Messaging for parents:

• LTAD for Parents courtesy of the Coaching Association of Canada - very easy to read and ideal for your Toolkit!

• ARPA CS4L Alberta Community Sport and Recreation Work Group Parent Guide

• Parent Guide created by Cochrane Sport for Life

Program design:

• What is Physical Literacy?
• Physical Literacy lesson plan template

Recreation/Sport program resources:

• Canadian Sport for Life for Recreation Professionals

• Why do kids need fundamental movement skills? CS4L Leadership Team member Colin Higgs provides an introduction and overview to the Coaching Association of Canada's Fundamental Movement Skills courses.

• Be Fit for Life Network Move & Play through Physical Literacy cards to assist leaders interested in integrating Physical Literacy and Fundamental Movement Skills into new or existing programs and activities. The cards are aligned with the Canadian Sport for Life Long Term Athlete Development Model

• City of Westlock (Tommy Phillips) CS4L Matrix for program development

• Everyone Gets to Play™ enhances the quality of life of Alberta's children and youth in low-income families through increased access to, and participation in, recreation opportunities

• Hop, Skip and Jump, a comprehensive, activity based manual offering transition and extension ideas in the area of fundamental movement skill activities for children 0-6yrs. 1st edition can be downloaded for free here, while the 2nd edition is available for purchase ($19.00 plus GST) from MRU BookStore.

• Camp Handout created by Cochrane Sport for Life (Lea Norris)

• Karibou's World In Action is a turnkey Quebec program specifically developed for municipalities and organizations that offer sport or recreation activities to children ages one to four years of age.

• Children in Sport is a program designed to ensure that children receive the most positive experience possible from sport. The focus of this program is on learning the fundamental skills before entering into more competitive sports and on providing an opportunity for children to have positive life-long experiences in sport.

• Human Kinetics, resources include "Let's Play! Promoting Active Playgrounds" and "101 Fun Warm-up and Cool-Down Games" amongst many others

• Sport and Recreation New Zealand – has a series of pamphlets on activities for young children

Health Resources

• Canadian Sport for Life for Health Practitioners

• Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta, NWT & Nunavut provides a variety of information on healthy eating and healthy activity. Handbooks contain grade specific activity sheets that teach children the skills of running, jumping, catching and throwing. Activities demonstrate the skill and provide a variety of activities that support and encourage the development of the skill

Education resources:

• Canadian Sport for Life for Educators

• Alberta Education - Learning and Teaching Resources for physical education

• Edmonton Public Schools sharepoint for Physical Education, Health, and Daily Physical Activity

• EverActive Schools provides resources for teachers and schools to help with their curriculum, practices and activities. New FMS Webinars (Stability Skills, Locomotor Skills and Object Manipulative Skills) and other excellent Handouts describing sessions and resources have been recently added.

• Rainbow Rhythmics Lesson Plans is the pre-school and Division 1 program that takes the general gymnastics participation model and creates a fun, music-filled environment in which young children can learn through play

• Identified teacher resources (Medicine Hat) for Grades K - 3, Grades 4 - 6, Grades 7 - 9, and Grades 10 - 12.

• Daily Physical Activity in Schools (Grades 4 to 6) created by Ontario Education

• Jumping into the Curriculum Kindergarten to Grade 3 and Grades 4 to 6. These Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada cross-curricular resources have been approved by Curriculum Services Canada. They provide elementary teachers with fun-filled jump rope activities that assist in teaching language, math, science, the arts and social studies concepts while nurturing students‘ Multiple Intelligences

• Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) Public Health (Ontario) 2011 School Resource Catalogue, includes kits, lesson plans, and other resources.

• Ophea supports healthy active school communities across Ontario by providing quality program resources, services and training to schools and communities in the area of Daily Physical Activity and Physical Education

• SPARK strives to improve the health of children and adolescents by disseminating evidence-based physical activity and nutrition programs that provide curriculum, staff development, follow-up support, and equipment to teachers of Pre-K through 12th grade students

• Resource Highlight - Teaching the Nuts and Bolts of Physical Education - 2nd Edition (Ages 5 to 12) - features 8 locomotor and 13 manipulative skills, www.humankinetics.com

• PE Universe
• PhysEd Source

Multisectoral resources:

• Canadian Sport for Life
• Alberta CS4L Ambassador Network
• CS4L in Alberta Pipeline

• PHE Canada offers great physical education, health, recreation, and teacher support resources. Specifically check out FMS Active Start and Fundamentals, FMS Learn to Train, and the Physical Literacy Checklist

• Provincial Fitness Unit of Alberta resources

• Sogo Active is a program created for one reason: to help youth challenge themselves and their friends to get moving

• Child & Nature Alliance is a network of organizations and individuals who are working to connect children to nature through education, advocacy, programming, policy, research, and the built environment

• Kids at Hope
• Physical Literacy UK

Program evaluation:

• An inventory tool developed by Dr. Vicki Harber

• ActiveforLife checklists exist for schools, coaches and individual sports

• PHE Canada Physical Literacy Checklist
• Questions of Municipalities
• City of Ottawa Sport for Life Parent Checklist

• Boys and Girls Clubs Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton and Area activity feedback form

Additonal resources may be found through a filtered search of knowledge and resources designed specifically for recreation, parks, community building and healthy living practitioners which is focused on searching 45+ respected, partner web sites specifically related to recreation, parks, and active living.

Seeking Fundamental Movement Skills training, check out what's available.