The state of being active

What is Active Play?
Active play is exercise by children when they are simply playing without rules or organization.
Like adults, children should be physically active most, if not all, days of the week. It's good for most children to spend at least 60 minutes a day doing some physical activity.

• Provide opportunity for children to learn about the importance of activity.
• Improve the range and diversity of opportunities for children, by working in partnership with teachers, assistants and parents.
• Play is recognized as an important part of a child's development.

Why is active play important to children?

• Child OBESITY
• Creates physical, social, cognitive and imaginative skills.
• Article 31 of the UN Convention on the rights of the child: "State parties recognise the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts."
  
• Keeps children healthy and active.
• Vital for development of their independence.
• Develop problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Active children concentrate better in school, have increased self-esteem, are lee likely to suffer from depression or anxiety, and have a better overall outlook on life.
  

Active outdoor play

Outdoor play burns more calories than other forms of play.

The right outdoor toys makes child development fun!

1. Climbing frames - physical skills like balance, co-ordination, strength and agility.
2. Cognitive and intellectual development - solve problems, explore, discover e.g hide and seek.
   
3. Well manage outdoor equipment, with correct supervision, encourages children to asses and manage risk for themselves.