Physical Literacy Activity Resource Guide A Kaizen guide that is continually changing and improving! Collated by Vicki Harber (Sept 2012)
The following guide provides references to help you make revisions and adaptations to your current physical activity programs. The list of resources will help you design programs to allow children more opportunities to develop physical literacy. Remember to develop physical literacy children need to be exposed to physical activity in all five (5) environments (in or on water, in the outdoors, on the ice/snow, on the ground, and in the air) and with a variety of fundamental movement skills (FMS). FMS can be divided into stability, locomotor and object manipulation skills. This guide is not exhaustive. Please be creative in adapting your activities and use all resources available to you!
How to use this guide: The following guide includes a list of resources that address environment, stability FMS, locomotor FMS and object manipulation FMS. Four tables highlight the resources for the following:
Environment
Stability FMS
Locomotor FMS
Object Manipulation FMS
RESOURCE AUTHOR/ WHERE TO FIND TARGET TARGET BRIEF DESCRIPTION COMMENTS NAME SOURCE AGE/STAGE AUDIENCE
Children and childrenandnature.org/re Ages 0-14 years Movement Web Resources to help teachers use the Nature Network sources leaders natural world as a classroom (Outdoors; Ice/Snow) Kids CanMove Alberta abgym.ab.ca 5 - 12 yrs; Teachers, The Kids CanMove resource package is Easy to use activities resource Gymnastics Active Start, Recreation designed to ensure that stressing body awareness package Federation Fundamentals, leaders teachers/recreation leaders with no and spatial awareness Learn to Train previous experience can safely teach gymnastics. The package includes a Teaching Manual, Lesson Plans and Task Cards. It requires only basic equipment (a few mats and, if available, a few benches) (Air) KiwiDex Sport New sportnz.org.nz/en- Ages 5-12 years Movement The KiwiDex manual provides a range of Zealand nz/young-people/ leaders ideas and games for teachers and physical activity providers. One resource in particular targets activities in WATER Let's Play! Watkinson, humankinetics.com 3 - 8 yrs; Teachers, Resource for teaching playground skills Stresses the value of play. Promoting Jane Active Start & parents, child and games. Consists of book and Developmental approach Active (2010). FUN-damentals care accompanying CD. (Outdoors) to typical playground Playgrounds professionals, activities supports children recreation to be active in social leaders groups that form during free time. Includes a quick assessment protocol and child self-reports.
RESOURCE AUTHOR/ WHERE TO FIND TARGET TARGET BRIEF DESCRIPTION COMMENTS NAME SOURCE AGE/STAGE AUDIENCE
A Resource SaskSport: sasksport.sk.ca/cis/cis_m Children 10 and Manual includes example lesson plans Includes notes on the movement Manual for Children in odules.html under and many activities on balance & skills used, and the cognitive and Sport Leaders Sport jumping, movement games and tag social aspects of each activity. games. Developing SPARC: sportnz.org.nz/en- 5-12 yrs Active Teachers, Uses play and simple activities to get kids Activities are simple and require Fundamental Sport and nz/young-people/Ages-5- Start, Coaches, involved in games. only basic knowledge to teach or Movement Recreation 12-Years/Developing- Fundamentals, recreation coach. Skills New Fundamental-Skills/ Learn to Train leaders Zealand Gymnastics Gymnastics Alberta Gymnastics 0-12 Years Coaches Provides basics for the youngest Foundations Canada participant progressing to foundational movements requiring stability and locomotion. Kids CanMove Alberta abgym.ab.ca 5 - 12 yrs; Teachers, The Kids CanMove resource package is Easy to use activities stressing resource Gymnastics Active Start, Recreation` designed to ensure that teachers/ body awareness and spatial package Federation Fundamentals, leaders recreation leaders with no previous awareness Learn to Train experience can safely teach gymnastics. The package includes a Teaching Manual, Lesson Plans and Task Cards. It requires only basic equipment (a few mats and, if available, a few benches). Move and Play Be Fit for befitforlife.ca/ 5-12 yrs Active Move and Play through Physical Literacy Cards are easy to use, require Through Life Start, while developing Fundamental little equipment and are Physical Network FUNdamentals, Movement Skills! These cards will help to convenient to clip to your lesson Literacy Learn to Train incorporate stability, locomotion and plan or throw in your pocket for object manipulative skills into any the day. activity. Recipe Card Ever Active everactive.org Grades k-3 Teachers Sets of 36 PE lessons organized into 6 Lessons based on ABCD's but can Lesson Plans Schools Grades 4-6 units with each lesson on a recipe card be adapted/applied to any type Grades 7-9 that includes; Warm it Up! (activities to of recreation or sport/activity get started), Whoop it Up! (main focus of setting lesson) and Wrap it Up! (cool down activities) Yoga Be Fit For provincialfitnessunit.ca/a 5-12 yrs Teachers Includes 32 yoga pose cards that include Easy to use and very engaging for Techniques for Life - bout-bffl/ Active Start, safety, alignment, movement, visualize- participants. Fun way to improve the Medicine Fundamentals, ation & journal writing cues as well as 12 and learn about balance, strength Classroom Hat and Learn to Train cross- curricular lesson plans using yoga and flexibility. Approved by the Discrict Area in math, science, language arts & social Yoga Association of Alberta. studies. Also included with the cards is ready to use sequences with music that can be played from your computer.
RESOURCE AUTHOR/ WHERE TO FIND TARGET TARGET BRIEF DESCRIPTION COMMENTS NAME SOURCE AGE/STAGE AUDIENCE
101 Fun Warm- John Byl - Search title in products at Ages 8 and Up Teachers, 101 General and Sport-Specific Warm- Large variety to fit the needs of Up and Human http://www.humankineti Coaches, Up and Cool-Down games that are easy many groups. Movement based, Cool-Down Kinetics cs.com Leaders, to understand and implement. Simple to some with more skill focus that Games etc. Technical activities that stress the others but great for older groups importance of warming up and cooling to warm-up, cool- down or for down your body. game time. A Resource SaskSport: sasksport.sk.ca/cis/cis_m Children 10 and Manual includes example lesson plans Includes notes on the movement Manual for Children in odules.html under and many activities on balance & skills used, and the cognitive and Sport Leaders Sport jumping, movement games and tag social aspects of each activity. games. ABC – Agility, Sheehan Alberta Sport, Recreation, Grades 3-4 Educators 30 Lesson Unit Plans Designed as a 6 Unit 1-10: Balance Balance and 2010 Parks & Wildlife week unit plan with 5 daily 30 minute Unit 11-20: Agility Coordination: Foundation physical education classes per week Unit 21-30: Coordination A Unit Plan for Alberta Schools Developing SPARC: sportnz.org.nz/en- 5-12 yrs Teachers, Uses play and simple activities to get kids Activities are simple and require Fundamental Sport and nz/young-people/Ages-5- Active Start, Coaches, involved in games. only basic knowledge to teach or Movement Recreation 12-Years/Developing- Fundamentals, recreation coach. Skills New Fundamental-Skills/ Learn to Train leaders Zealand FMS: Active PHE Canada phecanada.ca 5-8 years Teachers, Designed for teachers and coaches of Provides descriptions of Start and Active Start and Coaches, youth who have a physical disability movement patterns, specific tips FUNdamentals FUNdamentals etc. (congenital or acquired disability) and and a number of activities that Stages For who are in the Active Start and utilize the motor skills. Children with FUNdamentals Stages of the Long- Term Physical Athlete Development (LTAD) program. Disabilities Fundamental Department education.vic.gov.au/stud Grades Prep- Teachers 260 activities teachers can incorporate Motor Skills: An of entlearning/teachingreso Year 5 (Ages 3- using 11 different motor skills Activities Education- urces/health/support.ht 10 years) Resource for Australia m Classroom Teachers Fundamental PHE Canada phecanada.ca 5-8 yrs Teachers, A handbook for generalists and physical Provides descriptions of mature Movement Active Start & Coaches, education teachers, as well as others movement patterns, specific tips Skills: Active FUNdamentals etc. tasked with teaching motor skill and a number of activities that Start and development. utilize the motor skills. FUNdamental Stages
RESOURCE AUTHOR/ WHERE TO FIND TARGET TARGET BRIEF DESCRIPTION COMMENTS NAME SOURCE AGE/STAGE AUDIENCE
Gymnastics Gymnastics Alberta Gymnastics 0-12 Years Coaches Provides basics for the youngest Foundations Canada participant progressing to foundational movements requiring stability and locomotion. Hop, Skip & Mount bookstore.mtroyal.ca/ 0-6 yrs ECE Fundamental movement skill activities Comprehensive, activity based Jump Royal Active Start Professiona for 0-6yrs. manual offering transition and University ls extension ideas. Move and Play Be Fit for befitforlife.ca 5-12 yrs Move and Play through Physical Literacy Cards are easy to use, require Through Life Active Start, while developing Fundamental little equipment and are Physical Network FUNdamentals, Movement Skills! These cards will help to convenient to clip to your lesson Literacy Learn to Train incorporate stability, locomotion and plan or throw in your pocket for object manipulative skills into any warm the day. up, activity session, physical education class, sport practice or game. Phase: Sport The education.vic.gov.au/stud Prep – Year 10 Teachers Reviews various FMS, while offering Ideas for unstructured, Education Australian entlearning/teachingreso teaching hints and highlighting common cooperative, competitive and Module Council for urces/health/support.ht problems. Activities are organized into creative activities Health, m appropriate age groups. Physical Education and Recreation Playskills Heart and heartandstroke.ab.ca/site 5-9 yrs: Teachers Each booklet contains grade specific Great activities and handouts. Stroke /c.lqIRL1PJJtH/b.5116317 Active Start & activity sheets that teach children the Foundation /k.EFAA/Healthy_Kids__H FUNdamentals skills of running, jumping, catching and eart_Healthy_Lesson_Pla throwing. Activities demonstrate the skill ns.htm and provide a variety activities that support and encourage the development of the skill. Recipe Card Ever Active everactive.org Grades k-3 Sets of 36 PE lessons organized into 6 Lessons based on ABCD's but can Lesson Plans Schools Grades 4-6 units with each lesson on a recipe card be adapted/applied to any type Grades 7-9 that includes; Warm it Up! (activities to of Teachers get started), Whoop it Up! (main focus of recreation or sport/activity lesson) and Wrap it Up! (cool down setting activities)
RESOURCE AUTHOR/ WHERE TO FIND TARGET TARGET BRIEF DESCRIPTION COMMENTS NAME SOURCE AGE/STAGE AUDIENCE
A Resource SaskSport: sasksport.sk.ca/cis/cis_m Children 10 and Manual includes example lesson plans Includes notes on the movement Manual for Children in odules.html under and many activities on manipulative skills used, and the cognitive and Sport Leaders Sport games and manipulative/tag games. social aspects of each activity. Developing SPARC: sparc.org.nz/en- 5-12 yrs Teachers, Uses play and simple activities to get kids Activities are simple and require Fundamental Sport and nz/youngpeople/Ages-5- Active Start, Coaches, involved in games. only basic knowledge to teach or Movement Recreation 12-Years/Developing- Fundamentals, recreation coach. Skills New Fundamental-Skills/ Learn to Train leaders Zealand
FMS: Active PHE Canada phecanada.ca 5-8 years Teachers, Designed for teachers and coaches of Provides descriptions of Start and Active Start and Coaches, youth who have a physical disability movement patterns, specific tips FUNdamental FUNdamentals etc. (congenital or acquired disability) and and a number of activities that Stages – who are in the Active Start and utilize the motor skills. For Children FUNdamentals Stages of the Long-Term with Physical Athlete Development (LTAD) program. Disabilities Fundamental Department education.vic.gov.au/stud Grades Prep- Teachers 260 activities teachers can incorporate Motor Skills: An of entlearning/teachingreso Year 5 (Ages 3- using 11 different motor skills Activities Education- urces/health/support.ht 10 years) Resource for Australia m Classroom Teachers Fundamental PHE Canada phecanada.ca 5-8 yrs Teachers, A handbook for generalists and physical Provides descriptions of mature Movement Active Start & Coaches, education teachers, as well as others movement patterns, specific tips Skills: Active FUNdamentals etc. tasked with teaching motor skill and a number of activities that Start and development. utilize the motor skills. FUNdamental Stages Move and Play Be Fit for befitforlife.ca 5-12 yrs These cards will help to incorporate Cards are easy to use, require Through Life Active Start, stability, locomotion and object little equipment and are Physical Network FUNdamentals, manipulative skills into any warm up, convenient to clip to your lesson Literacy Learn to Train activity session, physical education class, plan or throw in your pocket for sport practice or game. the day. Phase: Sport The education.vic.gov.au/stud Prep – Year 10 Teachers Reviews various FMS, while offering Ideas for unstructured, Education Australian entlearning/teachingreso teaching hints and highlighting common cooperative, competitive and Module Council for urces/health/support.ht problems. Activities are organized into creative activities Health, m appropriate age groups. Physical
RESOURCE AUTHOR/ WHERE TO FIND TARGET TARGET BRIEF DESCRIPTION COMMENTS NAME SOURCE AGE/STAGE AUDIENCE
Education and Recreation Playskills Heart and heartandstroke.ab.ca/site 5-9 yrs: Teachers Each booklet contains grade specific Great activities and handouts. Stroke /c.lqIRL1PJJtH/b.5116317 Active Start & activity sheets that teach children the Foundation /k.EFAA/Healthy_Kids__H FUNdamentals skills of running, jumping, catching and eart_Healthy_Lesson_Pla throwing. Activities demonstrate the skill
ns.htm and provide a variety activities that support and encourage the development of the skill. Recipe Card Ever Active everactive.org Grades k-3 Teachers Sets of 36 PE lessons organized into 6 Lessons based on ABCD's Lesson Plans Schools (Active Start, units with each lesson on a recipe card (Physical Education curriculum Fundamentals); that includes; Warm it Up! (activities to outcomes for Alberta) but can be Grades 4-6 ( get started), Whoop it Up! (main focus of adapted/applied to any type of Fundamentals, lesson) and Wrap it Up! (cool down recreation or sport/activity Learn to Train); activities) setting Grades 7-9 (Learn to Train, Active for Life)