With school out and your young kids at home, they've got a lot of extra time on their hands. The mere mention of fitness and taking them away from the TV or their favorite video games can often evoke reactions usually reserved for doing chores, getting haircuts, or visiting the dentist.To make fitness less tedious for everyone, print physical games and actual exercises on strips of paper, color-coding to distinguish the games from the exercises. On 'fitness day', once or twice a week, have everyone draw and complete an exercise or play a game -- this works best with 3 to 8 year olds. Cheer each other on while completing each exercise and at the end, make them show their muscles. I don't know a kid yet that doesn't love to show them off.
Fun Tip: Get a polaroid camera and take instant photos to post on the fridge of their accomplishments and you'll soon see them excited about 'fitness day'.
thxs Tanya Ryno
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