促进健康行为,保持active, and eating nutritiously at home are vital for children’s development for many reasons, in addition to the obvious. Practicing health at home:
- Helps build resilience and the ability to better manage stressors
- Helps prevent disease and boosts the immune system
- Reinforces lessons learned at school and helps create a 360-degree healthy environment
When kids are out of school for any reason, whether it’s the weekend, a holiday break, or a school closure, parents and caregivers can use these activities and resources to keep their kids moving, learning, and eating healthily.
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Movement & Play
- Practice yoga techniques and posesto build strength and flexibility and help relax.
- Get “family fit” using activity pointsto encourage movement.
- Create a backyard (or basement) fitness circuit course.
- Have recess at home by playingold school throwback games,jumping rope, or doing any ofthese 50 ideas.
- Play! Trysensory playorplay on the goto encourage kids’ imaginations whenever, wherever.
- Do a nature scavenger huntto get kids exploring the outdoors.
- Have active screen timeusing these fun, kid-friendly physical activity videos compiled by Active Schools.
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Healthy Eating & Nutrition
Visit ourHealthy Eating Toolkitfor dozens more tips and ideas, but here are some easy-to-implement activities.
- Incorporate nutrition education into your home routine.
- Start the day with ahealthy breakfast, and keep them going withhealthy snacks.
- Introduce new foods with a taste test(and get creative with how items are prepared). Here are ideas forwhole grains,dairy, andfruits and veggies.
- Try mindful eating.
- Cook a dish or meal with your kidstrying one of these recipes.
- Freeze fresh produce to make it last.
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Mindfulness & Emotional Healthy
- Set intentions with your children.
- Learn basic mindfulness techniques together.
- Create a letter-writing traditionin your family.
- Teach kids self-regulation using music.
VisitEdutopia’s list of social emotional learning resources for parentsto see other ways you can encourage empathy, foster gratitude, help kids navigate the digital social sphere, and more.
Original source: https://www.actionforhealthykids.org/healthy-activities-to-do-at-home/