Kids Are Our Future

Preschoolers are very energetic and active; with huge curiosity they use playing to explore the world. Ensure your preschoolers have healthy physical activity, which is a key to help them develop physically and mentally.

Physical activity for preschoolers includes playing actively, family fun such as hiking or swimming, and anything that gets your child moving. By playing, kids exercise their body, which keeps them healthy; in the meantime, they also learn a lot of things around them.

Can preschoolers benefit what kind of activities?

Safety is the first priority. Parents should ensure that your preschoolers involve in their age-appropriate activities. Here we list some of outdoor and indoor activities for preschoolers you may refer to after considering your child’s own needs.

Outdoor activities
The following are some of the outdoor activities we recommend to your preschooler.

• Playing in the yard or park
• Family walks after dinner
• Playing catch in your yard
• Bike rides
• Swimming
• Building a snowman

Indoor activities
The following are some of the indoor activities we recommend to your preschooler.

• Hide and seek
• Freestyle dance
• Role playing
• Throwing a small ball
• Walking around the shopping mall

Is your preschooler getting enough physical activity?

Nowadays, because the technology products are filled in our daily life, kids spend a lot of time watching TV, playing electronic games, sitting in front of computers. When move from one place to another, most of them by cars. The inactive time is increasing more and more for adults and for kids as well.

By the American Academy of Pediatrics, preschoolers should get a total of 60 minutes or more of physical activity daily, although the 60 minutes does not have to be all at once. In order to make sure your preschoolers are getting enough physical activity, parents need to ensure your preschoolers to play outside several times a day or in a room inside where they are free to run around, watch less than 2 hours of TV daily including all screen time, doesn’t sit for more than 60 minutes at one time. When actively playing, it is recommended that your preschooler is breathing quickly and/or sweating.

How can parents help your preschooler balance physically active and inactive time?

Parents have a big impact on your preschooler’s behaviors and activities. Be a role model and try to limit your own time spent sitting, such as watching TV and in front of a computer. To set a good example for your preschoolers is the best way to teach them being physically active is part of a healthy life.

Organizing fun activities and limiting TV and screen time to less than 2 hours daily are recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. It is recommended to try to make inactive time reading time rather than TV time, and quiet time is best before naps or bed. In order to make sure your preschooler is not inactive too often, it is recommended to ask your child get up and do something active for a while after 60 minutes of inactivity, such as watching TV or playing games. Only put TVs in family rooms. Don’t put a TV in your child’s bedroom, which helps your preschooler spend less time watching TV.

Give your preschoolers time to let them free play, and also arrange some time to lead them to participate in structured play encouraging flexibility, focusing on strength and/or on endurance.

Help your preschoolers balance physically active and inactive time and help them develop a healthy lifestyle in their early childhood, from which they will benefit in their whole life.

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