By Ayana Glaze
Back in the “good old days”, children would wake up, throw on some play clothes, gobble down their cereal and head outside. They only returned when it was lunch or supper time…and that was only when called! Unfortunately, nowadays most kids are glued to their favorite gaming systems and ‘tween TV.
Eloise Elliott, Ph.D, and Steve Sanders, Ph.D, in a PBS.org article on children’s activity, wrote that the National Association for Sport and Physical Education advises that kids need to be physically active for at least 60 minutes per day. Sixty minutes should be pretty easy, but in a world where more and more kids are getting less exercise and becoming more sedentary, parents often struggle to find ways to keep kids physically active at home.
One solution for this dilemma is to create a fun, engaging outdoor play area at home with a variety of activities to keep kids interested and active for long periods of time. Below are a few ideas as to what to include if you want to create a fun outdoor play area for your kids:
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