Topics: Child development

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.

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

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

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.

Coaches and parents should place more emphasis on skills development than winning

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

Success in soccer depends on dribbling, passing and shooting

Hockey Canada’s Corey McNabb talks about the importance of fun

Here’s how you can get your child the right introduction to karate

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Here’s how you can get your child the right introduction to hockey

Here’s how you can get your child the right introduction to soccer

Here’s how you can get your child the right introduction to basketball

Here’s how you can get your child the right introduction to swimming

Here’s how you can get your child the right introduction to gymnastics

Here’s how you can get your child the right introduction to figure skating

Active, unstructured play is important for healthy development

Greatness is not born, it’s made

I learned the greatest benefit of raising a total kid

Toddlers and preschoolers need to learn fundamental movements skills before they’re ready to learn the more complicated skills required in structure activities and sports. The best way to help your children learn fundamental movement skills such as running, jumping, throwing and catching is to give them lots of opportunity for unstructured play in environments that … 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