Like I said before, I’m one of the MVP Generation Go Ambassadors and my job is to bring you helpful and healthy tips so you and your family can live a better life, or at least try.
For the past few weeks, I’ve been posting different ways on how you can keep your whole family active and healthy by eating right and exploring your community.
This week’s topic is Creative Recreation.
Creative Recreation is very important for the growth and development of recognition in every culture of the world. Play is important for promoting capabilities and social awareness within children.
There are lots of ways for children to stay active, even in their own backyards.
Here are ways my kids stay active:
1) Basketball: A few months ago, my husband came home with a basketball hoop for our backyard and it has become a family affair. We all go outside after dinner and we each take turns dribbling the ball and trying to make hoops. I’m not much of a sports girl but what surprised me was that I’m almost as good as my husband. I surprised myself plus my kids — that alone makes me proud. And they call me old. HA!
2) Scooter: My 6-year-old daughter has A LOT of energy, sometimes too much. With all that energy, I’m glad she has a scooter to burn all that energy off. She loves it. She’s also allowed to play inside since it’s a small scooter and doesn’t take up much room when she’s riding up and down the hallway.
3) Bubbles: Who doesn’t love bubbles? Even as an adult, I love to play with bubbles. It’s an activity that requires some running (of course, you’ve got to chase the bubbles to pop them) and some creativity. My kids love to see who blows the biggest bubble.
4) Bike Riding: Obviously, we all know that bike riding is one of the best activities to do. It keeps you fit, strengthens your legs and gets your heart-rate going. The only bad thing is trying to get my son into it. He’s not much of a bike fan but we’re still trying.
5) Water: It’s nature’s free-play. You can do so many things with water. Since we don’t have a pool, we play with the water hose. It’s fantastic for those hot, humid days — Grab a hose and just start spraying. It’s a great way to cool off and burn some calories. How? By running away from the person who’s holding the hose! lol
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For me driveway play works the best. They ride bikes and play all sorts of game on our driveway.
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Mandatory: the best way to keep my kids active is to get them involved in a sport of their liking.
We love to walk around our small town, go bike riding, or go to a national park for nature walks and nature photography.
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I think the best way to keep kids active is to teach them old games. Ones like duck duck goose, cops and robbers, simon says.. these are all active and fun games.
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I think the best way to get kids active is to play with them. I’ve seen some people sit on the couch watching tv telling their children they need to go play….that doesn’t do any good. You can teach them games you used to play and they can even teach you. I love playing outside with my son. I can have fun running around acting like a complete goofball and have a reason to without looking like a weirdo. lol.
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I keep my daughter active by going on family bike rides.
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We like to go swimming.
We go to the park almost every day where they can run and play
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The best way to keep my kids active is by trying to play along side of them and set an example. We bring them swimming, hiking, playing ball, riding bikes and even play volleyball with them.
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My kids throw frisbees and ride bikes plus they love to run around and look for frogs and other things.
The boys love basketball so I get them outside and playing basketball
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