Herts Mini Movers
Early Years section of the Hertfordshire Sport & Physical Activity website.
Early Years section of the Hertfordshire Sport & Physical Activity website.
A brilliant new resource from Gill Connell – NZ expert in child development and movement play.
A really useful new resource from a team led by the renowned Anna Freud Centre in London.
An excellent set of new leaflets covering birth to 5 years from ‘Greater Manchester Moving’, highly recommended.
This resource is clearly structured, easy to access and effectively balances underpinning knowledge with practical application.
Early childhood (defined as 0-5 years) has been identified as a critical time in the development of sedentary behaviours as data shows that these behaviours track strongly into childhood and adolescence.
Another inspired resource from Jan White and Liz Edwards that emphasises the physiological benefits to children that being outside brings. Clearly written and including lovely pictures , this is a must-read for post-lockdown life.
Public Health England (PHE) in partnership with The Open University is calling on the early years workforce to engage in the first presentation of its new online physical development (PD) course that can be joined from Monday 27th July.
The Birth Injury Justice Center has compiled the most in-depth resources nationwide to help guide and serve all families affected by physical birth injuries.
The MOVERS is a valuable resource for early years educational centres to use to evaluate and improve their practice and provision in the vital curriculum area of physical development.
f you want to find out about out of school clubs, and how to get started with setting one up, this is where you need to start.
Kids Run Free’s mission is to create fun, free and sustainable running opportunities for toddlers to teens, igniting their passion for physical activity and encouraging them to be healthier, happier and more confident.
Movement for Learning is a programme of specific exercises designed to be delivered to the whole class on a daily basis.
The two-day seminar takes place 21-22 November 2019 in Leeds, United Kingdom and will present the latest knowledge and insights on child poverty in western cities.
With Peggy Zeitler who is a distinguished Pikler Sensory Awareness trainer, integrating study of Eastern culture, experience with Gestalt Therapy and a long association with the Pikler Institute, including founding the European Pikler Association
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A principles based approach to supporting young children’s physical development, health and wellbeing, by Lala Manners.
With growing concerns over declining levels of school readiness and physical activity, this book outlines the importance of quality early movement experiences and explores the connection between poor early physical development opportunities and later difficulties in the classroom.
Book review of Practical Pre-School Books by Jo Blank.
A brilliantly simple, accessible – and sustainable – approach to supporting children’s physical development through outdoor play.
Since launching in April this year, the Activity Challenge has encouraged thousands of children aged 4-11 to get active.
bitescience scan academic publications on young consumers from a wide range of disciplines and select the most important, valuable and constructive research findings.
Every child should get the chance to make their mark on the world – and help build a better future for us all.
Saturday 18 May, 10:00 – 17:00.
This annual conference is always interesting and illuminating – well worth attending.
Funded by a British Academy small grant (January 2016–July 2018), the “Right to be Active” project examined the sport/physical activity experiences of care experienced children and young people in England.
The Big Din is a free summer family play event, hosted in Hyde Park on and around their iconic bandstand on Saturday 4th August between 11am–1pm.
Major one-day conference Friday 21st September, 2018.
The 9th Child in the City World Conference will be held on 24th–26th September 2018 in Vienna.
This is always an inspiring and illuminating event, Some great speakers this year.
For further information please see www.jabadao.org