WAYS TO BE ACTIVE AT HOME
Ministry Of Education- Active Play Ideas
- Interview parents/grandparents about the types of physical activities they did as children after school or in the weekend. Perhaps you could get them to teach you one of their activities and you could teach them one that you like to do.
- Record the amount and type of physical activity you and your family do for a whole week. Some things you could do after completing the chart:
- Make a graph to show which activity is the most popular for you and your family.
- Analyse the results. Do you think you do enough physical activity?
- Set some physical activity goals – one for yourself and a family goal. Ask your teacher for a copy of the Goal Setting plan from the Goal Setting activity card to help you work through the actions you might need to take to achieve your goal.
- Plan a family physical activity hour, day or weekend. It does not need to cost money or use equipment that is hard to find. It could be something simple such as:
- building a hut out of common objects around the house
- inventing a game to play outdoors using the sprinkler
- involving pets - washing them, playing with them or exercising with them.
- something that fits in with activities you already do such as biking or walking to visit family and friends rather than taking the car
- helping around the house e.g. cleaning the car, washing the windows, raking the leaves or gardening.
- Swap your ideas with other classmates. Who has an exciting idea that you would like to try with your family? Ask yourself:
- What activity might be suitable for my family?
- How and when will we do the activity?
- What equipment might we need to complete the activity?
- Where will the activity take place?
- How can I encourage my whole family to take part?
- After watching the latest music video see if you can copy any dance moves. Create a dance with friends and family. Dress up in costume and put on a show. Tell your classmates about the challenges, what worked well, and what you would do differently if you did the activity again.
- Come up with some simple moves that you could be put together to make a class aerobics routine. Share this with the juniors.
- Use three things from home to invent a game or a challenge. Common objects might include newspaper, balled-up socks, plastic milk cartons and tin cans etc.
- Create your own obstacle course at home. Activities could include:
- Balance: on a line, along a hose, around a shape drawn with chalk, between objects, on one foot and hand.
- Targets: in a box, under the couch, into a can, chalked onto the concrete or fence.
- Direction: over the chair, under the table, forwards, backwards, sideways.
- Locomotion: walk, run, hop, skip, gallop.
- Draw a map of your activity so others can try it with their families.
- Treasure hunt. Can you find the following things in your backyard? Something rough, something yellow, something smooth, something tall, something dangerous? Record what you found and draw a picture of these things.
Ministry Of Education- Active Play Ideas