How to Make Exercise Fun for Kids
Get Kids Active with Fun Fitness
Family Dance Sessions
This might be the most obvious of all these activities, but dance is an excellent way to incorporate activity in your child's daily life. Many, if not all, kids love dancing. Whether they know any fancy moves or not, crank up the kid-appropriate music and let them have some fun. To make it even more fun, turn it into a family dance session.
Video Games
Many video games are not considered active play. However, game designers are getting much more inventive. There are now games where the players are required to do physical activity in order for the game to function. Players may need to dance, run, jump, cast a virtual fishing pole, and more. The Wii Fit Games are a perfect example of these games.
Active Games
Remember those classic games you played as a kid before the invention of all these high tech toys kids have nowadays? Guess what? Kids still love these games. Duck Duck Goose, Red Rover, Simon Says, Charades, jump rope games, hopscotch, and Mother May I are just some of many examples. All of these classic games keep kids active during play.
Chores
Now some of you might read this and say "How exactly are children going to enjoy this one." But some kids do in fact love chores and there are certain chores that don't seem like chores at all. To make it fun, you can play assembly line while washing dishes or doing laundry. Each person can do a step. You can even dance or sing during chores. Smaller kids can race grocery baskets of toys to the toy box.
Family Field Trips
Field trips aren't just for school groups and homeschooling families. Visit zoos and museums often. Purchasing yearly memberships can help you remember to go. Walking around to view the exhibits all day long is excellent exercise. Many kids will not even be thinking about this as exercise. They'll be too busy having fun.
Published by Lyn Lomasi - Featured Contributor in Lifestyle
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23 Comments
Post a CommentGreat suggestions! Schools used to host relay races periodically, which was great because there were multiple obstacles that required physical activity. The prizes were always cool so kids were excited to participate. Maybe families can consider relay races for group fitness.
Good advice for adults, too. :)
Boy, there can't be enough articles about this these days, to get kids away from TV and computers...wait a minute, what am I doing at the computer before my morning exercise?!
kids always want to have fun and playtime can also be an exercise. be with them to guide... nice tips, lyn...
These are all good ideas but I don't recall as a kid needing to get exercise. We were always outside even in a snow storm. All the playing we did was exercise enough. Kids today spend too much time in front of the computer and television, get them outside.
I suggest jump rope, slap sticks (also called comething else) and hula hoops. My favorites.
I suggest jump rope, slap sticks (also called comething else) and hula hoops. My favorites.
Great suggestions. Family Dance Night is a big hit at my house. :)
Excellent.
Sounds like fun! :)