Active Kids
Active kids are healthy kids! This page provides links to sites which promote healthy exercise and games for active
kids.
Follow the links in the table below to the active kids' activities.
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 Playground Fun
This site will give you lots of ideas for games to play in the playground: chasing games, circle games, ball games,
clapping and skipping games. See which ones you can remember from your own childhood. Are there any new games which
you could try out with your family? (playgroundfun.org.uk)
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 Digger's Sports Day
This online activity for children aged 5 to 7 is in the form of a story all about sports day, with quiz questions to answer as
you go along. (bbc.co.uk)
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 Sportacus Workout
Help Sportacus to choose an exercise for his workout - don't forget to join in! (bbc.co.uk)
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 Boogie Beebies Olympics
Choose your character, warm up and pack your lunchbox with healthy snacks. How quickly can you complete the obstacle
course? Use your right arrow key to run along and the space bar to jump. You could make an obstacle course in your garden
or in the park.(bbc.co.uk)
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Ideas for keeping active as a family
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Walk to school, to the park, to the shops or to a friend's house.
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Make walks more interesting by getting your kids to create an I-Spy sheet before you leave the house. List things to spot on your
walk, such as a cat, a red car, a blue front door and so on. Tick them off as you spot them.
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Ride bikes together.
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Play ball games in the park or in your garden.
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go swimming together.
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Make an obstacle course in the garden (or in the house if it's too wet or cold to play outside). This could involve climbing,
jumping, crawling etc.
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Join a club where you can learn a sport together. Some activities, such as martial arts, can be learnt in a family class.
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Some video games can be active - try an Eye Toy or the Nintendo Wii.
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Put on some music and dance together.
Recommended toys for active kids:
Recommended books for active kids:
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