The Benefits For Your Child
The program has been designed using academic research at its core. Experts in child development created Playtime Adventure to meet the Physical Development and Social-Emotional Learning needs of young children that will benefit them in many areas of their life.
Have Fun And Build Confidence
Lay A Foundation For Success
Promote A Healthy & Active Lifestyle
Foster Peer
Play & Friendships
“Young children without adequate motor skills will struggle to become skilled performers as they grow older”
Why is Playtime Adventure So Important?
PTA will help develop your child's fundamental motor skills that will lay a foundation for greater success in ALL SPORTS.
Here are 6 important things you should know about your child's physical development.
Why Choose Playtime Adventure, and not just a sport-specific program?
Parents and teachers focus on written literacy and numeracy skills; children are taught how to read and count. Who is focusing their attention on a child's physical development?
Expectations of young children can be too high. We expect them to play sports without really breaking down the critical motor skills needed to perform them. It’s like asking your child how to do the math before they can even count from 1-10 or read a book before teaching them the alphabet.
Who helps correct a child when they forget to use their arms when jumping or develops their technique and confidence to catch a ball?
Children at an early age who join sport-specific programs such as soccer or baseball (i.e., key stage 4 & 5) too early in their development will get frustrated and discouraged as they have not become proficient in the wide variety of motor skills needed to gain success (i.e., key stage 2).
(Seefelt 1989 cited Branta 2010)
Key Conclusions of the Pyramid
Children should be introduced to and develop a wide base of fundamental movement skills early in life to serve as a solid foundation for future movement activities
Individuals could experience a proficiency barrier without fundamental motor skills that can restrict their ability to become skilled performers
The more skills children develop early in life, the more “degrees of freedom” they have to participate in, be successful in, and enjoy a wide variety of sports
Early Specialization
Children who specialize early in a sport will most likely NOT develop a wide variety of Fundamental Motor Skills. They will probably practice only those skills necessary for their specific sport and will miss the chance to acquire a multitude of skills such as throwing, catching, kicking, jumping, and balancing, essential to participating in a range of physical activities later in life.
Motor skills are intrinsically linked, for example, a child who can balance has a better chance at succeeding when asked to pivot and rotate.
‘It is harder to acquire the Fundamental Motor Skills in the later teen to early-adult years than during childhood.’
Branta, C. (2010) Sport Specialization - Developmental and Learning Issues.
Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance 81.8: (pg19)
