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Fit Kids Healthy Kids is a program developed by Sport Manitoba and
supported by Doctors Manitoba based on physical literacy and the development of
fundamental movement skills in Children 3-12 years. The program is designed to teach children how to move with competence and confidence so that they may enjoy physical activity with a goal of keeping them active
for life.
Fit Kids Healthy Kids aids in community development, workshop delivery, training
and capacity building for parents, caregivers, and recreation workers in the area of physical literacy across Manitoba.
For more information about this program
please contact:
Caleb De Vries
Fit Kids Healthy Kids Coordinator 204-925-5676
[email protected] www.sportmanitoba.ca
Physical Literacy:
Just like reading and writing
children need to learn to move.
Running, jumping, throwing,
catching, hopping, striking, and
balance are some of the
important skills children should
work on from a very early age.
When you work on movement
skills with your child you help
them to feel good about being
active.
Children who are active are
healthier, do better in school,
get along better with friends and
feel better about themselves.
Bean Bag Pick up:
Little ones love to pick up bean
bags and put them into a bucket
or a box.
After all the bean bags are in the
bucket have fun spilling them out
again.
Count with your child as they put
the bags into and take them out
of the bucket.
Say a color for them to find and
put into the bucket or a color to
find to take out of the bucket.
Beanie Toss:
Set up a bucket for the child to
throw the bean bags into.
After the child has gotten the
bean bag into the bucket the
child can take a step back to
make the throw more difficult.
Set up a line of buckets to toss
at and make each of them worth
different points
Practice simple adding with your
child when you add up their
score.
Make sure they practice
throwing with their
left hand and
right hand.
Beanie Bucket Toss 2:
Use a bowling pin or pop bottle
for your child to knock over.
For variety, set up different
targets for them to throw at. A
stack of cans is fun to knock
down and fun to set up.
Hang a hoop or target from a tree
or on a fence.
Put targets close to practice
underarm throwing
Put targets further away or
hanging to practice overhand
throwing.
Bean Bag Body Balance: Have your child balance a bean
bag on different body parts while
standing still.
They can try on their head,
shoulder, arm, hand, elbow,
back, knee, foot and ankle.
To make it more difficult have
them move around while
balancing the bean bags on their
body.
Have them balance more than
one bean bag at a time on the
same or different body parts.
Pick up and Balance:
Have your child balance on
one foot and pick up bean
bags off the ground or floor.
Remember to practice while on
your left foot and your right
foot.
Have them hop on one foot
over to a bucket and put the
bean bag they picked up into it.
Or have them throw the bean
bag they picked up while still
standing on one foot.
Have them stand on another
bean bag to make balancing
more difficult.
Jumping beans: Have your child jump from 2
feet and land on 2 feet and put
a bean bag on the ground
where they land so they can see
how far they jumped.
Have them jump back and see if
they jump further.
Have them keep jumping in one
direction and place a bag where
they land each time.
Now see if they can jump back
and land close to each of the
bags they left as markers
before.
Place the bags
on the ground
in a row and
see if they
can jump
over each of
the bags.
Relays:
Place one bean bag on the
ground for the start and one a
distance away for the end.
Have your child run and switch a
bean bag that is in their hand for
the one that is on the ground.
Try using different movement/
locomotor skills for this game.
Have them skip, hop, gallop,
crab crawl etc. to the other bag
to change the game.
Have them balance a bag on
different body parts as they
move.
Match the Color, Number or
Letter:
Put construction paper that is
the same color of the bean bags
on the floor.
Have the child put the red bean
bag on the red paper.
Have them match all the colors.
Write numbers or letters on the
paper.
You call out a number or letter
Have the child put the bean bag
on that number or letter.
Switch the bag:
Scatter all your bean bags on the
floor or ground.
Call out one of the colors of the
bean bag
Have your child run and switch
the bean bag that is in their hand
for the one that is on the ground.
Call out the next color. Keep them
running.
Put numbers or letters on the
bean bags with a marker or tape
and call out numbers or letters for
them to run to and find.
Call out different ways for them to
get to the bags. Hop to blue, skip
to red, gallop to yellow.
Catch the bean:
Have your child throw the bean
bag in the air and then catch it in
both hands, one hand or in a
bucket or pail.
Throw the bean bag lightly into
the air and have your child catch
it in their hands or a bucket or
pail.
Have them throw the bean bag
from one hand to the other.
Count catches to practice
numbers
Walk the square:
Put 4 different color bean bags on
the ground as 4 corners of a
square.
Tell your child to always face you
when moving.
Call out different colors of the
bean bags for them to move to.
This will help them practice
movement forward, backwards
and sideways.
Get them to move faster to make
it more challenging
Show them how to gallop
sideways or cross step for better
sideways movement.
Have them balance a bean bag
on a body part while they move to
make it more difficult
From bean to bean:
Have your child stand with legs
spread apart.
Place a bean bag by each of his
or her feet.
Now have them stand on one
foot next to the bag that is by that
foot
Have them hop sideways from
foot to foot between the bags.
Move the bags further apart to
make it more difficult.
Have them stop for a few
seconds on 1 foot after each
jump.
Get them to jump to the rhythm
of you clapping or music to get
them to speed up and slow down
as you play.
Around your body:
Give your child one bean bag to
hold in their hand.
Call out different body parts
Have your child to move the bean
bag around that body part.
Have them pass from hand to
hand to move it around.
Have them make a short toss
from hand to hand to make the
game more difficult.
Stepping Beans:
Use bean bags like stepping
stones.
Place them on the ground
short distances away from
each other
Have your child step from
bag to bag.
Move the bags that your
child has stepped on out in
front of them to keep the
path growing.
Make the steps
a little harder
by making the
distance
between
the bags a
little further.
Play is often talked about as if it
were a release from serious
learning. But for children play is
serious learning. Play is the work
of childhood.
–Fred Rodgers
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