Motivating Preschoolers to Be Active...

Many preschoolers are active from the time they get up until the time their head hits the pillow at night. Perhaps you don’t have trouble motivating preschoolers to be active, but are they moving at an appropriate level? Will their movement help build their body or are they merely whirling dervishes? By motivating preschoolers to be active when they’re young, you may be able to encourage a love of fitness that...

Eight Fun Games for Preschoolers to Keep Them Acti...

Childhood obesity is a concern for parents and health professionals alike. In an effort to combat it, doctors recommend making sure your children learn to be active at an early age so they’ll continue being active as they age. Teach your child these eight fun games for preschoolers to keep them active. 1. Hopscotch is a game that children have played for years. Draw a pattern of eight to twelve squares on the sidewalk...

Color Mixing Experiments for Toddlers...

Children love learning new and fun things, especially when they are using their hands. Do you remember how fascinating it was to mix colors as a child? Finding out that yellow and blue make green is a profound discovery for a young mind, and an important one. But in order to learn color mixing, it’s important to be able to see it in action. Fortunately, there are many color mixing experiments that toddlers can do at...

Fingerprint Flower Vase – Mother’s Day...

If you know children, you know most love to get their hands messy. They also love to pick wild flowers and weeds to share with those they love. Why not let them to be crafty for Mother’s Day by allowing them to create a fingerprint flower vase to give to Mom or Grandma this year? Toddlers and young children may see Mom, Dad, or their brothers and sisters enjoying crafts. They may wonder why they don’t get to make...

The Children’s Internet Protection Act Expla...

Each year millions of children get onto the internet hoping to find information they need for school projects, to chat with their friends, or to play online games. It’s important for us, as parents, to know about the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and what it means for the safety of our children. The internet has become such a big part of everyone’s daily life. Children use it at school and public...

Earth Day: Celebrate Awareness and Appreciation o...

Every year people all over the world observe Earth Day (April 22). Celebrate awareness and appreciation of the earth by using any of these ideas. They may help you plan your own Earth Day festivities. Earth Day began on April 22 more than 30 years ago when Senator Gaylord Nelson decided that it was important to teach everyone, especially children, about our environment. He wanted to be sure that people understood how...

Keep Your Teenager Fitness Motivated...

Not too many years ago you could expect children and teens to get exercise during gym class at school as well as spending time outdoors playing or riding bicycles. However, with the popularity of televisions, computers, and gaming systems, children and teens are spending less time in physical activity and more time being sedentary. Your goal is to keep your teenager fitness motivated as they grow. Everyone knows the...

Overweight Teenagers – How to Get Them Movin...

There has been so much in the news and on television about how many people are obese in the United States and around the world. What’s even more alarming than the adult rate of obesity is the number of overweight teenagers. Here are some ideas of how to deal with overweight teenagers and how to get them moving. If you have an overweight teenager, you might want to consider your entire family. Is there a pattern of being...