Tips to get young children active each day
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.
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