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Physical activity is a lifelong journey.
In order to ensure children remain physically activity for life, it is important to increase their physical literacy at a young age. This begins with a focus on play rather than practice.
Practice and specialization lead to injuries and burnout. Specialization also overlooks low-income, overweight and average and below average ability levels.
Play for Life: A Playbook to Get Every Kid in the Game and Active for Life provide numerous resources and age-appropriate activities to increase children’s physical literacy and to keep them active from birth.
For example, you can create 8 active games with 1 piece of chalk.
Click here to learn about shifting away from specialization, Play for Life: A Playbook to Get Every Kid in the Game.
Click here to learn about activities to increase physical literacy for all ages, Active for Life.
Source: Play for Life: Project Play
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