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Schedule a regular time throughout the week for physical activity. |
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| 2 |
Take turns selecting an activity for the family to do each week, and make sure
you adapt all activities to suit those with special needs. |
| 3 |
Remind your kids to record their nutritional intake and physical fitness
activities in their CircusFitSM Journal on
a daily basis. |
| 4 |
Designate indoor and outdoor play areas where rolling, climbing, jumping and
tumbling are allowed. |
| 5 |
Purchase toys or equipment that promote physical activity. |
| 6 |
Limit the time your children spend watching television programs, videotapes and
playing computer games. |
| 7 |
Use physical activity rather than food as a reward (e.g. the family goes
in-line skating). |
| 8 |
Prepare nutritional snacks and meals for school lunches, family outings and
weekend trips. |
| 9 |
Keep fresh fruit and vegetables washed, cut-up, chilled and readily available
for post-exercise snacking. |
| 10 |
Encourage your school board and administrators to make physical education and
activities a priority. |
| 11 |
Enroll your kids in an after-school program that involves physical activities,
such as a local community center or sports program. |
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| 12 |
Volunteer with an after-school program that focuses on physical fitness, like
Little League, karate, dance, or soccer. |
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Explore the outdoors. Take your family hiking, camping or for a bike ride. |
| 14 |
Assign household chores to kids that involve physical activity, such as
shoveling snow, raking leaves, planting a garden or walking the dog. |
| 15 |
Use your family’s video camera to create a family workout video. |
| 16 |
Plan a vacation around physical activity, such as whitewater rafting,
snorkeling or hiking. |
| 17 |
Limit eating meals at fast-food restaurants. |
| 18 |
Organize a neighborhood soccer, baseball or basketball game with other families
on your street or block. |
| 19 |
Quit the “clean plate club.” Allow your kids to stop eating when they feel they
have had enough. |
| 20 |
Be a good role model for your kids. Eat nutritionally, drink lots of water, be
physically active and limit your time on the computer and in front of the
television. |