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Funmobile arrives
To help reverse the decline of play, ParticipACTION has created a marketing campaign called Bring Back Play to rally parents and caregivers to motivate children to move more.
Have you done your office pushups today?
A couple of decades ago when I worked in Japan, I would see employees at a variety of businesses participating in group exercises every morning. I silently mocked this ritual with all the Canadian condescension I could muster, thinking, "This would never fly in Canada." I thought the same thing about karaoke. An equally strange activity, I assuredly concluded.
Spring break is a great time to get outside
Spring break is upon us, and offers the perfect time to shake off the cobwebs of winter and get outside and play. If the kids have been mainly sedentary for the past number of months, spring break is the perfect time to change the picture and get active.
Spring Break a good time to reactivate kids
SPRING Break is upon us and offers the perfect time to shake off the cobwebs of winter and get outside and play.
Exercise integral to education plan
PARENTS and educators are always on the lookout for that special programme or approach that will enhance learning in children.
Fitness plans individualized
THE past two months have been a series of firsts for St. Alcuin College: First day of school, first assembly, first Adventure Week, first university visit, and the list goes on.
Sports council hosting 2nd meeting on delta's future vision
Hot on the heels of National Sports Day, Drew Mitchell of Via Sport-the provincial body that monitors sport funding-will be back at the Ladner Community Centre next Wednesday to give a second talk on Canada's Sport4Life model and its impact on the long term health and welfare of children in Delta.
Gym club opens its doors for Sports Day in Canada
In celebration of Sports Day in Canada, Delta Gymnastics is inviting the community to a free "Come and Try It" open house at its Ladner facility this Saturday.
Walking helps get most out of retirement years
For today's seniors, retirement is not a withdrawal from life but an opportunity for trying new things, accomplishing goals that were delayed while raising a family and perhaps even slowing down the pace of living to enjoy life.
Parents need to let kids play and explore more
In columns, my books, blogs, newsletters and in workshops I have said it hundreds of times.
Many benefits to keeping kids active over summer
Being involved in sports and physical activity programs can increase strength and fitness, but can also have other great benefits like increasing self-esteem, helping kids do better in school and increasing an overall sense of well-being.
Keeping kids active
IN columns, my books, blogs, newsletters and in workshops I have said it hundreds of times.
Get the family involved with healthy living choices
Concerned Children's Advertisers (CCA) today announced its participation in Healthy Me Week (June 4 to 10).
Acting camp for younger teens
Royal Canadian Theatre Company offers a "Young Teens' Summer Acting Camp" at Newton Cultural Centre, 13530 72nd Ave., Surrey.
Film links health to community design
The lack of daily physical activity is a factor in the growing rate of obesity among adults, children and teens across Canada.
Walk away your ills May 6
The words of Langley Walk creator Pete Swensson have never been more relevant, considering the state, or should we say, shape, Canadians are in these days.
Say farewell to screen time for tots, let them explore life
Once upon a time, playpens were commonly used to corral babies and toddlers.
Diabetes concert set
Everyone Jump is a school-based program coming to Maple Ridge Elementary today, that's aimed at teaching local kids healthy behaviours that can reduce their risks of having type 2 diabetes.
