We join our hero as he realizes it has been over 3 months since his last post… Speaking of Physical Literacy Part 3: An Introduction to Physical Literacy Praxis Right. So suddenly it is 2016. MARCH 2016! I am not sure how so much time went by since my last post – oh wait, I … More An Introduction to Physical Literacy Praxis
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for my blog. Thanks for checking out purposefulmovement in 2015! More posts to come in the New Year. Wishing you a 2016 full of acceptable risk, new physical activities and joyful movement! Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. … More 2015 in review
Speaking of Physical Literacy, Part 2: Becoming Travel Agents In March 2015, Ever Active Schools hosted a Physical Literacy Summit in Calgary, Alberta. I was invited to close the Summit and chose the following title for my talk: Becoming Travel Agents for a Storied Physical Literacy Journey. I also revised and refined this keynote for … More BE a Travel Agent
Over the past 9 months I have been privileged to be able to speak at a number of Physical Literacy ‘Summit’ type events across Canada. After reviewing my notes and doing some thinking about the many conversations with individuals very passionate about physical education and physical literacy, I have just realized that I have yet … More Speaking of Physical Literacy…
I recently became aware of two very different stories about children and physical activity. The first was a Facebook video of a young kid cruising around in a parkour gym. If you haven’t seen it – check it out – it is worth the 1:14 min. What a great place for kids to play, learn … More Something is very wrong…
Welcome to what is now the third installment of the “Youth Sport” series (I really need a better name for this…)! Post #1 addressed some issues with school sport. Post #2 was a look at winning vs. development. My friend, Andy Vasily (whom I have yet to meet in person!) replied to Post #2 and … More Another way?
This post is the first of what I intend to be a bit of a series on youth sport and kind of picks up where A Sporting Chance left off. I want to chat briefly about winning vs. development in child and youth sport and share a wee epiphany with you. Although this has long … More Winning VS Development: not even close…
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