With the age of technology, busy parents, and the age of where children are starting school earlier and earlier, you often have to find or make time for your children to play and to play hard so that they get the exercise that they need. Sometimes this will mean that you have to a little extra running if you are going to put your child in a more physical sport or if you are going to sign them up for a physical activity.
However, there are also a few activities that you can do from your home that you will confident about, without costing a lot and you are going to ‘raise’ the bar in the amount of exercise that your child does get everyday in their life. You might even find that your child is going to love some of these new activities and they will do them without having to be told!
A few activities that you might have forgotten about that will add exercise to you and your children’s life is gardening, walking the dog, going to the park, and washing the car. Gardening gives you the bending, walking, breathing and lifting exercises that you are not going to get when you are watching television or playing games in the house. Walking the dog around the block or anywhere is going to be great exercise when you are not even thinking about it. Taking your children to the park is another free activity where playing on the swings, running around in the grass, hanging on the monkey bars, and even running through the obstacle course is going to be exercise.
While you might not think about washing the car being too much fun, on the hottest days, the bending, reaching and walking around the car is going to be great exercise. Getting your children to help on those hot days a water battle and then you have all the running that comes with the water battle is going to get your children moving around a bit!
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