Resources  for Schools

Physical Activity

Programs and Tools

Canada's Physical Activity Guide for Children (ages 6 – 9)

• also link for teacher's guide, interactive magazine, family guide, physical activity chart and stickers all geared to children

Canada's Physical Activity Guide for Youth (ages 10 – 14)

• also link for teacher's guide, interactive magazine and family guide all geared to youth

Daily Physical Activity Resource List
A list of resources, organizations and website links that support DPA.

Green Communities | Active & Safe Routes to School (ASRTS) | Home
A provincial comprehensive community-based initiative that promotes the use of active and efficient transportation for the daily trip to school, addressing health and traffic safety issues while taking action on air pollution and climate change.

Go for Green - Active & Safe Routes to School Program  
A national program that encourages the use of active modes of transportation to and from school.

The Healthy School Guidelines Toolbox (2nd Edition)
A guide to creating school health policies that will make it easy for students to be active, eat well and be sun safe. Includes healthy fund raising ideas.

Living Schools
A comprehensive school health model bringing together the entire school community to support and enhance active healthy living for children and youth.

Call to Action
Strategies that can help build a community that encourages and supports healthy eating and active living

• What can Parents Do?
• What can school communities do?

Small Steps Calendar
A 12-month health promotion calendar—download and edit days of the week to highlight classroom-related activities or events to send home monthly with students.

Additional Resources:

Active Living

Active Living
Great ideas of how to get kids moving, away from the TV (along with recommendations about screen time), and walking trails.

• MOVING and GROWING: Exercises and Activities for Five and Six year olds (OPHEA)
• Healthy Active Living for Children and Youth (Canadian Paediatric Society)
• Kids Health Matters Volume 2 Active Families
• Child Health Survey Summary
• When is my child ready for sports? (Canadian Paediatric Society)
• Canada’s Physical Activity Guide – adult guide

Body Image

• The Phakz – for youth – healthy eating (including body image, healthy weights and active living content)
• BODYSENSE - Promoting Positive Body Image in Sport

Safety - link

Curriculum Resources

• Curriculum resources
• activ8 (OPHEA)
• Active Schools (OPHEA)

Resources to borrow
Try it Game, Active Fun Kits (Good For Life)