6th Annual
Exercise and Fitness
Convention

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

Fun activity games for children (Siobhan Marren)

Nowadays children, who are active, play in organised sports rather than just playing FOR FUN. Also "stranger danger" deters children from walking, cycling and free playing close to their homes. Furthermore the media regularly reports rises in childhood obesity in Irish society. So this highlights the contribution health and fitness professionals can make in making physical activity user-friendly and enjoyable for all. This workshop will equip you with FUN ideas to use with children in summer camps, after school clubs, community groups and leisure centres.

(NB: If you hold the NCEF Health Related Activity for Children or equivalent qualification you will get lots of new ideas to implement into your classes. Those do not hold a recognised qualification to teach physical activity to children will be given a taster of the types of activity covered in programme.