Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services play an important role in encouraging young children to be physically active, healthy and develop well.

At the heart of Play Active is a service-tailored physical activity policy to help ensure children engage in enough physical activity and energetic play throughout the day, every day while they attend ECEC. The program also provides professional development, resources and support that helps services exceed National Quality Standard 2.1: ‘Each child’s health and physical activity is supported and promoted’.

Play Active supports thousands of children in ECEC services across Australia to move more every day so that all young Australian children can have an active and healthy start to life.

Play Active provides:

• An easy 5-step process for directors to self-assess your service’s current practices and develop and implement a tailored Play Active physical activity policy that aligns with National Quality Standards and is easy to incorporate into Quality Improvement Plans
• A quick 3-step process for educators to complete FREE, online professional development
• Physical activity and energetic play resources, professional development, and support to find more opportunities throughout the day to boost energetic play
• Play Active membership is for a service so directors, educators and families all benefit.