36 Activity Lists Sure to Wear Out the Kids
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"Keep kids active"
KEEP THOSE KIDS (AND GRANDMA!)
MOVING INDOORS AN HOUR A DAy? How?
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Low-cost/no cost ideas!
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15 Ways to Keep Kids Active, Even If You Don't Have Much Space (Parents Today)
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87 Energy-Busting Indoor Games & Activities for Kids (What Moms Love)
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Indoor Obstacle Course (DIY Dad)
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Indoor Obstacle Course (Raising Dragons)
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5 Different Activities for 6 Lines of Tape (Hands On As We Grow)
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Ideas for Keeping Kids Active During Social Distancing (Play Learn Grow)
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Keep Kids Active with These Indoor Games (Primrose Schools)
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Activities for Families and Kids During Quarantine. (Riverside Online)
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45 Active Indoor Games (Kids Activities)
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Keeping Kids Active During COVID19 (The Children’s Trust)
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(Hands On As We Grow)
(The Craft Train)
Idea: Indoor Ring Toss,
​This version created by Laura and Molly Anderson.
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Materials:
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Scissors or palette knife, thick cardboard boxes, markers, tape
Directions
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Using stiff box cardboard, cut out a hook or elephant trunk. Attach to door or wall. (see photo below)
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Again using stiff cardboard, cut rings that can easily loop over the hook
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Have your child stand back several feet and throw the rings. When they master a distance, increase it.
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A child playing alone can see how many rings she tosses successfully in a set time. Two or more children can take turns tossing rings to see who has more successful tosses.
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You may want to color-code each child's rings or label them
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Games (Primrose Schools)
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Activities for Families and Kids During Quarantine. (Riverside Online)
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45 Active Indoor Games (Kids Activities)
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Keeping Kids Active During COVID19 (The Children’s Trust)
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10 Jumping Activities Sure to Wear Out the Kids (Hands On As We Grow)
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Family Indoor Activities: Building an Indoor Obstacle Course for Kids. (Family Education)
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512 Creative Ways to be Active Indoors. (Active Cities)
Obstacle course! See directions below.
Dance videos! Move It! / Videos ~~~~
Most of these are kid videos, but grownups get a good workout
if you do them with your kids.
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Go Noodle! You'll have to spend some time watching, to get your favorites, but you'll be glad you did. A lot of these are pretty funny, at least to kids and kids-at-heart
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Animal Exercise for Kids (Christine Steenkamp van der Gryp). Toddler/little kid heaven.
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Kids Dance Workout 1| Family Fitness | Isolation Fitness From Home | Popeye (The Fabulous Fitness Instructor) An hour+long video. Good stuff.
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34 Minutes of KIDZ BOP Dance Along Videos (KIDZ BOP). High energy kids!
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Ridiculously Fun Dance Exercise For Kids (DanceX for Kids)
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Learn a Great New Dance For (and With) Your Kids (Perez Hilton)
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Shake Break + More | Exercise Songs for Kids (Pancake Manor)
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Yoga Today for Kids (older kids)
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Dance Workout: Despicable Me (Pregnancy and Postpartum TV) Somewhat advanced.
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Physical Activities For Kids: Get Active At Home! (Little Sports) This is straight-up exercise to music. The voices may drive some grownups crazy, but kids like it.
Keeping Your Grownup Self Active ~~~~
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Pop Sugar Fitness (video) This one's for grownups, but kids love to dance along. If you like to dance, this is for you.
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Staying Active During Quarantine Excellent short cartoon on the importance of staying active while you're working at home. Watch it!
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Staying Active during Quarantine Another one. This one's not a cartoon. Well worth a read. (World Health Organization)
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Stuck Inside? 27 Experts Share Tips On The #1 Way You Can Stay Active Indoors / (Active Weekender)
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For Grandma - and anyone! Senior Dance Fitness. Half hour easy exercise to Oldies like Jailhouse Rock and Johnny B. Good
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Fun Ways for Older Adults to Stay Physically Active https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/fun