Family ideas for living an active lifestyle (5-10 years)
Looking for ideas on how to fit in more activity into your family day?
Depending on the age of your child, whether they’re just starting primary school or in their last year, there are different ways of getting in a little more activity, that could be big movements or little. Some of them you may even do without realising!
5-10-year-olds:
Using your hands:
- Throwing and catching
- Rolling and kicking a ball
- Playing tennis or other hand-eye co-ordinated games
- Crafting activities like painting, Lego making
Keeping moving:
- Running
- Climbing
- Jumping
- Riding a bike
- Using the swings and slide at a park
- Walk instead of driving/ get off bus a stop early/ use the stairs instead of lift or escalator
- Activate with Joe Wicks
Music and movement:
- Musical instruments
- Singing and dancing
- Jiggy wrigglers – YouTube
- Just Dance games
Sporting activities:
- Swimming
- Cycling
- Skipping
- Stretching/ yoga/ Cosmic Yoga- YouTube
- Hula hooping
- Bouncing on a trampoline
Imaginative play:
- Crafting/ making
- Den building
Organised sports:
- Climbing wall
- Junior park run
- Nerf gun games
- Dance classes
- Gymnastics
- Football/ rugby/ netball
- Swimming lessons
- Judo, karate etc
Out and about:
- Geocaching as a family/ nature walks
- Active in the garden like help with gardening and potting plants
- Treasure hunt
- Playground and park trips
- Pokémon Go
There’s plenty more, but we hope these give you some inspiration to start.
