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“Fundamental movement skills all must be learned just like reading and writing."

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“Fundamental movement skills (jumping, skipping, throwing) all must be learned just like reading and writing.” —@FitnessGov, the Twitter handle of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. The council tweeted from a physical literacy roundtable held at the Bipartisan Policy Center, whose “Nutrition and Physical Activity Initiative” aims to improving the nation’s health, especially for children.
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