In this section you will find links to resources, websites and articles that will help you gain more understanding around movement, play, physical activity and the importance of it for children’s (aged 0-12 years) development.
Resource
A variety of brochures containing games and activities for different areas of development for…
Videos
Watch and learn from Sport New Zealand's Active Movement Advisor Gill Connell.…
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Sit Less, Move More, Sleep Well: Active play guidelines for under-fives. This document…
Website
The New Zealand Government in partnership with a number of organisations have…
Research Article
Hanging on monkey bars, climbing trees, and tug-of-war are all valuable…
Research Article
We have tracked down a really good article that explains why…
Research article
We often get asked about what sorts of activities children under…
Website
Physical activity is essential to healthy child development, and the early years…
Resource
SportStart helps you deliver innovative physical literacy programmes by providing you with…
Resource
The ‘Developing Fundamental Movement Skills’ resource uses play and simple activities to…
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Wanting to develop a leadership programme with your senior students? The PALs resource…
Website
Young people need balance. Rather than pressuring them to perform, they’ll do…
Document
Sport New Zealand has published “Good Practice Principles: Children and Young People…
Website
Active For Life has put together some great information around raising physically…
Videos
Here are two great videos from Sport Wales and Canadian Sport for…
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The Sport NZ physical literacy approach takes a holistic view of the…
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A group of adults get to experience what it is like to…
