At Home Activities

Students should be aiming towards walking 10,000 steps per day and being physically active for 60 minutes per day. Here are a few activity ideas/suggestions students could do outside of school to help them achieve this goal.

• Walking the dog
• Running
• Playing tag with friends
• Playing a sport
• Swimming
• Riding a bike
• Jumping Rope
• Dancing
• Trampolining
• Hiking
• Yoga
• Balloon Badminton
• Indoor/Outdoor Hopscotch
• Create an obstacle course
• Playing catch
• Help with gardening
• Use TV commercials to be active (ex. 20 jumping jacks; 5 push-ups; 5 curl ups; stretch for 5 minutes)
• Grab a friend and challenge them to walk a little farther each day
• Take the stairs instead of an elevator
• Have a relay race
• Family contest like who can jump rope the longest
• Touch football party
• Visit a swimming park
• Fly a kite on a grassy field or beach
• Miniature golf
• Potato sack races
• Talk about physical activity as a fun lifelong way to take care of your body and balance your food and energy, rather than viewing it as a chore
• Practice Your Cartwheels
• Walk like a spider.
• Hop like a bunny.
• Go to the park; play on the jungle gym
• Stretching
• Sledding
• Ice skating party
• Celebrate accomplishments with fun activities instead of food or extra TV time
• Set aside time each day for physical activity
• Start small and add more activities into your routine

Click below for a fun fitness calendar to do at home by yourself, with friends, or with your family

Fitness Calendar