Topics: Child development

Physical development is the combination of growth, maturation, and motor skill development during childhood.

From outdoor sensory play ideas to how to plan a first birthday party for your baby, here are Active for Life’s top posts of 2022.

How to choose the right daycare or preschool for your child? Check out this checklist developed by Sport for Life and Active for Life.

Kids need plenty of active play to develop gross motor skills in their early years. Check out this list of activities that kids can do at each stage of life.

The ABCs of physical literacy refer to four basic capacities that are essential to developing fundamental movement skills.

This list of simple, low-mess indoor activities will help your active two-year-old get their wiggles out!

Check out these tips for making time for free play and downtime for your child, while having room for extracurriculars they value.

Grandparents who babysit or take care of their grandkids have a great opportunity to play together and boost physical literacy.

Rock climbing is an awesome sport for kids. Here’s everything you need to know about getting your child into it.

Climbing trees is a time-honoured tradition for kids, but it also offers them a whole bunch of benefits. Learn more about what those are.

Like all fundamental movement skills, catching isn’t a skill that just “happens” on its own. It needs to be learned and developed.

Kids naturally seem drawn to bare feet and, as it turns out, there are actually many benefits to spending time barefoot outside.

Spending time on the grass with your baby is a great way to start them on the road to physical literacy. Here are some activity ideas.

As your toddler gets more mobile, their balance and coordination will develop. Here are some great ways to support them as they grow.

As kids fall into sedentary behaviors and engage less in active play, they lose much of the strength and stamina needed to be active.

Learn about new revisions to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s developmental milestones for kids ages zero to five.

Visual tracking is the ability to move the eyes around to focus on a moving object. These games will help improve kids’ visual tracking!

You don’t need fancy equipment for sensory play! Everything your kids need for engaging sensory play can be found outside.

If your daughter plays sports, it’s important to know about two potential health concerns: the risk of ACL injuries and Female Athlete Triad.

Every baby is different and hits milestones at their own pace, but there are some easy things you can do to encourage yours to get moving!

Kids go through the stages of growth and development at different times, which can result in very different sports performance.

At four months old, babies are starting to become more mobile. Some simple yoga movements can help them develop strength and coordination.