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Rolling, crawling and climbing are common activities to encourage at this stage

Help your child to develop their non-dominant hand at this age

It’s time to encourage safely crawling up stairs, balance skills, and playing

Developing physical literacy is more important to being active than genetics

Sampling a variety of sports early leads to the development of physical literacy

Most kids often do better to wait until age six, seven or even eight

Here are four checklists to help you target the basic movement skills that your child should be developing at different ages, including suggestions on how to get them moving.

From gymnastics to skating, these sport skills will help your child develop physical literacy

These fundamental movement skills will help your preschool child become physically literate

Six fundamental movement skills that will help toddlers become physically literate

Explore these basic fundamental movement skills to help your infant become physically literate

Riding in the snow helps them gain independence, confidence, and even status

Walking or biking to school can help kids concentrate better

Developing physical literacy optimizes both lifelong physical activity and athlete development

Physical literacy is when kids have developed the skills, confidence, and love of movement to be active for life. Here are some simple ways you can gauge the state of your child’s physical literacy.

Just 20 to 30 minutes of physical activity per day offers innumerable health benefits

Yet fitness a proven strategy to help thwart the negative behaviours associated with the condition

We’re going to have a family dance party to keep our biological hearts healthy

Children develop physical literacy by learning a wide variety of fundamental movement skills that allow them to enjoy many different physical activities and sports. Without physical literacy, they are less likely to stay active for life. Here are some ways you can support your child to become more physically literate. If you are an educator, … Continued

Tips on how to ration the amount of time children spend with TV, games and the Internet

Diversity, as opposed to specialization, is demonstrably beneficial in developing physical literacy

From the day your baby is born, the brain begins developing the different neural networks that build your child’s sensory awareness of the surrounding environment and their relationship to it.

Tummy time is important because the skills learned while on the tummy are essential for later development. But infants aren’t born able to hold their heads up, which is why tummy time can be uncomfortable and frustrating for them.

This log helps parents schedule activity times, promote variety and celebrate milestones