An initiative of Ridley College with Active for Life
The Niagara 2022 Canada Games are a celebration of the beauty and joy of human movement—an embodied expression of physical and mental wellbeing that stems from positive habits and signifies a truly flourishing life.
The Games bring out the best in young Canadians, and families across the Niagara Region have a special opportunity to share in the experience.
How did these young athletes arrive at the Games? They started as active children, developing physical literacy through years of fun and active play, even if they didn’t plan to become elite athletes.
You can give your child the same active start—simply check out the links below.
What is physical literacy?
Our infographic explains how physical literacy works: Developing the skills, confidence, and love of movement to be active for life.
Active Start
This series of newsletters helps parents of infants and toddlers with monthly suggestions for engaging little ones in active play.
Physical literacy checklists
These four checklists help parents identify the basic movement skills that kids should be developing at different ages, including suggestions on how to help them.
Multisport poster
Kids become better athletes by doing as many different sports and activities as possible before their teen years. Learn the benefits of multisport for kids by downloading this fun and informative poster.
Activities for kids
Over 75 fun games and activities that help kids to develop fundamental movement skills and an early foundation for physical literacy. Parents can sort the activities by their child’s age or movement skill such as running, jumping, throwing, and catching.
Parent myths about physical literacy
Many myths exist around children’s movement abilities and physical literacy. Most kids won’t ever become professional athletes, but they can still learn to move well and enjoy all sorts of physical activities in their lives.
