I understand the importance of raising active kids. I have talked about the benefits of team sports for kids previously. Having sporty kids is a real blessing and I am always encouraging them to be active.
10 Ways to raise active kids
- Walk, cycle or scoot to and from school with the kids as often as possible.
- Fly a kite or make a windsock and run with it if there is no wind. The Kite Society of Great Britain has great advice on joining a club and kite making workshops.
- Build a den or treehouse with them in the school holidays. Or, under supervision, encourage them to climb a tree or two.
- Support your kids in sports, clubs or any other activities that may interest them. Maxi does Junior Football (soccer) and Mini Judo.
- Try going on an activity holiday like Center Parcs or Kielder Forest.
- Visit your local woodland or discover your local forest. We enjoy family walks and the boys love climbing trees.
- Take the dog for a walk. If you don’t have one of your own, ask to borrow a neighbour’s dog and take it for a walk.
- Encourage them to go roller skating, rollerblading, skateboarding or scootering outdoors in the summer or the local indoor skatepark. Or in winter go ice skating.
- Try visiting local parks at the weekend together. We love visiting new to us parks.
- Encourage your kids to join in with sports activities at school including afterschool clubs and to try out for the teams. Try and go and see them play which really encourages them to keep up the activities.
The benefits of active kids include:
- Helps improve balance and develop skills. Mini goes to Judo weekly which teaches him great balance and patience in addition to gaining fitness.
- Improves cardiovascular fitness. The heart is a muscle and its performance improves when you regularly exercise. The heart responds to exercise by becoming stronger and more efficient.
- Builds strong bones and muscles. Just as the heart gets stronger through use, so do kids bones. Exercise increases bone density.
- Helps achieve and maintain a healthy weight. Exercise helps burn calories and encourages a healthy weight.
- Helps kids relax and helps them sleep better.
- Provides opportunities to make friends. Maxi’s plays sport with children that he doesn’t go to school with, increasing his social circle.
Sainsburys Active Kids 2015 Campaign is open again until 5 May 2015 at all Sainsbury’s stores, petrol stations and when ordering groceries online. One voucher is earned for every £10 spent in a single transaction at Sainsbury’s Supermarkets, and one is earned for every £5 spent in a single transaction at Sainsbury’s Locals (See the website for full terms and conditions).
You donate your Active Kids Vouchers to your local school or group and they can exchange them for an exciting range of active and cooking equipment and even experiences.
To increase their chances of winning the giveaway, entrants can gain additional entries by:
Tweeting about the giveaway
Submitting a Tweet or Facebook link showing a picture of their vouchers.
The giveaway will run until 12am on Saturday 11th April 2015.
for bishop rawle primary school
Southridge First School
Martin Wilson School
Sandal Castle VA Community Primary Schools
Holywell first school Northumberland
My cousin’s school in Pontypool (cant remember name)
My little one’s old primary school 🙂
http://www.brynsaintpeters.co.uk/
My daughter’s primary school.
My friends brownie pack
wesham c of e school
I’ll be collecting for the local primary school as usual.
Addingham Primary School
our local Primary School
Holly Park Primary
Heathcote School 🙂
great tips – we’re collecting at our home ed group
We’re collecting for my son’s school. It’s just a little village school and every little helps
st josephs primary school in stockport
What a really great post and some amazing tips Jen 🙂
I am collecting currently for a local homestead nursery
Manor Park Primary
i always try to encourage my children to be active , im please the schools do too as much as they do now x
It was nice to read this and nod at all the things that I do. We even go to parks that aren’t local as they are still free and make a great change.
I’m collecting for my childrens school, I’ve put the name in the rafflecopter, thanks for the lovely giveaway.
My children’s primary school.
Lovely list of encouraging ways to get your kids more active – it would be my daughter’s primary school that we collect vouchers for.
Bromet School
Anchorsholme Acadamy
Lovely ways to encourage activity thanks. I am collecting vouchers for my son’s school.
my sons football team
my sons football team
I’m collecting vouchers for my children’s school. They run a sports club during the holiday so they can be active all week rather than staying at home during the holiday
st michaels CofE primary Bournemouth and alphabet nursery
I am a strong believer of exercise and extra curricular activities. As my kids have become adults, they still continue with their sports.
Fab tips and what a wonderful giveaway x
As a kid I was never ever in the house, I was always out with friends, though I know the world is not the same place now as it was then.
Great having active kids. The sports increasing social circles Id never have thought of until my oldest made some great friends at football. X
We live really close to a Primary school so either them, or a friend’s child’s school who are collecting them.
Great tips. My son isn’t particularly keen on being active however he does love scooting to school and we try to take them to the park as often as we can.
I’m collecting for the local primary school Lakeside Primary, Cardiff
A really lovely post and what a fab competition
It’s so important in this technologically driven world to keep active and keep our children active. I think one of the best tips is to be active yourself.
Great post and tips. Glad I found it through the Witty Hoots Frugal Family linky!
Fabulous suggestions. We’re very active around here but that’s because I homeschool and I make sure their Physical Education activities are included in our schedule daily!
Thanks for sharing and for linking up to the #SHINEbloghop.
Wishing you a lovely weekend.
xoxo
Some really good ideas there x
Nicholas Chamberlaine School
Great activities! Will defiantly try some out!
I will be collecting for Cranham Primary School – Worcestershire
We do collect these for school and Brownies. My girl is excited about trying Fencing out at school next term – I love that they can have a go at different activities!
My kids are not very active. And I have a bad habit of letting them not be active because I am not an active person. Thanks for the tips to break these bad habits!!
Thanks for sharing at Inspire Me Mondays!
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Some great ideas! Thanks for sharing with the #pinitparty
Callands Primary School
My Local School
St Mary’s Primary School
St Barnabas Primary School
Local village school