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Individual lesson plans
Resources for educators, caregivers, camp leaders, and after-school program leaders who want to deliver physical literacy instruction to children
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Lesson plan units
Ready-made teaching units for educators, caregivers, and program leaders who want to deliver a logical series of physical literacy lessons to children in their care
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Build your own lesson plans
Build your own physical literacy program. Choose the desired age range, skills you want to develop and the activities you want to use
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Learn Through Active Play
FREE resource that empowers early learning educators with the confidence and tools to enhance programming with an active play lens

Resources for professionals

Featured Activity: Get the Active for Life Pro newsletter for educators, coaches, and rec leaders!

Get the Active for Life Pro newsletter for educators, coaches, and rec leaders!
Child development
Featured Activity: How educators can use the APPLE Model

How educators can use the APPLE Model
Child development | Tips
Featured Activity: For early years educators: Physical literacy can be easy

For early years educators: Physical literacy can be easy
Tips | Sports & Rec
Featured Activity: What’s so good about physical education classes? Ask the students!

What’s so good about physical education classes? Ask the students!
Child development
Featured Activity: Why this teacher assigned unconventional homework

Why this teacher assigned unconventional homework
Health | Tips
Featured Activity: Activities for anxious kids: How to help children cope with anxiety through play

Activities for anxious kids: How to help children cope with anxiety through play
Child development | Health
Featured Activity: Teachers: Take your kids outside (yes, during class time!)

Teachers: Take your kids outside (yes, during class time!)
Active play | Child development
Featured Activity: Preschool, elementary, & summer camp lesson plan units

Preschool, elementary, & summer camp lesson plan units

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Active play

Active play

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Child development

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Health

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Sports & Rec

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Lifestyle

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Tips

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Learn Through Active Play is a fully funded, high-quality professional development program that empowers early learning professionals to plan through an active play lens and bring more movement, joy, and connection into their day.

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The printables below link to a PDF version that you can download, print or share.

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How active play is good for kids’ health
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Winter activities scavenger hunt
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What is physical literacy?
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Kids day planner
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Be a lifeguard parent
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Physical activity is key to the physical, emotional, and social well-being of our children. That’s why we offer free resources in many languages beyond English and French. In fact, most of our popular printable resources have been translated into 12 languages. They're designed to help all children and families be more active today, so they can be active for life.
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