Use the physical activity advice for 0–4-year-olds as a basis. The advice and guidelines focus on the frequency and intensity of physical activity. In addition, however, also pay attention to offering and practising the various forms of risky play as part of encouraging physical activity. The following practical tools can help you with this:
- The Risicoach toolkit was developed specifically for childcare organisations. It provides staff and policy officers with sufficient knowledge, insight, substantiation, skills and inspiration to successfully implement risky play in childcare. The Risicoach toolkit is an online learning environment, with supporting materials and in-depth training courses as optional extras. By completing the online Risicoach course (with the entire team), childcare staff learn step by step how to get started with risky play
- The materials from Goed Gespeeld help you, as a childcare professional, start a conversation about risky play. Internally with colleagues, but certainly also with parents.
The importance of risky play
To strengthen children’s skills from an early age, it is important to consciously include risky play when encouraging physical activity. This helps further strengthen children’s motor, cognitive and socio-emotional skills. In this way, they develop an active lifestyle, learn how to keep themselves safe and enjoy physical activity more and for longer. Injury prevention and encouraging physical activity come together in this way. Both are necessary for healthy development.
Source: Alles Over Sport.