Kids Health
The best way to keep your kids healthy is to provide healthy meals and snacks and encourage them to be active.
Here’s five ways to get kids moving!
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Send them out to play. Kids are naturally more active when they're outside. Teach them backyard games like Hide & Go Seek, Tag, Jump Rope, Hop Scotch and so on. You may find it fun to make up a game!
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Make 1 hour of movement part of the child's homework. Let them take a break from the books and play dodge-ball or shoot hoops, throw a tennis ball against the wall, dance to music videos or most anything active.
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Help them “Find their own thing”. Not all kids like competitive sports. Skate boarding, martial arts, horseback riding, dance and things like this can often be more motivating.
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Get the family together for a physical activity once a week. Ask a different child to choose what you'll do each week.
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Limit “screen time” to no more than 2 hours per day. Kids tend to get moving on their own when T.V. and video games are not available.
Have fun!
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