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Learn about the 7 Types of Play Kids Need and what they learn while doing it! You'll learn the importance of play, about schemas, and the benefits of indepen...
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Oct 5, 2023 · Discover the different types of play and how they support childhood development. From free play, guided play, and competitive play, to recommended toys, this post has it all!
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- Physical Activities For Kids Ages 2-4
- Physical Activities For Children Ages 5-8
- How About Obstacle Courses For The Grade School Kids?
- Physical Activities For Kids Ages 9-12
- Physical Activities For Kids Ages 13-17
- Got A Frisbee?
- How About Some Golf?
- 14 Free Sporting Activities & Exercises to Do with Kids at The Park
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Look for fun physical games for kids that don’t require too much structure when they are preschool age. The tots like it best when Mom or Dad play too. Most of these activities can be done without any extra equipment.
At this age, we look for physical games to play as opposed to the less structured activities for the younger set and the straight exercise and sports ideas for the older kids. Make the activity fun and easy to do, and you won’t even have to ask them to play it. These are physical activities for 5 year olds to 8 year olds, but parents may love them,...
13. Indoor Obstacle Course
Obstacle courses make great physical games for children. I loved them as a child. Build a course using some of these ideas in any order: 1. Crawl under tables. 2. Use a Balance Beam as described in game number 2. 3. Climb over ottomans. 4. Children need to jump/somersault/crawl/crab walk from one obstacle to another. 5. Put down pillows or couch cushions and the kids need to jump from one to the next. Alternatively, the kids could need to jump over the pillows or cushions! 6. Perform various...
14. Outdoor Obstacle Course
The outdoor version of the obstacle course! Here are some ideas for your course to put in any order: 1. Lay down a ladder and have the kids step through each rung. 2. Allow only jumping/somersaulting/crawling/crab walking from one area of the course to another. 3. Put down a piece of wood as a Balance Beam. 4. Perform various exercises like 20 sit-ups or push-ups. 5. Give each child 2 sheets of newspaper and allow each step to be taken only on a piece of newspaper. This requires the child to...
15. Animal Races
Some races the kids need to hop like a frog. Or run on all fours like a dog. Or maybe crawl on the ground like a lizard! Make it more fun with costumes! Which animal is fastest? Try these different animal races. Or race to see which animal is fastest? 1. Frog: Hop 2. Dog: Run on all fours 3. Lizard: Crawl 4. Bird: Skipping & flapping your arms. 5. Penguin: Waddle 6. What other animals can you create special races?
At this age, physical games may start to get replaced by sports for some kids, but others are still happy with playground games. Go with it.
For adolescents, physical games often require a social aspect. If that is the case with your teen, try these games.
29. Tic-tac-toe Frisbee
Construct a tic-tac-toe board on the ground using masking tape or chalk, with the squares big enough for a frisbee. Then take turns with your partner throwing the frisbee, attempting to land it (mostly) in a square. If successful, mark your X or O in that square. Continue until you have a winner or a “cat’s game”!
30. Ultimate
Played on a soccer or American Football field, get your friends together and play a game of Ultimate! The rules are fairly simple (full rules here) – throw a frisbee to your teammates (you cannot run with the frisbee) until you get to the end zone, without letting it touch the ground. If you do, you score a point. If the frisbee hits the ground, the other team gets control and they attempt to score. I played this in college, and it’s loads of fun!
31. Disc Golf
This is the most fun when played on actual disc golf courses with real disc golf discs, but you can also play it using a frisbee in the backyard or a field. For backyard fun, you’ll need to design a few “holes”, with a starting point to throw the frisbee from and a “hole”, or target, to throw at. Your hole can be short, at 30 feet or so, or long, at 100-300 feet or more. Holes can bend around trees, or go over ravines – be creative! For each hole, simply count how many throws it takes to hit...
32. Ladder Golf
Ladder Golf is one of my favorite outdoor activities. You can either purchase it or make this yourself; it involves tossing 2 golf balls attached by strings towards a stand-up plastic ladder. Scoring is slightly more complicated than this, but it basically is 3 points for wrapping the golf balls around the top rung, 2 points for the middle rung, and 1 point for the bottom rung. So. Much. Fun!
Most local parks have a variety of sports facilities just waiting for family fun. Consider it your free family health club in the fresh air. You don’t need to keep a great deal of equipment in your car. Many can be used with just an inexpensive playground ball or soccer ball and can be adjusted for family members of all ages. Make this part of your...
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Mar 12, 2021 · YouTube Kids allows you to create individual user profiles for each of your kids, so they can each log in and watch videos geared toward their age. One of the best features of YouTube Kids is the timer, which lets you set a limit (up to an hour) for your kids to play on the app. What type of videos are on YouTube Kids?
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Learn all about 9 different types of play with this visual infographic. Find examples and benefits of play to help children interact and develop life skills.
