Physical Activity: Active Play
Guide to the National Quality Standard
Standard 2.2 Healthy Eating and Physical activity are embedded in the program for children
Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guideline
Exploring ways to promote physical wellbeing
Element 2.2.2 Physical Activity is promoted through planned and spontaneous experiences and is appropriate for each child
Ways to stay healthy and safe
Early Years Learning Framework
Outcome 3: Children have a strong sense of wellbeing
Children take increasing responsibility for their own health and physical wellbeing
Get up and Grow Guidelines
Section Two: Physical Activity
Recommendation: Toddlers (1-3) and pre-schoolers (3-5) should be physically active every day for at least 3 hours, spread throughout the day
Types of active play: unstructured play, structured play, active transport, everyday physical tasks
Importance of structured and spontaneous play in both get up and grow and national quality standard influenced addition of structured and unstructured play into integrated plan
Recommended activities
Upper body movements, lower body movements, climbing, balancing, buildings, creative movement used recommended activities to develop activity ideas
indoor and outdoor play
Activities
how their body can move, where their body can move, what their body can do and who they can do it with
creative movement
develops self-control, body awareness, spatial awareness, group cooperation
listening, understanding, and responding to instructions, reasoning and problem-solving skills, self-expression, creativity, large motor skills
combination on indoor and outdoor play and structured and spontaneous play
helping children understand how their body can move and what their body can do
scarf play
ribbons and streamer
songs
greeting/circle time dance
hoops
phonics