How much activity? What is active play? Why is active play so important?

Factsheet No: 3

www.kidsatplay.act.gov.au 

An ACT Government initiative delivered in partnership with Heart Foundation ACT

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Get Up & Grow: healthy eating and physical activity for early childhood, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing 2009

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Acknowledgments:

The Kids at Play - Active Play and Eating Well Project would like to acknowledge the assistance of the following 

projects who contributed to this publication: Kids - ‘Go for your life’: A Victorian State Government initiative 

managed by The Cancer Council Victoria and Diabetes Australia - Victoria

Romp & Chomp Structured Active Play Program: A program for early childhood settings in the City of Greater 

Geelong. Stagnitti, van Herwerden, Sanigorski, Wolfe and Kenna (2007) Move Baby Move, Lets Get Moving and 

Active Alphabet for parents, a get active Queensland initiative, produced by Sport and Recreation Queensland. 

(2004).