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Keeping active children hydrated over the summer
Keeping children adequately hydrated can be a challenge anytime, but even more so during the summer months. Most of the summer months my children are doing things like this: Or this: Or this: Or this: They are very active children who love being outdoors. They love the beach, the woods; the park, and of course even […]
Encouraging active children: part nine
Welcome to part nine in our series of encouraging active children. Whilst we advocate keeping active all year round both indoor and outdoor, many people do find it easier to stay active during the warmer weather and therefore find it easier to encourage this in their children also during the spring and summer months . […]
Encouraging active children: part eight
Welcome to part eight of our series on encouraging active children. I was talking to someone yesterday who was telling me that they pretty much hibernate in the winter months as they don’t like being outside. She was telling me that after school pick up they go straight home and everyone puts their PJs on […]
Encouraging active children: part seven
Welcome to part seven of our series on ‘Encouraging active children’. Do your children enjoy riding a scooter? The scooters get a lot of love in our family. Probably more so than the bikes because it is way easier to pop a load of scooters in the car than try and squeeze in bikes AND […]
Encouraging active children: part six
Welcome to part six in our series on encouraging active children. I am firm believer that if as parents we make being active part of every day life then it simply becomes the norm to children and not something that is a chore or ‘add on’ later in life. It is just part of normal […]
Encouraging active children: part five
Welcome to part five of our series on encouraging active children. I always think it works well to encourage children to be active from an early age. That way, being active simply becomes part of normal life, not an extra. Encouraging active play is a great way to increase the amount of activity that children […]
Encouraging active children: part four
Welcome to part four in our series looking at encouraging active children. With the holidays reaching an end, you might be thinking about returning to a new routine as far as classes or clubs go. If not, it might be the time to consider something new for your children. There are so many benefits to […]
Encouraging active children: part three
Welcome to part three of our active children series. The summer term at school is always a busy one sports wise for the big kids, with all sorts going on. Sports days are of course the things that come around every year. I know they aren’t for everyone but I think there are lots of […]