Get Movin' - Exercise Ideas 

  

1. Put on some music, and dance yourself goofy. 

  

  

2. Walk around the block . . . backwards. 

  

  

3. Take tennis lessons with a parent. 

  

  

4. Get a hacky sack and get real good at it. 

  

  

5. Take a martial arts class. 

  

  

6. Bike-ride. 

  

  

7. Swim or water-walk. 

  

  

8. Jump rope. 

  

  

9. Pushups, situps and pullups. 

  

  

10. Jump on a mini-trampoline. 

  

  

12. Tag football. 

  

  

13. Run around the house 10 times and time yourself; record your time every day for one month. 

  

  

14. Vacuum. 

  

  

15. Sweep the garage or the driveway with a broom. 

  

  

16. Skateboard. 

  

  

17. Blow bubbles and chase them on a windy day. 

  

  

18. Play hide and seek. 

  

  

19. Put on a pot and pan parade and march with those knees high. 

  

  

20. Pull weeds or put mulch around trees and garden plants. 

  

  

21. Shovel snow for yourself and a neighbor. 

  

  

22. Hula hoop. 

  

  

23. Rollerskate, rollerblade, play driveway hockey, or go heelying. 

  

  

24. Play Twister. 

  

  

25. Play pingpong. 

  

  

26. Visit the batting cages. 

  

  

27. Play catch. 

  

  

28. Go hiking. 

  

  

29. Hit golf balls at a driving range. 

  

  

30. Walk and run with your dog. 

  

31. Play freeze tag 

  

32. Set up a mini-obstacle course in your back yard with a jump rope, the swing set, a basketball used as a bowling ball to knock down empty milk bottles partially filled with sand, and whatever other events you can dream up. Time yourself and others going through it. 

  

33. Set up an Ultimate Frisbee field (like football, with a Frisbee), or a Frisbee golf course in your back yard, or just toss a Frisbee to a friend. 

  

34. Kickball - get some neighbors and others to join in for this combination of baseball and soccer. 

  

  

  

MORE IDEAS: 

  

www.pecentral.com 

  

www.kidnetic.com 

  

www.fit-kids-club.com/traditional-games.html 

  

www.exerciseforkids.com