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Physical Literacy

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• Physical and Health Education
• Physical Literacy
• Program Design and Evaluation
• Youth
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The development of physical literacy is essential to life-long participation in sport and physical activity. Learn how teachers and parents (and program leaders, coaches, and others!) can be allies in ensuring students develop the "motivation, confidence, physical competence, knowledge and...

Influence of Structural and Psychosocial Factors on the Level of Physical Activity of Preschoolers Attending Daycare

October 15, 2011

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• Physical Literacy
• Program Design and Evaluation
• Youth
• Policy Maker and Government Official
• Researcher

• Influence of Structural and Psychosocial Factors on the Level of Physical Activity of Preschoolers Attending Daycare

What is Physical Literacy?

January 28, 2014

• Athlete Development
• Community Sport
• Long Term Development
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• Physical Literacy
• Athlete
• Coach
• Parent
• Policy Maker and Government Official
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by Leigh Cove Algonquin College Sport Business Management Intern Muscle memory is a well-known term in active living and sport. The idea that once you have learned something and practiced it, your muscles will begin to move with the pattern...

The Importance of Risky Play for Physical, Social, and Emotional Development

August 16, 2017

• Life Skills
• Participation
• Physical Literacy
• Youth
• Parent

Engaging in risky play is a natural part of a child’s development. In addition to increasing physical activity and developing social skills, risky play is a way by which children learn to adapt to their environments and fears, and may...

Physical Literacy

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• Physical and Health Education
• Physical Literacy
• Youth
• Parent
• Sport Organization

Physical literacy has become an important outcome across many educational, sport, and recreation settings in Canada. Research from Brock University finds pedagogical strategies that incorporate a Teaching Games for Understanding approach can support the development of physical literacy among elementary-school-aged...

Pushing for a multi-sport approach to kids’ sport and activity

August 15, 2018

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• Physical Literacy
• Youth
• Coach
• Parent
• Sport Organization

We know that today’s kids face a myriad of obstacles to getting active and developing physical literacy. From obsession with smartphones and video games, to increasing confinement in urban spaces, kids today are facing challenges that most of their parents...

Physical Literacy

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• Physical and Health Education
• Physical Literacy
• Parent

Physical literacy is a central component of physical education curricula across the country. But the concept may be unfamiliar to many parents. Today's SIRC blog helps demystify the concept so parents can be allies with teachers in supporting student success.

Athlete Insight

• Athlete Development
• Health and Wellness
• Physical Literacy
• Youth
• Parent

Parents and caregivers can have a deep and meaningful impact on the development of a child's physical literacy. To celebrate Mother’s Day this weekend, this Active for Life blog shares insights from elite Canadian athletes about their mother's influence on...

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Are you a teacher looking for new ideas to activate your students during class, recess or after school; or a coach looking to refresh your practices? The Playworks Game Library and Active for Life Activity Database let you search activities...

Parents and Teachers – Allies in Physical Literacy

October 4, 2019

• Health and Wellness
• Life Skills
• Participation
• Physical Literacy
• Youth
• Coach
• Parent

With students settled into new classes with new teachers, many families find themselves considering how to best support student success across the school day. Physical literacy is becoming an integral facet of Physical and Health Education curricula across the country,...