Though the game is played just like soccer, children will have to move around the ground in crab-walk posture using their feet and hands and with their bodies facing upward. Of course, a regular soccer ball can be made use of for the game, but a big and inflated ball will make it more thrilling for the children. You have to form two groups or teams having equal number of children.
The winner is decided on the basis of the number of goals scored and the team that scores the highest is the winner. The wheelbarrow race is helpful in building the strength of the upper body of the children and also providing a cardio workout.
Segregate a group of children into pairs in order to get them to play this game. Get one child of each pair of children to assume the push-up position and ask the other child to stand behind the first. The child standing behind has to lift the leg of the other child in push-position by grabbing the ankles. The race can be started from a specified start line. No sitting still with this one! The game comes with an audio CD, too.
If your family enjoys bicycling, this is the perfect post-ride game for you. But it also offers opportunities to recall and share biking adventures from real life. Fans of Dr. Follow the deceptively simple commands to show that you can do what that cat can do.
Or can you? These two simple, cleverly illustrated games help introduce young children to basic yoga poses. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. And the best part is that you can even join them so you can burn some calories and stress yourself!
When kids are more active, their bodies and minds are better equipped to move and think they way they should. Exercise improves the way the brain functions which gives a greater ability to learn by being able to process new information better. Other benefits of exercise for kids includes:. Yes, I know your days are already jam packed and you barely have time to get enough physical activity yourself let alone your kids.
Teaching your children to love and appreciate the movement their bodies can do will set them up for a very healthy future and that is what we all want, right? Studies show that kids are spending more than 7. What is even more alarming is that kids as young as years of age are being diagnosed with ADHD, anxiety, depression and mental health issues.
I assure you that encouraging more movement in y our kids is not punishment. It is necessary! These are the exercise guidelines source. For toddlers ages years old, the recommendations are the same except structured physical activity should add up to 30 minutes a day instead of Research has shown that exercise is one of the best tools for coping with stress or anxiety because it physically redirects thoughts involved with worrying to areas of the brain involved in coordination and focus.
This means that when your brain is stuck feeling stressed or worried, exercising reroutes those thoughts to help your brain focus on exercising instead of stress or anxiety. Exercise can change the chemistry of the brain to increase certain hormones that help improve self-regulation which leads to an improved ability to focus and control behavior.
Have you ever had a stressful day at work or with the kids and just felt a strong urge to move your body?
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