The holiday period is an exciting and festive time for all. While this time offers a great opportunity for rest and relaxation, it’s also important to keep your family active and choose healthy habits.
Regular physical activity offers many benefits for children, including:
- building strong bones, muscles, and joints
- supporting healthy growth and development
- improves confidence and builds social skills
- builds coordination, balance and strength flexibility
- promoting better sleep and overall wellbeing
- reducing the risk of future health conditions like Type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
Find out how much physical activity your child is recommended to be doing.
Simple ways to stay active as a family
You don’t need expensive equipment or a gym membership to keep kids active. There are many free, easy and fun ways to stay active as a family during this holiday season. Try these tips to keep moving this summer:
- Explore outdoors: Visit a new park, playground, or walking trail. Greater Sydney Parklands has plenty of options for family adventures including new playgrounds and picnic spots.
- Try a new sport or activity: Whether you’re inspired by the cricket season or remembering a favourite childhood game, introducing something new can help keep kids motivated to stay active.
- Get creative at home: Make an obstacle course in the backyard, have a dance party, or set up a treasure hunt. Keep it simple and let your children’s imagination drive the fun and exploration!
- Sign-up to Go4Fun Online: Join the free 10 week health lifestyle program. Create healthy habits and set fun goals with your own personal health phone coach.