Being active each day helps children with:

• building strong bones and muscles
• making new friends and learning how to cooperate
• improving balance and coordination
• keeping a healthy weight

Help your child be more active:

• Turn off the TV or iPad and go outside to play.

• Play together. If your child sees you having fun being active, they will have fun too.

• Get active as a family. Plan a weekly physical activity, like walking to the shop to get milk or meeting another family at a park for a play date.

• When buying gifts for your children, choose ones they can use to be active like bats and balls.

• Let children try a range of activities and choose activities that they enjoy.

Activities and games:

Footprint paths - go to page 8 in the Being active matters booklet.

Balloon volleyball - go to page 13 in the Being active matters booklet.

10 rainy day activities with kids

Nature Play