• Physical activity is essential for your child’s physical development, emotional resilience, and cognitive and social development.
• In preschool, physical activity is often achieved through play, incidental movement, active travel with parents, or organised sports.
• Physical activity all adds up to create happy, active kids with habits that will benefit them well into their older adulthood.

Fundamental movement skills (FMS)

The fundamental movement skills are basic movement patterns that assist your child in competently participating in more complex physical and recreational activities. The more confident your child is in the fundamental movement skills, the more likely they are to be active and participate in sport and physical activity throughout their life. 

In the preschool years, fundamental movement skills should be introduced and intentionally taught as children do not naturally master fundamental movement skills by themselves. Mastery is not expected in the early years – it is all about fun and familiarity with skills and their components. 

See Physical activity for more information.