Special Olympics Nova Scotia

FUNdamentals Programs in NS

Halifax	Kate Harnish	kateharnish@hotmail.com
Pictou	Crystal Cameron	Crystal.Cameron@pcha.nshealth.ca
Sackville-Beford	Kem Simmons	kemsimmons@ns.sympatico.ca
Cape Breton	Judy MacPhee	lorneandjudy@eastlink.ca

Bedford/Sackville FUNdamentals

Welcome to the FUNdamentals Program

This site is dedicated to the development of Physical Literacy in children with intellectual disabilities.

FUNdamentals is the second stage of the Long Term Athlete Development Program (LTAD), which falls under Sport Canada’s Canadian Sport for Life Initiative (CS4L). With the ultimate aim of promoting fitness, physical literacy, and well-being, the FUNdamentals component is driven by tenets of human growth and development of the 0 to 6 age group.

FUNdamentals is a stage where the participant learns physical literacy. The primary emphasis within this stage is to expand the movement skills to ensure the participant can perform a number of the skills identified as “FUNdamentals”. The more fundamental motor skills that the participant is able to do, the more activities and sports he or she will be able to play, with confidence. The program should be structured and fun!

VIDEO of the FUNdamentals program

The objective of this site is to furnish parents, SO regions, teachers, educational assistants and others involved in FUNdamentals the resources necessary to deliver this worthwhile program. Currently we are working to bring the FUNdamentals program to various communities across Nova Scotia.

For Information on our FUNdamentals program please contact:

Tom Fahie, Youth Development Coordinator

PH: (902) 429-2266 x 3
Fax: (902) 425-5606
5516 Spring Garden Road, Suite 201
Halifax NS B3J 1G6
Email: Tfahie@sportnovascotia.ca

Please choose from the following links:

Equipment lists

T-Shirt Design

Ordering FUNdamentals T-shirts (English & French)
FUNdamentals Promotion/Information sheet
FUNdamentals 3-Page Brochure for Parents
S'amuser Grace au Sport 3-Page Brochure pour Parents - Page 1
S'amuser Grace au Sport 3-Page Brochure pour Parents - Page 2