Do you have fun indoor activities for your children?

As the weather turns cold and our outdoor activities become more limited, the challenge is to find fun indoor activities.  Of course there are the fun sedentary activities like Play-Doh, coloring and arts and crafts.  However children need to move!

Exercise not only helps develop large motor skills but it helps them blow off stem and improve their overall mood.  Therefore the challenge is to find fun indoor exercises and activities for children.

(more…)

Do your children get enough exercise during the day?

As children are heading back to school, the amount of outdoor playtime is about to drop off drastically.  Many schools are cutting physical education completely due to budget cuts.  Other schools offer physical education only once a week.  Even worse, some schools are cutting recess to try to improve test scores.  What is happening to our schools today?

Take the time to read a couple articles about recess:

Recess Becoming Obsolete

Is Recess Taking a Recess

(more…)