Physical literacy is a pillar of life-long physical activity participation. This study examined the psychometric properties of a virtual assessment protocol for multiple physical literacy sub-components among preschool-aged children (3 − 5 years). Baseline data were from the Canadian PLAYshop randomized controlled trial involving 130 participants aged 3 − 5 years and their parents. Children’s fundamental movement skills (FMS), motivation, confidence, enjoyment, physical activity, and age were measured. Acceptable inter-rater reliability (10% of videos) for TGMD-3 skills (ICC = 0.88−0.97) and internal consistency for parental-reported children’s motivation/enjoyment/confidence (α = 0.72) and just the confidence items (2 items; α = 0.66) but not for FMS (α = 0.51) was observed. Positive correlations of physical activity and age with specific FMS skills provided preliminary support for convergent validity. Overall, findings indicate initial support for the PLAYshop’s virtual assessment protocol. However, FMS should not be combined into a total FMS score, and the self-reported children’s enjoyment score should be interpreted with caution.
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