Physical exercise is essential for people's health, but many times the lifestyle we maintain deprives us and, worse, deprives children of exercising regularly. Today we bring you five ways for children to do physical activity (almost) without realizing.
Because instead of doing guided physical activities, such as in school classes or extracurricular sports activities, there are others "spontaneous" ways of exercising We can do every day. In this way, almost without realizing it, we favor good physical and psychological health, benefiting from this much-needed exercise practice.
Even some of these ways will help those children who are reluctant to move, since who can resist a good dance or a game in the park? Of course, we need the time to be together, but it is about adapting our daily rhythm, as far as possible, to an active way of life.
In addition, another reason to look "sneaky" ways of doing physical activity is that we have to be cautious when it comes to "pressuring" the kids to exercise, since this could be counterproductive, as we will see in an upcoming article.
At the end of the day, it is not about forcing or suffering but it is about the children enjoying themselves and us with them, without too many obligations that become heavy, but rather as a hobby and also as an aid to parents, ¡ something they love!
Daily Homeworks They go "unnoticed" like walking and walking (instead of moving by car) to go shopping, go up and down stairs (instead of taking the elevator), help with housework (pick up the room, make the bed, spend a rag ...), take and save the purchase, throw away the recycling ... Always adapting to their age and abilities, and being understanding of the results, what is clear is that they will be happy to participate in these activities with parents.
Just as we can walk to all those everyday places that have to be approached yes or yes, we can do it (or do it) by bicycle or scooter or, when they grow up, on roller skates, skateboards ... Of course, you have to be very careful and not forget the helmet.
Walk to school. One of those almost daily walks is the one that takes the children to class. It is not always possible (due to distance) and we would love to make the roads to school safer, but with caution walking to school is a way to exercise discovering the environment, learning about nature, road education ... Maybe even do not have to get up much more ...
Let's not forget, at snack time, in the park, on the street or on weekends, children's games, lifelong street games, chase, corros ... The ball, the rope, the rubber, hoops ... give great moments of games and fun. In addition, there are many other toys to move around, so let's not forget them and take them out.
Dances traditional, tribal dances, modern or classical dance ... and how about a mix of styles? Babies are born programmed for dancing and it is an activity that they love since they were very young. The dance is beneficial in many ways and the music they like so much is the perfect complement. I assure you we get tired before them!
Definitely, experiencing variety of movements and games, sharing time with the little ones implies some physical activity that we have to take advantage of. The best, no doubt, is that we have fun together. And about staying all day locked up at home, we leave it for when it can't be helped ...
We hope you put these into practice five ways for children to do physical activity without realizing. It is a great way to complement other exercises that we do throughout the week and especially on weekends, when we can devote a specific time to the sport.
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