Activities & "How To" Manuals

This 2nd edition is a great resource for parents, caregivers and professionals to use to encourage active play in children. The 2nd edition of "Hop, Skip and a Jump" can be purchased at Mount Royal University's Bookstore today.

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The National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) guidelines state that preschool aged children should get at least 60 minutes of structured physical activity a day as well as 60 plus minutes of unstructured physical activity. Young children learn by doing, and “active play” or “physical literacy” includes both structured and unstructured activities.  Activities should be designed to build the child’s physical literacy development.

This Physical Literacy Planning Manual is designed to support Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) working in group child care settings. Our goal is to support your motivation, confidence, and competence to aid in enabling the young children in your care to become physically literate!

The Planning Manual will introduce you to physical literacy in the early years and provide suggestions about how to plan and will also provide appropriate physical literacy activities. Combined with the APPLE Model, the Physical
Literacy Observation Tool (PLOT), and the resource manual A Hop, Skip, and a Jump, you will be able to
provide children with thoughtful program planning, stimulating environments, and age-appropriate activities

Did your child get 120 minutes of active play today?
Here are some ideas for activities to help get the physical activity they need!

Excellent and easy-to-understand resources for anyone working with children. 

Come check out the various research posters by the EYPLRT Team!