While movement looks different for infants than it does for older children — focusing more on exploration and natural ...

Engaging in regular physical activity contributes to a child's physical development and promotes well-being. Caregivers can encourage various forms of exercise. Learn more.

As your child ages, they’ll participate in many different types of play. Here’s how each type stage and type contributes to their growth and development.

Certain elements of play contribute directly to children's physical and cognitive development. This helps them grow from curious kids into confident, intelligent, and physically capable young adults.

Among the potential causes of this, several studies have revealed that clumsy children, i.e., those with poor motor skills, have a tendency to withdraw from physical, sports and leisure activities.

Children are also assessed on cardiorespiratory fitness, physical activity, body composition, muscular strength, language and academic development, and mental health.

A father’s poor mental health may harm child development, a new study has found. Here’s how fathers, too, can get the support they need.