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Our children’s early years are arguably their most important. Establishing healthy behaviours from birth lays the foundation for lifelong health and wellbeing. Early childhood settings can develop good habits in young children and positively influence the behaviours of families. Together, parents, staff and carers can make being activity an easy option for children both inside and outside the home.
 
Resources
Get Up & Grow
Get Up & Grow: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for Early Childhood provides practical information for early childhood staff and families to support healthy behaviours in children attending centre based care, family day care and preschools. 
Use the link to view, download or order hard copies of the resources.

 Get Up & Grow Physical Activity Brochures
- The importance of active play                               
 
Move Baby Move
Move baby move is a booklet designed to help parents and early childhood carers incorporate safe, active movement into their baby's daily routines.
A resource designed especially for parents, carers and their toddlers to use together to learn basic active movement skills while also learning important health messages.
Let's get moving (scroll to the bottom of the page on this link)
A resource designed to help preschool children learn basic movement skills and how to get active while their parents, carers or teachers learn about the importance of movement in early childhood. The early years are a crucial time for skill development and for establishing positive attitudes physical activity, leading to participation in sport and other recreational pursuits during the school age years.
   
  
This website and the information it contains is not intended as a substitute for professional consultation with a qualified practitioner.