Physical activity — primarily in the form of active play — promotes young children’s physical, mental, emotional and social health. It can also influence how active people will be later in life. It’s ...

Young children (0 to 5 years), children and young people (5 to 17 years) need physical activity to be healthy and thrive. When children sit less and move more, the benefits of physical activity can ...

Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening. I am a physical therapist who teaches exercise to children with neurodevelopmental disorders at an after-school day service.To get right to the point, ...

Good physical development (PD) practice starts in the setting, says Dr Lala Manners in this first part of a new series exploring how staff can increase knowledge and balance in-house activities with ...

In the final instalment of her series, Dr Lala Manners addresses the tricky area of holistic assessment of physical development At Ore Church Mice Pre-School in Hastings, practitioners observe what ...