This story is sponsored by Lifetime Products. As summer approaches, children ditch their snow boots and put on their sneakers to play outside in the sun. The right play activities can go beyond ...

Research shows Helping children develop healthy habits at a young age can help lower their risk for heart disease, stroke and other major health problems later in life. that a child’s cardiovascular ...

Motor skills are foundational for a lifetime of movement. For children, they play a vital role not only in facilitating ...

In A Nutshell Fewer than 1 in 10 toddlers meet all three daily movement guidelines (active play, limited screen time, and ...

Physical activity — primarily in the form of active play — promotes young children’s physical, mental, emotional and social health. It can also influence how active people will be later in life. It’s ...

We know the role sight plays in learning basic movement skills, but what about the 1,360 blind or visually impaired children ...

Children and young adults who exercise regularly are more likely to seek physical activity and fitness throughout their lifespan. Recent human and animal studies have discovered that regular exercise ...

For parents, carers and teachers, it’s often tempting to base our thinking on a child’s development around what we understand as “normal”. Much of the time we do this without thinking, describing a ...

In last month’s column I tried to make the point that parents should work to ensure that their children establish physical literacy as they develop. Physical literacy is the accumulation of basic ...

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