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Supporting physical development in early childhood
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Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Jackie Musgrave, Lala Manners, Ben Langdown, Jo Josephidou, Lucy Rodriguez Leon and Angela Baker.

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Introduction

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Week 1

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Audios 1, 2, 3 and 4: The Open University

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Week 2

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Figure 3: © 2019 The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

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Week 3

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Figure 2: Physical activity for early years. UK Chief Medical Officer's Physical Activity Guidelines, 2019. Reproduced under the terms of the OGL, https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Figure 3: courtesy of World Health Organisation

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Audios 1, 2 and 3: The Open University

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Week 4

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Figure 4: © Joanne Josephidou

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Week 5

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Week 6

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Videos 1,2, 3, 5 and 6: The Open University and its Licencees

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