Sports, Play, and Learning: Why Active Childhood Experiences Matter
Children learn with their whole bodies. They learn when they climb, chase, balance, throw, kick, catch, jump and fall. They learn when […]
Children learn with their whole bodies. They learn when they climb, chase, balance, throw, kick, catch, jump and fall. They learn when […]
Ask a toddler and a pre-teen what makes football fun and you may receive two very different answers. A three-year-old might be […]
Children rarely move in only one way. They run, jump, throw, catch, kick, balance, twist, chase and climb, often switching between these […]
A football session for a three-year-old should look very different from one designed for a ten-year-old. The younger child may spend much […]
Two children can walk onto the same tennis court with completely different ways of learning. One may enjoy being surrounded by other […]
A tennis ball does not stay still for very long. It bounces, changes direction, travels at different speeds and sometimes seems determined […]
A tennis court can seem enormous when you are very small. The racket feels unfamiliar, the ball moves in unexpected directions, and […]
A football pitch can be much more than a place where children learn to pass, dribble and score goals. For many young […]
For children, some of the best learning happens when they do not realise they are practising at all. A simple game involving […]
Children are naturally drawn to movement. Give them an open space and a ball, and many will quickly start running, kicking, chasing, […]
