Take advantage of this fun active play idea to also teach toddlers about traffic safety. In this indoor physical activity, toddlers form a line to make a snake.
They place their hands on the shoulders of the child in front of them, and the first child or the teacher leads them around the room or play area. To make things a bit more exciting and challenging, the child at the front of the line can try to tag the child at the end.
This will get everyone moving faster! Take feathers and toss them into the air for children to catch with their hands or in containers before they reach the ground. This will get toddlers moving and having fun! If children are old enough, they can also each be given a feather and try to keep the feather in the air by blowing on it. Stand in front of the children and tell them to watch you carefully and copy your moves. Touch your nose, hop on both feet, stomp in a circle, or crawl on all fours.
Choose simple actions and use large motor activities. Encourage toddlers to keep a balloon from touching the ground by hitting it with their hands. You can also place an item between two children, such as a chair or pillow, and instruct them to hit the balloon over the barrier to the other child.
Chasing balloons allows children to run, zigzag, and hop to keep up with the object while maintaining their balance. Afterward, children can count how many balls they fed the lion. Preschoolers should be physically active for two hours or more each day. Physical activities led by adults should be planned ahead of time and engaging for preschoolers. Activities should keep every child moving for the duration of the activity, and games that eliminate children from the activity should be avoided.
Here are a few more outdoor and indoor preschool fitness ideas, games, and developmental activities to play:. This indoor physical activity is perfect for preschoolers, particularly for those four years old and up. In Duck, Duck, Goose, children sit in a circle facing one another. Use an adapted, no-lose version of this activity to keep all children up and moving while having fun. Place chairs in a row or in a circle facing outward. Play a song or have the children sing a short rhyme while circling the chairs.
When the song is over, the children sit in the chair closest to them. Continually change the movement with each new song, such as skipping, hopping or crawling to keep kids engaged and active. This game can be played indoors or outdoors, although playing outside will definitely make for a bigger challenge! To start, children will form a circle and pick one person to stand in the middle of the circle.
The person in the middle of the circle will choose an object that they will show to everyone else in the circle. All of the other players will search the area for the object. To play a no-lose version of this game, either wait until every player has found the object or start over once the first player finds the object.
This way, every child can keep playing, and no one has to sit out. Also shortened to Please, Mr. Crocodile, this is a fun, exciting game that requires no equipment and is a great preschool fitness idea.
All of the players stand beside each other on one side of the room or play area. One of the players is chosen as Mr. Crocodile, and they stand in the middle of the room. Set-up a wooden puzzle board and scatter the pieces around a room. They have to bring each piece back 1-by-1 and fit it into the board until the puzzle is complete.
Hula Hoop: If you have a Hula Hoop , now is the perfect time to dust it off and bring it back to life. Make it fresh by turning it into a game like who can do the most circles around their waist, arm or ankle. Try rolling it back and forth between 2 people, or see if your child can put some backspin on it and make it return to themselves. Activity Dice We love these fun, interactive games where your assign a get-up-and-move task to each side of a cube. A few fun ones to try: Do 10 burpees…blindfolded!
Crab Crawl backwards around the edge of the room Fly like a bird to the bathroom and back Army crawl for 20 seconds For extra fun, use 2 dice and assign movements to one die running, jumping, etc , and animals to the other.
Exercise Videos! Some of our favorite YouTube channels and videos for getting your kids up and moving include: GoNoodle: This channel provides the greatest variety of get-you-moving videos for kids.
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About The Author. Related Posts. Elna Twins Mommy on February 3, at am. Wow Aly, I am loving this post! Alicia on February 3, at am. Great ideas! Five for the Road on February 3, at am. Erika on February 3, at am. Rebecca Hicks on February 3, at am. Vicki Babies to Bookworms on February 3, at pm. Krysten on February 3, at pm. McKinzie Bean on February 3, at pm. My little guy is such a wiggle worm. These are perfect for him!
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Thanks for putting this one. My 3 year old son is way too energetic to handle! DribbleUp Smart Ball. JenniferJohncock is keeping her family busy with a solid combo of trying new things, taking virtual field trips to cool places, and keeping her superstars active with DribbleUp!
DribbleUp has smart basketballs, soccer balls, and medicine balls. We asked them a few questions to learn more about this super cool sports tech. Young athletes can benefit from guided instruction, practice, feedback, and measured progress. Learning in a structured environment can help give kids the confidence to know their practicing the right things. Kids have always used DribbleUp products as a way to get in extra practice at-home and hone technical skills that they can apply in real life game scenarios.
Kids are able to learn new skills, practice everyday, and keep track of their progress. Parents always tell us that they see their kids confidence soar as they learn and perfect new moves. Nick Rizzo recommends this app for helping kids build healthy habits for exercise, nutrition, and hygiene.
The app uses rewards for completing habits and sticking to your goals using an automated health trainer and kid friendly chat stories. You can try this 30 Day Fitness Challenge to get started! Kids who exercise benefit from: Reduced risk of asthma Less chance of having flat feet Stronger joints to prevent injuries like sprains Reduced risk of high blood pressure Less chance of developing Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and liver disease Better ability to have fun and play with friends, increasing social life Getting Active Through Exercise Games Prentiss Rhodes, National Academy of Sports Medicine NASM Master Trainer, Certified Personal Trainer provides the following advice on using play for exercise.
How Can a Kid Get Fit? How to Motivate Kids to Exercise Here are some excellent tips on motivating kids to exercise as well as yourself! Block Your Time: It is critical for all of us to delineate a specific block of time each day to exercising our bodies, not just our minds. For kids you can call this recess, PE, exercise time, gym time or whatever you think might help them to motivate.
Regardless of what you call it, kids need to focus one or two consistent time blocks per day dedicated to physical activity. Depending on the child, that might be one good hour-long block per day. Younger children will probably do better with a couple of minute blocks or perhaps even more frequent shorter blocks. The time, however, should be written on the schedule, and regardless of the activity they choose, your mornings or afternoons can focus on this outlet.
I am going to give a couple of suggestions for activities to do, but no matter what add variety to the project. Get outside: Our government has given us recommendations for social distancing, but not limited our ability to go outside and go for a walk.
Clearing the mind in some fresh air regardless of the outside activity will make a world of difference. Do your activities together! Nick Rizzo from RunRepeat gave us this helpful and insightful advice:. When it comes to promoting physical activity for kids, the focus should be on an overall healthier lifestyle.
Working to increase their physical activity by building healthy and active habits. Find some simple ways the whole family can be more active and let your kid choose. Set a goal for how often you want to do it and track your progress together. Connect small rewards to each milestone to help support their habit-building through small incentives that decrease or are removed over time.
Active Indoor Activities. Circuit Training for Kids These indoor activities are from Dr. Instructions: Pick exercises and create an exercise circuit. Complete 3 or 4 reps of each exercise to complete the workout. A total workout should take minutes. Aerobic Exercise Circuit min: jog around the house min: jump rope real or mimed min: burpees min: step up and down stairs two at a time for bigger kids min: rest Complete three times Other ideas include adding in any exercise equipment you may have such as an exercise bike or treadmill.
Commercial-cize Len Saunders , 40 year veteran PE teacher and author provides this idea: Make up a list of exercises such as push-ups, jumping jacks, jumping rope and hula hoop. When a commercial or ad on YouTube starts, perform one exercise for the entire time.
Next break, move to the next exercise. Feel free to join! Be a good role model! Fun Exercises For Kids. Everyone else goes up against this person. So if Mom is elected to be the first leader of the rock paper scissors game all other members of the family would go up against mom.
If you are defeated by mom you have to do 10 of each exercise, if you tie you have to do 5 of each exercise and if you win, sit back and relax. After three to five rounds let another family member take the lead.
After the narrator lists each suggestion participants have seconds to follow the narrators lead. Tsunami — A big wave is coming, you have seconds to get off the ground. You could use a wadded piece of paper and trash can or laundry basket and ball of socks. Then practice taking shots from different spots. You can even introduce a game of Horse or Pig. Running Through the Forest. Take the kids on an imaginary adventure in which they must run, skip and crawl in place.
Pretend together that you are running through a forest. When you come upon a branch, duck. When you reach a log, jump. When you find a pond, get in and swim.
When you meet a lion, run fast! Together create your imaginative adventure and get moving. Maze Game.
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