When the weather outside is frightful
(Like it is right now)
And you’re not so delightful
(Because your child has lots of pent up energy)
There’s really no place to go
(Because you want to save on gas)
Let him go, let him go, let him go.
(Meaning let him or her go do something active)
Here’s what that means without all of the fluff.
When the weather is bad outside and you want your high-energy child to get some exercise, you may want to try one or more of the physical activities listed below.
There. That was much simpler to say. (Though not as fun)
Seriously, though. There are plenty of physical activities that children of various ages can do indoors on a rainy, snowy, or frigid day. The list below is just a handful (a big one) of ideas you might want to try with your little one(s). Some of these activities will work for one person, others may need two or more (which means you might have to get physical). They all will channel your child’s excessive energy into something productive…that being exercise.
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50 Indoor Physical Activities for Your Child to Do
- Indoor Hopscotch
- Game of catch with a foam ball
- Bounce on an exercise ball
- Yoga
- Chinese jumprope
- Make an indoor obstacle course
- Indoor Trampoline
- Hacky Sack
- Simple gymnastics like forward rolls and backward rolls on a soft mat
- Jump rope
- Roller skate
- Simon Says
- Cleaning
- Scavenger Hunt
- Charades
- One of these color recognition games
- Hide and Seek
- Wii activities like Wii Fit
- Red Light, Green Light
- Ballet
- Aerobics
- Children’s songs with motions like the Hokey Pokey
- Mother, May I
- Paper airplane race
- Indoor Basketball
- Workout video
- Table tennis
- Child-size treadmill
- Tap dance
- Balloon games
- Indoor relay race
- Follow the Leader
- Child-size exercise bike
- Build something like a fort or house
- Twister
- Hula hoop
- Play tow truck (pull a box or chair laying on its side)
- Ring Around the Rosie
- Juggle
- Dance to your favorite songs
- Bean bag toss
- Indoor bowling
- Tai chi or other martial arts
- Cranium Hullabaloo game
- Jumping jacks
- Simple stretches
- Wheelbarrow walk
- Bear walk
- Crab crawl
- Move like any animal you can think of, i.e. hop like a bunny, slither like a snake, etc.
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Many blessings,
