important role in achieving optimal growth and development. The background of parents socio-economic status also becomes one of the factors that support the achievement of these needs. This study aims to determine the description of nutritional status in early childhood associated with motor development. The method used is ex-post facto in early childhood aged four to five years who have attended school in kindergarten. Nutritional status is known through height and weight, gross and fine motor development measured using ASQ 3rd edition, socioeconomic status (SES) of parents determined based on the questionnaire. Data is processed through STATA with chi-square analysis techniques. The results showed that there were no differences in nutritional status with motor development in early childhood attending school in kindergarten. The results of this study can be used as a consideration for the government to pay attention to nutritional status and motoric development of children, in an effort to minimize the gap between the quality of education and the various backgrounds of parents socio-economic status.