in childcare settings

Pre-School


Pre-schoolers want to be active, they have lots of energy to burn and they need to experience all kinds of different movement. Below are things you can do with 3-5 year olds, as part of your normal routine in your home and outdoors.

children play

Tip 1

Move with me
child playing with bubbles

Tip 2

Let me move as much as possible

Tip 3

Give me time to play
Child playing with box

Tip 4

Encourage me to move more when we are at home
Children dancing

Tip 5

Balancing
Man and child playing with balls

Tip 6

Help me make my arms strong, this will help me learn to write
child walking

Tip 7

I like to be barefoot, get me to take off my shoes
Women playing with soil

Tip 8

Let me get messy
Child playing

Tip 9

Help me to do things by myself
family reading book with child

Tip 10

Help me sit in different positions

Resources

10 Top Tips for Moving Pre-School - Poster (PDF,550KB)

10 Top Tips for Moving - Pre-School - Translated Documents (Zip File, 21,174 KB)

 

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