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Children need to be active every day to promote their healthy growth and development.
Kids who establish healthy lifestyle patterns at a young age will carry them - and their benefits - forward for the rest of their lives.
Physical activity can help kids cope with stress. It also promotes:
Ask if they want to be a part of a team or do an individual activity, enroll in a skill based or recreational class or do their activity with a friend or family member.
Parents can provide support and guidance about how to start and how much activity a child needs each day. They need to feel motivated and enjoy their activities. Keeping an activity log can help them chart their progress, while praise and rewards for each small step achieved can help to keep them motivated.
Children should:
Canada 's Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living for Children tells us that three different types of activities promote healthy growth and development:
1. Endurance
Endurance or aerobic activities - activities that involve continuous movement of large muscle groups - increase heart rate, cause breathing to quicken, and make you work up a sweat. They are important for development of a healthy heart and lungs.
Endurance activities can be lots of fun - and they don't have to be competitive. Help your children choose the right activities for them. Here are a few examples:
2. Flexibility
Activities that encourage children to bend, stretch and reach promote flexibility. Having adequate flexibility allows children to participate in daily activities without pain or restriction from their muscles or joints.
Being flexible promotes good posture, reduces muscle stiffness and soreness, increases relaxation and minimizes risk of injury
Flexibility Activities
3. Strength
Working against a resistance helps children build stronger muscles. Adequate muscular strength allows kids to deal with the demands of daily life without excessive stress on their joints and muscles.
Activities that build strength promote strong bones, muscles and good posture, improve the ability to lift and manoeuvre objects and obstacles and enhance healthy growth and development.
Strength activities to promote strong bones and muscles include:
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