Support healthy lifestyles for children through exercise
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- Click on the icon to the left to read this article about the outdoor environment, the opportunities it offers and suggestions for activities.
- ‘Benefits of exercise’ from NHS choices
- 'Physical activity guidelines for children (under five years) from NHS choices.
- ‘How to keep your baby or toddler active’ from the NHS
- ‘Child health and wellbeing: The early years’ from the Design Council.
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson's first presentation on 'Free flow play'.
- Click to launch this lesson's second presentation on 'Outdoor play'.
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- This resource book is called ‘Learning outdoors – introduction’ and was produced by the Council for Curriculum, Examination and Assessment (CCEA). Although written to support the Northern Ireland early years curriculum it gives ideas to support young children use the outdoor environment.
- This article from the Early Years Alliance is on ‘Fun fitness ideas for children’.
- ‘Promoting activity in early years settings’ is an article on the Early Start website.
- Think And Challenge
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