WASHINGTON, DC (ANI) – A recent doctoral thesis has shown that practicing motor skills and physical activity can support preschoolers’ cognitive and early academic skills, particularly when ...

Roughly 70% of these studies had demonstrated that motor skill and physical activity interventions have positive effects on preschoolers’ cognitive and early academic skills. Effects had been observed ...

But certain activities for kids aged 3 to 5 are more likely to give their brains an early jump ... Preschool-aged children naturally have great ... Physical games help sharpen the brain’s ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends all children and adolescents, including non-athletes, get at least ...

From 4 to 7 April 2016, 24 researchers from 8 countries and from a variety of academic disciplines gathered in Snekkersten, Denmark, to reach evidence-based consensus about physical activity in ...

Predictably, the study found that the lack of physical activity in kids that young had an impact on their health, too. Pate hopes researchers can look at the long-term impact of their health outcomes.

PE, school sports and physical activity (PESSPA) are critical tools in fostering healthier, happier and more resilient children and young people, concluded a recent study from University of Manchester ...

Kids who have dogs get significantly more physical activity, compared to kids who don't. Researchers followed 600 children over three years, and found young girls got the biggest exercise boost.

In a recent analysis, a team at Western University's Child Health and Physical Activity Lab found that preschool children "spent around 43 minutes per hour whilst at child care sedentary," said ...