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    Alternative environment activities (AEAs) play an essential role in student learning. AEAs are physical activities that occur outside of the traditional uses of the school gymnasium and playing fields. To support our students’ physical literacy journeys, development of fundamental movement skills, strength and endurance, cooperation and communication skills, and other dimensions of wellness (e.g., emotional and environmental), AEAs can be an invaluable component of any progressive physical education program, especially with physical education curricula across Canada encouraging, supporting, and requiring AEAs to be taught. AEA examples include frisbee golf, orienteering, swimming, skiing, skating, paddling, and nature-based physical activities. However, finding developmentally appropriate AEAs for the younger grades can sometimes be a challenge.

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