Introduction

Part One: Researching Physical Activity in the First 10 Years

Chapter 1: Researching Children’s Physical Activity: The Importance of Theory for Research Methods

Jennifer P. Agans and Ross Budziszewski

Chapter 2: Population Measurement of Physical Activity Among Children Aged Under 10 Years

Louise L Hardy and Sjaan R Gomersall

Chapter 3: Movement as Relations: Preverbal, Conscious and Affected?

Gunn Engelsrud

Part Two: Physical Activity and Child Development

Chapter 4: Physical Exercise and Cognitive Development: Influence of Training Modalities and Characteristics

David Moreau

Chapter 5: Cognitive and Motor Performance: Shared Processes During the First 10 Years of Life

Claudia M. Roebers

Chapter 6: Exercise, Cognitive Function, and Obesity in Children

Tai-Fen Song, Chien-Heng Chu and Yu-Kai Chang

Part Three: Sport

Chapter 7: Organized Sport for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Meghan Harlow and Jessica Fraser-Thomas

Chapter 8: Mental Health and Childhood Participation in Organised Sport

Stewart A. Vella, Jordan Sutcliffe, Matthew J. Schweickle, Sarah K. Liddle and Christian Swann

Chapter 9: Navigating Relative Age and Birthplace Effects to Ensure Equal Participation in Youth Sport

David J. Hancock

Chapter 10: The Child’s Right to an Open Sporting Future

Richard Bailey

Part Four: Physical Activity

Chapter 11: Acute Cognitively Challenging Physical Activity to Promote Children’s Cognition

Mirko Schmidt, Fabienne Egger, Sofia Anzeneder and Valentin Benzing

Chapter 12: Investment for Family and Community Physical Activity Interventions

Victoria Archbold and Paul Collings

Part Five: Education

Chapter 13: The Active School Concept

Claude Scheuer and Richard Bailey

Chapter 14: Developing a Movement Culture in the First 10 Years

Ben Langdown

Chapter 15: Physically Active Play in the Early Years

Arja Saakslahti

Part Six: Case Studies

Chapter 16: Physical Activity and Sport in the First 10 Years in South Africa

Anita E Pienaar

Chapter 17: The Development of Physical Activities and Sport in China’s Kindergartens in the 21st Century

Jinxia Dong and Yijing Zhong

Chapter 18: Sport and Physical Activity During the First 10 Years of Life in Ireland and the UK

Kristy Howells and Tara Coppinger