ACTIVITY
LET’S GET PHYSICAL
Children should be physically active for at least three hours each day – and of course outdoors is the perfect place for this to happen. The British Heart Foundation has an excellent booklet outlining approaches for non-walking and walking children – search online for ‘BHF Early Movers 0-5’ and the PDF should come up as the first result.
Parkour, sometimes known as urban gymnastics, is a gloriously physical activity.
Early childhood movement specialist Jasmine Pasch advocates ‘Boing Whoosh RolyPoly!’ to promote and help train young children's vestibular system. Boing is movement in the vertical plane (up and down), Whoosh is movement in the horizontal plane (to and fro) and RolyPoly is rotational movement such as twirling. Incorporating Boing Whoosh RolyPoly into outdoor play every day can have a significant impact on children's physical skills as well as their general fitness.
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