Category: Physical Literacy

Physical literacy is big part of these music camps

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

When kids have learned to love physical activity, it means that they’ve developed their own internal, intrinsic motivation to move.

According to a Canadian study in early child care centres, the benefits of adding more active play time into daily routines are more than just physical.

We’ve been studying how providing early childhood educators with physical literacy training affects the children in their care.

Through yoga, kids learn how to find a sense of inner calm and self-esteem as well as developing flexibility, strength, and balance.

Few kids today meet the recommended guidelines for daily physical activity. Here’s what we can do about it.

One key indicator is showing confidence while attempting new activities

According to the Canadian 24-hour movement guidelines, babies and toddlers should not be restrained in strollers or seats for more than an hour at a time.

New research highlights the importance of fundamental movement skills, and shows why some kids gravitate towards sedentary activities.

Some schools and early childhood centres are using movement-based instruction to help kids learn better while promoting their development.

These spaces offer valuable opportunities for the development of physical literacy and for experimentation.

For many children in early-years programs, learning happens at play centres, themed play areas with a specific focus.

As we move towards a new year, here are our 10 most popular articles of 2019 (plus five of our personal favourites).

The Vivo Play Project gives kids the opportunity to let loose, play freely, and get dirty.

StoryWalk combines storytelling and physical activity by placing laminated pages from picture books in public places.

Physical education doesn’t just happen in a gymnasium. I’m a big proponent of active free play outside during physical education (PE) class. In my PE classes, I plan for quite a lot of it when the weather allows. There are so many benefits of free play outside that cannot be replicated in the gymnasium. In most … Continued

Thanks to funding from the federal government, the Early Years Physical Literacy Research Team will move on to phase two.

As parents and coaches, we must make youth sports fun for kids. Tim Hortons’ latest advertisement highlights this.

The model was developed as a framework to help ECEs understand how to incorporate physical literacy into their playrooms and playgrounds.

Casual sport and neighbourhood play are important. But as our urban centres grow, competition for our public spaces increases as well.

“Any questions?” This well-meaning phrase, when posed to a group of young female athletes, often results in 10 or more hands shooting up, and you as a coach end up standing there fielding questions like you’ve just entered your own personal press conference. You may be thinking to yourself, “Well that’s just how kids are.” … Continued

My youngest son, Cam, has always been full of surprises. With a flair for the dramatic, Cam decided that he would make his grand entrance into the world more than 12 weeks early. With the ensuing medical issues, including collapsed lungs, chronic lung disease, infections, viruses, heart concerns, and prolonged gastrointestinal and feeding issues, his … Continued

Highlighting the scale of the decline in children’s mobility, researcher Negin Riazi points to a study conducted in England that showed a staggering drop in the number of children ages seven to eight who walked to school independently, from 80 percent in 1971 to just nine percent in 1990. According to Riazi, this scale of … Continued