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physical movement is defined by the world health organization as "any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that require energy expenditure." There are a lot of different kinds of physical movement like active movement which is the more intense activities such as running, jumping, riding a bike, etc. another type of physical movement is a passive movement which is less intense and more meant for mindfulness. Some of the activities include yoga, tai chi, meditating etc

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How is active physical activities beneficial?

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How is active physical activities beneficial?

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Active physical movement is very important to children as it stimulates the development of their muscles, bones, joints, etc it also helps with wellbeing as when you exercise you release endorphins which make you feel better. it can also be used as a way to develop social skills by playing team sports or organizing a group game with others.

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How is passive physical activities beneficial?

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How is passive physical activities beneficial?

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Passive activity is important for Children mostly for emotional development because it helps them regulate their emotions, makes them more focused on what they are doing, helps them to be calmer

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active physical activities
give them plenty of space to crawl around

make sure they have sturdy object the can pull themselves up to stand

leave toys on the floor just out of their reach to encourage crawling around

passive physical activities
tummy time

listening to soft music

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active physical activities
riding tricycles

walking on balance beams

walking while pushing a toy pram

passive physical activities
taking a "brain break" by taking the time to look through a book

singing songs that involve actions (e.g. wheels on the bus)

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active physical activities
duck-duck-goose

tiggy

passive physical activities
5 min meditation/quiet time

kids yoga

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fill up empty balloons with rice to use as a kind of stress ball

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https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/physical-activity#:~:text=WHO%20defines%20physical%20activity%20as,part%20of%20a%20person's%20work.

https://raisingchildren.net.au/preschoolers/play-learning/play-preschooler-development/movement-play-preschoolers

https://raisingchildren.net.au/toddlers/behaviour/understanding-behaviour/self-regulation

https://www1.health.gov.au/internet/publications/publishing.nsf/Content/gug-indig-hb~phys-0-1

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have a bowl of corn-starch goop with glow in the dark dye and have it set up in a pillow/box fort