What
is Physical Literacy?
In early childhood, children are undergoing the most
rapid brain development period in their lives. This is a critical time for
learning, growth and development.
Physical
literacy is a journey upon which children and youth, and everyone, develop the
knowledge, skills, and attitudes they need to enable them to participate
in a wide variety of activities.
Sports have recognized that many of the children and
youth who enter their programs lack basic movement skills.
Physical
literacy is about having the physical skills, confidence and
love of movement to be active for life. To become physically literate,
children need to develop these skills and have the opportunities to do so.
Developing these skills is a process over the growth of a child.