Crawling, climbing, jumping, running, dancing, balancing: Your child naturally wants to move around a lot. This is how children learn to handle their own bodies, train their balance and become aware of their surroundings. Sufficient exercise is an important prerequisite for physical, mental and personal development.

If you have the impression that your child is not making progress with important developmental steps, discuss this with your pediatrician. The U-examinations are a good opportunity for this. There may be many gentle, supportive therapies available. The sooner you accept help, the better! If your child is overweight, prefers to sit around or cannot walk backwards, for example: Change something in everyday family life! Play along! You can start at any time!

The Kinderbewegungsabzeichen NRW (Kibaz) is an exercise program for three to six-year-old children. Kibaz aims to get the youngest children excited about exercise, games and sport. It promotes sports motor skills without measuring the children's performance. The program was developed as part of the NRW bewegt seine KINDER! program and is offered by local sports clubs in cooperation with daycare centers and elementary school. You can find more information about Kibaz on the Sportjugend NRW website.

There are 920 daycare centers in North Rhine-Westphalia with the seal of approval
"Recognized movement kindergarten of the Landessportbund NRW". In these daycare centers, the promotion of physical activity for children is the focus of educational work. Further information on this topic can be found on the North Rhine-Westphalia State Sports Association website and on the Familienportal.NRW.