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Understand babies and young children’s need to be physically active

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In this tutorial you will learn:

That it is important that children do physical activity each day
The benefits of physical activity
The potential long term impact of children not being active

The requirement that “providers must provide access to an outdoor play area” is now in section 3.59 of the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation stage.

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Click to read ‘Physical activity guidelines: Early years’ from the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine.
Click to read ‘Physical activity in the early years’ from the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine.
This article article from the British Heart Foundation is an ‘Introduction to physical activity in the early years’.

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