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Physical Literacy
At Play in Peel, we help educators and parents improve children’s physical literacy so they can be active for life. To date, we have trained 3,489 educators and impacted 152,769 kids across Peel region.
Are you ready to join the movement?
Physical literacy helps children stay healthy, improve their emotional well-being, and develop their cognitive abilities.
Physical Literacy Is...
Motivation
Confidence
Physical Competence
Knowledge & Understanding
Our Audiences
Educators, Parents and Caregivers to children ages 0-12
Canada’s inactivity crisis is leading to alarming health outcomes for children:
1.Tremblay, M.S., Longmuir, P.E., Barnes, J.D. et al. Physical literacy levels of Canadian children aged 8–12 years: descriptive and normative results from the RBC Learn to Play–CAPL project. BMC Public Health 18, 1036 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5891-x
2. ParticipACTION. Rallying for Resilience: Keeping Children and Youth Active in a Changing Climate. The 2024
ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. Toronto: ParticipACTION; 2024.
3. Melby P.S., Nielsen G., Brønd J.C., Tremblay M.S., Bentsen P., Elsborg P. Associations between children’s
physical literacy and well-being: Is physical activity a mediator? BMC Public Health 22, 1267 (2022).
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13517-x
ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES
To address this crisis of inactivity, Play in Peel helps support educators and parents as they engage children in quality movement and physical activity experiences. By sharing our learning with you, we hope to improve children’s physical literacy and positively impact their health and well-being.
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HELP US ENCOURAGE ACTIVE PLAY AND
PHYSICAL LITERACY FOR CHILDREN IN PEEL
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Meet Cathy
Physical Literacy is contagious, share it!
Upon receiving physical literacy (PL) training from Peel’s Physical Literacy Champions’ Network, I was able to mentor my fellow ECEs on the importance of incorporating PL into their daily programs.
I shared wonderful resources like videos, posters, activity cards and demonstrations at staff training sessions.
ECEs are always looking for new activities that encourage the development of fundamental movement skills (FMS)!
We can help children build their FMS by…(READ MORE)
