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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Swimming in the pool.
Family walks
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Planning activities away from the house like going to the park, outdoor children’s theater and local museums.
I come up w/ fun outdoor activities to keep my daughter busy. We do lots of arts and crafts and made up games. We go on picnics to all the local parks too. redafem@yahoo.com
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Make it something fun. try and do most family activities outside! When it gets to hot (I am in Florida) go swimming or set up a slip-n-slide, sprinkler to run through!
We like riding our bikes together or going swimming
Outside Activities are always the best to keep the kids active
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the best way to keep my kids active is to get out there with them and DO SOMETHING, keep moving!!!
The best way to keep kids active is being very active myself
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swimming lessons
Playing outside with them.
we are always going to the park
We love taking walks around the neighborhood after dinner
We have are kids help us in the yard, we try to make it fun. We also go on treasure walks to see what we can find.
We go on “treasure walks” to see what we can find.
I keep my kids active by planning different trips to national parks and local parks its great to look at new places!
I turn the kids loose outside with a few balls, scooter trucks, bikes etc. 🙂
Since my daughter is in dance, does track, volleyball and swims at school, and likes to go to the gym, I don’t really have to worry about keeping her active!
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Going swimming.
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The best way to keep kids active is taking them to parks, playgrounds and the YMCA… My godson and I do those activities alot to keep him healthy & to have fun!
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We keep our kids active.
by play baseball, swimming and playing outside during nice weather. Like on FB and thanks for the great sweep. Hope to win 🙂
My son is 3 an super energized an im not! So i go out back an sit on the patio an bring every bike an toy under the sun outside an let him feel like he owns the back yard! Make him feel empowerd an wants 2 build an reroute grandmas plants HE IS ALWAYS ACTIVE!
The best way to promote activity is to remain active with them. Lead by example.
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I love taking my nephew to the jungle gym. He climbs all over the place and goes crazy 🙂
We keep swimming in the summer
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Our favorite way to keep out daughter active is we do a lot of camping in the summer and LOTS of playdates at the parks!
The best way to keep your kids active is to have them be outside! 🙂
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Family hikes on nature trails.
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