Tag: education

A growing number of teachers are now starting to look for ways to encourage kids to move more during class time, including taking their classes outdoors.

As a teacher, do you want to help children develop physical literacy? Would you like an easy shortcut for creating your own lesson plans to do so? Luckily, there’s a range of excellent free resources available at Active for Life. One of the most useful is Active for Life’s (AfL) interactive online Lesson Plan Builder. While AfL’s pre-made … Continued

Healthy play as a child is crucial to adult development and engagement

Educators will learn how to conduct fitness and lifestyle assessments

When I am not working at Active for Life, I am an “human and organizational performance consultant.” It’s a long title. What it means is that people and organizations hire me to help them succeed. For 25 years, I’ve worked with a varied clientele ranging from athletes (professionals and Olympic and world champions) to corporations … Continued

This article is the second in a series of three published in the Globe and Mail looking at children’s fitness and education. It poses the question “Are physically active kids better learners?” and discusses the state of physical education within the school system. It also describes how Canadian schools are just beginning to track the … Continued