Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Motivating Kids To Make Exercise Fun

You know your children should be active, but regularly they can be discovered hunkered down in front of the Television, video game or PC while the sun shines outside. It is a scene folks everywhere have lamented.

The solution is fairly easy : Get them active by making exercise fun. Actually, do not even call it'exercise.' Call it'play' and give them a lot of occasions to do it. If you delicately suggest a handful of activities ( running thru the sprinkler, playing whiffle ball, drawing a hopscotch grid with path chalk ), they are highly likely to take you up on one.

And if they enjoy it, they may take the drive next time to pick that activity over being a couch potato. What's fun to a kid? Sure, they like a short break to an entertainment park or a family holiday getaway, but there are lots of inexpensive, everyday strategies for children to have a superb time being active. With thrill-seeking youngsters, be certain to control closely. ( Riding on a tire swing can be good fun, but falling off onto the hard ground isn't. ) And when it comes to ability building, be certain to take notice when your youngster shows improvement. Perhaps your kid is landing some solid kicks on the football ball or jumping rope with skyrocketing speed. Your encouragement-and your youngster's own satisfaction-will spur her on to keep practicing. When you find an activity, for example jumping off the diving board, that offers physical thrills and an opportunity to master a skill, some youngsters will do it again and again until their skin is waterlogged and the sun is setting on the pool deck. And if you are willing to do more than lifeguard, you can truly increase the fun quotient.

What's more fun ( and funny ) than seeing mom or father bounce off the diving board and land with a cannonball splash? But regular outings to the pool, the park or perhaps the yard will yield more than only good times. You can show your children that exercise is an ordinary and fun part of everyday life-a healthy habit they will wish to continue for years ahead.

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