Our centre implements the Get Up & Grow: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for Early Childhood program.
In line with this, we implement the following promotion of physical activity as per the age and development stage of each child in attendance:
- For healthy development in infants (birth to 1 year), physical activity - particularly supervised floor-based play in safe environments - should be encouraged from birth.
- Toddlers (1 to 3 years) and preschoolers (3 to 5 years) should be physically active every day for at least three hours, spread throughout the day.
- Children younger than 2 years of age should not spend any time watching television or using other electronic media (DVDs, computer and other electronic games).
- For children 2 to 5 years of age, sitting and watching television and the use of other electronic media (DVDs, computer and other electronic games) should be limited to less than one hour per day.
- Infants, toddlers and preschoolers should not be sedentary, restrained or kept inactive for more than one hour at a time - with the exception of sleeping.