What this Means For Parents
Being physically active is more important to health than just about any other part of life over which we have control. Recent research suggests that it is better for your health to be overweight and active than to be of normal weight and be inactive.
What this means is that parents and care-givers should try to see that their children have the opportunity to take Fundamental Movements and Fundamental Sport Skills part in all of these activities during the critical physical literacy years. In communities with limited recreational opportunities, and for parents with limited financial resources, this may be difficult to achieve. This makes school physical education programs critically important, since they provide the only opportunities for the development of physical literacy for EVERY Canadian child.
Figure 8 Creating the Optimum Learning Environment for Fundamental Movements and Fundamental Sport Skills
