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A Unique Child: Health - Early movers

Help is at hand for those seeking to organise physically active play environments.

A 'must-have' resource designed to help under-fives lead active and healthy lives and aimed at early years practitioners is now available from the British Heart Foundation.

The Early Movers pack provides comprehensive advice on how to plan and organise physically active play environments and includes ways to involve parents.

Written and collated by the BHF National Centre, the pack comprises:

Advice

The seven booklets are:

Dr Lala Manners, director of specialist training company Activematters, says, 'The pack is really well thought out and should be a must for every setting. It emphasises the importance of physical activity to children's overall health and development and clarifies its relationship to other areas of the curriculum. Ideas for activities are carefully chosen and manageable for all settings. Particularly strong is the section, "Planning and organisation" for early years managers.'

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