- Forms the foundation for physical activity
- Includes motivation, confidence, competence, knowledge and understanding
- Fundamental movement skills as building blocks:
– Running, jumping, skipping
– Throwing, catching, kicking
– Stretching, twisting, balancing
- Forms the foundation for a lifetime of movement
Source: Canada’s Physical Literacy Consensus Statement. (2015).
Course Menu
- Physical Activity and Early Childhood: Building Lifelong Habits
- Learning Objectives
- About the Best Start Resource Centre
- Physical Activity at Different Ages
- Types of Physical Activity – Structured
- Types of Physical Activity – Unstructured
- 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Early Years – Under 1 year (Infants)
- 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Early Years – 1-2 (Toddlers)
- 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Early Years – 3-4 (Preschoolers)
- 24-Hour Movement Guidelines – Children and Youth
- Quiz 1
- Answer 1
- Benefits of Physical Activity
- Benefits of Physical Activity: Video
- Benefits of Physical Activity
- Benefits of Physical Activity
- Benefits of Physical Activity
- Benefits of Physical Activity
- Physical Literacy
- Physical Inactivity and Sedentary Behaviour
- Quiz 2
- Answer 2
- Website Review
- Thank You!