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79 Ways for Kids To Exercise – Indoors or Out Do you spend
all your free time watching
TV or playing video games?
Two hours of TV or video games
a day should be your limit,
if you want to be healthy
and strong and develop your
creativity. Here are some
exercise ideas! 1. Walk your
dog 2. Walk your neighbor’s
dog (with permission from
your parents and your neighbor,
of course) 3. Fly a kite 4.
Toss a Frisbee 5. Ask your
parents or grandparents to
take you to a state park or
other area where you can take
a nature hike. Look for unusual
plants, insects or wildlife
and take samples or pictures
for your science class or
show and tell 6. Ride your
bike 7. Skate 8. If you have
a yard, pick up sticks or
trash 9. Pull weeds 10.Rake
the yard or garden 11.Play
tag 12.Play hopscotch 13.Have
a hula hoop contest, and see
who can keep the hoop up the
longest 14.Learn to juggle
15.Jump rope (boxers do it,
and look how strong & healthy
they are!) 16.Visit the zoo,
amusement park or museum (lots
of walking) 17.Wash the car
18.Have every family member
wear a pedometer, and have
a daily challenge to see who
can take the most steps. Losers
do winner’s chores the next
day! 19.Shoot hoops 20.Play
soccer 21.Play softball 22.Play
badminton 23.Have a water
balloon fight 24.Put on your
bathing suit and run through
the sprinkler 25.Go swimming
(never without an adult to
supervise!) 26.Give the dog
a bath. The bigger the dog,
the more exercise you'll get!
27.Sign up for a charity walk-a-thon
with your parent, grandparent,
or other relative. You’ll
help raise money for a good
cause and get in shape at
the same time. If your town
doesn’t have a walk-a-thon,
start one for your favorite
charity 28.Do jumping jacks
29.Do push-ups 30.Put on an
exercise video and get a good
workout 31.Do sit-ups 32.Learn
to play golf, or caddy for
someone else 33.Play tennis
34.Play miniature golf 35.Go
bowling 36.Learn to twirl
a baton 37.Take a class in
martial arts and learn to
defend yourself 38.Build a
fort and play cowboys and
Indians 39.If you have a two-story
home or a home with a basement,
carry out-of-place items up
or down stairs, one item at
a time 40.Run the vacuum 41.Wash
windows 42.Clean your room
43.Ride your skateboard 44.Learn
yoga, either at a class or
from a video 45.Race-walk
46.Have relay races with your
friends or family 47.Play
touch football 48.Learn ballroom
dancing 49.Learn hip-hop dancing
50.Take classes in ballet,
jazz or tap dancing 51.Join
a clogging or Irish step-dancing
club 52.Learn to play an instrument
and join the marching band
53.Join a gym or work with
a private fitness trainer
54.Practice turning cartwheels
in the yard 55.Walk on the
beach and collect shells 56.Set
up an obstacle course in your
back yard, and practice going
faster and faster through
it 57.Have a tug of war 58.Get
several parents & kids together
and have one-legged sack races
59.Learn to water ski (again,
make sure you have adult supervision
at all times!) 60.Learn to
surf (same as number 59) 61.Play
hockey 62.Climb the monkey
bars or a climbing wall 63.Go
horseback riding 64.Learn
gymnastics 65.Play volleyball
66.Play table tennis 67.Use
normal household items and
form a rhythm band. March
around the house or neighborhood
playing your instruments 68.Pull
your little brother or sister
around the yard in a wagon
69.Play croquet 70.Have a
long-jumping contest with
your friends, and see who
can jump the farthest 71.In
the winter, you can ice skate;
72.Ski- - either downhill
or cross-country 73.Build
a snowman 74.Build a snow
fort and have a snowball fight
75.Go sledding 76.Shovel snow
off your sidewalk or driveway
77.Take your dog outside and
play fetch in the snow. Most
dogs love snow! 78.Take a
walk in the snow, then try
to step in your own tracks
all the way back 79.Shovel
snow off someone else’s walk,
either as a favor or to earn
money What are you waiting
for, kids? Start moving!!
Bev Grey is founder and president
of Grandma's Healthy Kids
Club, Inc., an in-home program
to help children lose weight
safely or just improve their
eating and exercise habits.
See our website at http://www.grandmashealthykidsclub.com
This article may be reprinted
in its entirety as long as
credit is given to Bev Grey
and Grandma's Healthy Kids
Club and the URL is shown.
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