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  • Featured Activity: 5 ways to keep girls in sports
    Sports & Rec

    5 ways to keep girls in sports

    Suggestions that can guide girls to a healthy, active lifestyle they’ll stick with

  • Featured Activity: Why outdoor play is more important than ever
    Health

    Why outdoor play is more important than ever

    As we all navigate COVID-19, active, outdoor play is exactly what our kids need. Here are some tips to help them get outside, get creative, and get messy.

  • Featured Activity: ‘Selling the Dream’ shows parents why kids hockey should stay fun
    Sports & Rec

    ‘Selling the Dream’ shows parents why kids hockey should stay fun

    This comprehensive and engaging look at hockey highlights a disturbing trend

  • 5 ways to keep girls in sports
  • Why outdoor play is more important than ever
  • ‘Selling the Dream’ shows parents why kids hockey should stay fun
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2020: The summer of trying new things

2020: The summer of trying new things

Instead of dwelling on what we can’t do this summer, we’re going to use the next two months of unscheduled days as an opportunity.

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16 things your kids can play with instead of screens this summer
Lifestyle | Sports & Rec

16 things your kids can play with instead of screens this summer

These active toys and games will nudge your children off the couch and out the door to play, move, and have fun this summer.

What to do when you and your partner disagree about risky play
Child development | Health

What to do when you and your partner disagree about risky play

I’m a risk-taker, while my husband is much more risk-averse. The lifeguard approach to risky play can help reduce conflict between you and your partner.

Get active in your neighbourhood with Explore Your 2.4
Health | Lifestyle

Get active in your neighbourhood with Explore Your 2.4

The Explore Your 2.4 program encourages children to get outdoors, explore their neighbourhoods, and spend more time in independent play.

12 toys to get babies, toddlers, and preschoolers moving this summer
Child development

12 toys to get babies, toddlers, and preschoolers moving this summer

These toys offer many great options for encouraging young children’s sensory play and brain development—and they’ll help promote physical literacy.

20+ nature activities for kids
Health

20+ nature activities for kids

These creative and explorative nature activities will help you and your kids get outside, learn new things, and have fun together.

It’s never too late to become active for life
Lifestyle

It’s never too late to become active for life

There’s no doubt that as you age, you have to adapt how you can be active. But getting active as a family doesn’t have to be difficult or strenuous.

‘Let Me Play’: 1995 Nike ad still relevant today
News | Sports & Rec

‘Let Me Play’: 1995 Nike ad still relevant today

Kids who play sports have better health, happiness and social habits

Ballet and dance helped Sarah Reid become a better skeleton racer
News | Sports & Rec

Ballet and dance helped Sarah Reid become a better skeleton racer

Her activities have also ranged from biking and skiing, to mixed martial arts

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Active for Life is the place where parents go to learn about activities for kids. Physical education leads to physical literacy, which is critical for child development. Physical literacy also gives active kids the best chance to someday compete in high-performance sport. Kids activities are organized here by age and gender, so parents can find fun and engaging ways of making sure their children get the recommended daily amount of physical activity. Activities for toddlers are aimed at the development of fundamental movement skills, while activities for children build on the fundamentals to establish more complex sport skills that can be used to play any number of sports and activities. Exercises for kids enhance their physical development. In the early stages of child growth, early childhood development is dependent on appropriate exercises for children. Because kids play is good for kids health.

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