Recommendations for Promoting NASPE Physical Activity Guidelines in Toddlers and Preschoolers

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Recommendations for Promoting NASPE Physical
Activity Guidelines in Toddlers and Preschoolers

• Kevin J. Finn, Ph.D. FACSM
• School of HPELS
• University of Northern Iowa

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Overview

• Review/Critique NASPE Guidelines
• Recommendations for promoting compliance of
  Physical Activity Guidelines
• Questions/Answers

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NASPE Physical Activity Guidelines

• Released in February 2002
• Created by NASPE Early Childhood Physical
  Activity Guidelines Task Force
• Purpose
• Provide teachers, parents, caregivers, and
  health care professionals with guidelines that
  address the kinds of physical activity, the
  environment and the individuals responsible for
  facilitating the physical activity.

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What is the best way to teach young children
about movement?

• Child-centered
• Teacher facilitated

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Recommendations for Promoting Compliance

• Create a safe, physical activity promoting
  environment
• playground
• purchasing or making loose equipment
• In-service for preschool teachers, parents,
  childcare providers, administrators
• Start slowly and progress
• Encourage physical activity as a behavior

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Recommendations for Promoting Compliance

• Identifying Appropriate Practices and Curriculum
• NASPE Document
• Appropriate Practices in Movement Programs for
  Young Children Ages 3-5
• Iowa Department of Education
• Physical fun for little ones (Activities for 3-
  to 5-year olds)
• Others

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Recommendations (continued)

• Understand correlates of Physical Activity in
  Young Children
• time outdoors
• opportunity to move
• activity promoting toys

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Recommendations for Promoting Compliance

• Assess Outcomes
• Motor Skills
• Age-appropriate levels of ability
• Progression in motor development
• Physical Activity Patterns
• Observational
• Proxy Report
• Objective Measures
• Accelerometers

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Movement Programs
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Early Childhood School
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Future Directions

• Multi-level approach to promotion of physical
  activity
• environment/policy interplay
• parks and playground planning
• safety for children
• More research in young children
• Descriptive analysis of PA in young children
• Correlations of PA in young children
• Efficacy testing of Movement Programs

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Questions?