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I’m preparing for school to get out for the summer… I think all of us parents are.
It’s one of my favorite times of the year because the girls are all home and we get to spend more time together. I still have to be able to get some work done and I don’t want the girls (especially the little one) just sitting around all day when I’m on the computer so I came up with seven ways to get my kids moving. They are all really easy things that don’t seem like exercise to them… just fun!
Here are 7 Quick & Easy Ways To Get Kids Moving
1. House Runs. We actually call them house runs and we all do them often. We start at the front door and we run around the whole house doing loop after loop. We make it a competition based on speed, like who gets five laps done first, or we set an amount of time, (say ten minutes) and whoever does the most laps in that time wins! PS. The kids always win!
2. Ice Catches. This is a favorite warm weather activity. We toss a piece of ice back and forth and if you don’t catch it, or it melts in your hand you have to do 10 jumping jacks.
3. Stair crawls. Exactly as it sounds. We crawl up the stairs and carefully walk back down. I’m not sure why they love doing this but they do!
4. Imaginary jump rope. Pretend you have a jump rope and do all sorts of crazy, wild, creative jumps! The kids thing this is crazy fun and it gets quite animated! If you actually have a jump rope you can totally use that too!
5. Dance party in the kitchen! Or the family room, or really anywhere! We rotate through the kids and let them each pick a song to dance to.
6. Walk like an animal. Everyone picks an animal and you have to walk around and pretend to be one. This can go on for hours!
7. The movement game. Put different movements on different cards like run, walk, jump, skip etc. and let the kids take turns pulling out a card and doing the movement it says. Bonus points if you let the kids pick and write out the movements.
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Those are all such great ideas. My boys never stop 🙂
Great post. I think today’s kids are not active enough with all gadgets they are all attached to all day!
The ice game is a pretty creative game! Sort of like hot potato and I like what the loser has to do.
I am game for the dance party in the kitchen. Sounds like fun and I bet she could teach you some new moves.
We have quite the collection of bandages for my little boy. He loves to run and jump and be outside, so there are a lot of scrapes.
These are great ideas. Getting kids active can be very hard in this age of Xbox and tablets.
I frequently have to drag my son away from his Xbox and practically throw him out the door. He has fun once he’s finally out there, though.
Those are fun ideas. My kids always loved doing the stair crawl too!
These are very fun ideas. Good exercise too.
Great ideas! It’s been super tough lately to get outside or anything because of the weather but we try as much as we can!
Such a wonderful ideas! My daughter loves running for all the house, thanks 😀
These are some awesome tips! I love all of the ideas!
These could be really fun activities! I’ve never seen the ice catch game before. Great idea!
What a gorgeous view! These are awesome ideas. My kids will have fun doing them.
Love of moving will stick with them for life!
What a genius list of fun ‘get moving’ activities! This year we added some physical activity into our Easter Egg hunt with some eggs challenging the finder to do sit ups, push ups etc. It really turned out to be loads of fun.
What great pictures! They look so happy out and about. My kids and I hike a lot! On the move whenever we get the chance
Those are great ideas. My kids are wrapping up school for the year too. This post is helpful.
We spend a lot of time outdoors. The kids love to run and climb and jump. These are some great tips on getting kids moving. Thanks for sharing.
These are some great tips to get kids off of their devices and out into the real world. It worries me how so many young children are hooked on phones and tablets.
My daughter currently has 5 bandages of varying sizes on her person right now. I was totally reminded this afternoon of just how many we go through during the summer. Time to stock up!
I love those ideas! The ice catch sounds fun. I didn’t know CVS had that guarantee. Thanks for sharing!
I think I might even jump rope if I had that view. Great ideas.
Yes, we need to keep them busy! LOL! Such great ideas! 🙂
These are some fun and awesome ideas! I especially love the idea of dancing in the kitchen.
Those are great selections! I need to add extra activities for my kids into our schedule.
Those are great tips. I need to get my kids moving.
These are all great ideas. When my son was little we ran around outside almost every day.
These are some great ideas. All modern kids want to do is sit behind electronics all day long.
I had no idea CVS offered a guarantee like that on their brand items. Guess I should take advantage of that.
My son likes to watch TV more than his fair share. I will take these tips to keep him active
Running is always fun, even playing a sport is a great way to get them moving too! Awesome tips, it’s great to get the young ones active.
With summer here, it’s important to keep the kids moving! And equally important to have summer basics on hand from CVS!
These are great ideas for getting the kids active. I think my kids would enjoy the house runs and the imaginary jump rope!
What fun ideas. I love them. House run? I totally have to try that with my kids. Thanks for sharing…
I really think my kiddos would like the ice catch game. I’ll have to try that with them here soon 🙂
This is such a great post. Keeping our kids healthy and active is so near and dear to my heart. I want my son to love having sport and fitness in his life. Something I never have but my husband does.
I think its great when you can do fitness things as a family. My kids and I go out a lot for jump rope or trampoline time. My daughter is my jogging partner, she’s 13.
In the house, we do lots of dance parties. Outside, they do their loops on their own. LOL. They have some great friends that help them move. I would love to try the ice game though.
These are great ideas! I especially love the dance party in the kitchen.
These are great ways to get the kids and family as a whole moving. Thanks for these suggestions for making it fun.
These are all great ideas! I’m for anything that gets the family away from the electronics!
These are great tips! My kids love to have a dance party.
These are fantastic ways to get kids moving. With so many devices available to kids these days it is important to get them moving as much as possible.
I love the idea for a stair crawl! My kids would think I was utterly crazy if I did that! Will have to do it now!
P.S What amazing views you have!
Getting kids to be active is so important. These are great tips. I am lucky and my kids are very active in sports.
Oh I love the ice catch idea!! That’s really awesome.
These are all such great ideas! We have a dance party every night after dinner, it is my favorite time of the day!
I’m totally using some of these activities this summer! Thank you – like the imaginary jump rope!!! FUN!
So many great ideas. My youngest son has started running with me. I was surprised when I discovered he can easily do 3 miles and loves it .