Let’s look at a few fun activities and games that you can easily involve your child in to keep their physical fitness in check.
We have exercise games ideas for both indoor and outdoor fun, so take a look!
9 Exercise Activities To Get Your Child Fit & Healthy:
Races:
This is an extremely obvious kind of physical activity. You can organize races with a small prize for your child and their friends in a yard or area around your house.
Get creative with the type of race. You can have a three-legged race, a one-legged race, a crab walk race, etc.
Also, let’s not forget the classic race of deciding on a finish point that’s a bit far off and any route can be used to get there to see who wins. Jump rope (skipping rope) races are great, too, as its maximum leg exercise combined with a cardio workout!
Engage your child in sports that they're interested in Sports:
Your child will almost always show a natural inclination towards a sport. You can tell by paying attention to what they watch and what sport they play video games of.
Have a game of this particular sport with them often. Even enroll them in a class and ask them to try out for their school team.
There are also some sports like swimming that you definitely should encourage your child to practice often.
Besides, swimming is fun! Make a sunny summer fun day out of it and your kids are sure to be excited about it. You can also find an indoor pool at a hotel if it’s winter.
Obstacle course:
It’s an exciting way to exercise!
If you’ve watched any television reality game shows, you know what I’m talking about.
Use some furniture, and also some chalk to draw out a course ranging from the inside of your house to the garden or corridor outside. Add challenges to the course. You can add a puzzle to be solved, a vast area to be crossed without touching the ground, etc.
Hunt!
This can be either indoor or outdoor!
Organize a hunt that spreads across a large area, or even just inside your house.
Just place toys or treats hidden in different places and start your kid off with the first place.
Each place should have a puzzle written for the next. If you make sure the places are far apart, your kids will get a good run out of it.
Gardening:
Simple activities like gardening are a great source of exercise for kids. If you don’t have your own garden, just get some pots, some mud, and some saplings and ask your kids to fill the pots up themselves!
Dancing is a fun workout.
By far the simplest and the most fun-filled activity to do to get that daily cardio workout.
Just put on some music, get some preferably healthy snacks and gather up your child’s friends!
You now have your very own dance party. You could also just do this during family time with your children.
Walk:
If you have a dog, divide daily responsibilities of walking it. If you don’t, practice going for strolls in the park or walking to the grocery store instead of taking a vehicle. Walk as much as you can with your kids.
Hula Hooping:
For some reason, children love hula hoops!
Get your children some hula hoops and start hooping with them. Just teach them how to do it and we promise you that they won’t be able to get enough.
Blow off that steam!
We’re used to the tantrums our kids throw, right? What if I told you that you asking them to throw these temper tantrums on purpose when they’re in a good mood will actually help them both psychologically and physically?
It may sound a bit crazy, but when they kick and run and jump and scream, they’re getting tired out because of the energy they’re spending.
This also helps them get out all their pent up anger and emotion without them even realizing it.