Early Childhood Educators Confidence in Outdoor Movement, Physical Activity, Sedentary and Screen Behaviors Questionnaire (ECE-COMPASS)

Program opportunities for at least 120 min/day of physical activity at any intensity

Facilitate higher intensity physical activity (i.e., activities that induce sweating and heavy breathing) for children in my care everyday

Lead activities that promote children's development of physical literacy (e.g., including running, jumping, balancing, throwing, catching)

Adapt physical activities for different developmental abilities

Support children's motivation to move through verbal encouragement

Incorporate movement into your curriculum (e.g., literacy and numeracy)

Facilitate opportunities for unstructured (i.e., child-directed) active play each day

Lead structured (i.e., educator-facilitated) physical activity each day

Create an environment that supports children's active play

Teach children about the health benefits of physical activity

Communicate about children's physical activity and physical literacy with families

Develop organizational policies for physical activity

Serve as a positive role model for children's physical activity by participating in movement-based activities

Develop organizational policies for screen time

Serve as a positive role model for children's sedentary behaviours by limiting your own sitting during care hours

Serve as a positive role model for children's screen behaviours by limiting your own screen use during care hours

Minimize long periods (>60 minutes) of sitting time among the children in my care

Incorporate physical activity opportunities (e.g., active breaks and transitions) to minimize prolonged sitting time

Avoid children's use of screen-based technology during childcare hours

Engage children in age-appropriate risky play (i.e., adventurous play that tests children's limits but involves a chance of minor injury; e.g., play at heights, high speeds)

Provide children with multiple outdoor play opportunities everyday

Lead structured physical activities in a small/limited space

Encourage physical activity when my colleagues/superiors do not value it

Program opportunities for physical activity even when there are time constraints

Minimize children's sedentary behaviour when they are tired

Provide outdoor playtime even when the weather conditions are not favourable, but not extreme

Facilitate children's active play indoors when extreme weather prevents outdoor play

Facilitate opportunities for age-appropriate risky play even when met with resistance from parents/other educators

Facilitate outdoor active play opportunities even when I am tired

Facilitate outdoor active play opportunities even when transitions are difficult

Facilitate outdoor active play opportunities even when it takes additional time to get children dressed