Fun exercises to do at home with kids
Whether it's a rainy day or the school holidays, it can be difficult to find things to do with children to keep them active at home. Have a look at our easy ways to get you and your kids moving.
Yoga for you and the kids
Yoga is great to try as a family, you don't need a big space or much equipment. There are many different styles of yoga to try, with varying levels of difficulty but all involve holding poses, meditation and controlled breathing. Yoga is perfect for increasing fitness, flexibility or just a way to relax and once you know a few poses you can practice together, anywhere. You can find a lot of great yoga videos for kids online for you to try together.
Rebecca, JoJo & Gran Gran show you how to do some Yoga moves.
Yoga with Rebecca and Duggee, you can watch and join in!
Workout with Andy
Have fun with Andy as you learn some fun animal moves that he has learnt on his travels across the world. This is a fun way to include exercise into your daily routine at home. With ten episodes available on 大象传媒 iPlayer you have plenty of workouts to choose from.听
Balloon ball keepy uppies!
You can have endless fun playing with balloons; catch, tennis and seeing how long you can keep it off the ground. Just like Bluey and Bingo!听
Dance with your CBeebies friends
Get dancing to these Swashbuckle bangers听and have a party! You can also have fun playing musical chairs or play the Bluey party freeze game with Evie, Bluey and Bingo.听
And if that wasn't enough dancing check out听Oti's Boogie Beebies听on 大象传媒 iPlayer for more dance moves!
Recycling bowling
Use your empty bottles that are ready to be recycled to create an amazing bowling game! If you have ten bottles you can make a triangle with one bottle at the front, then two, then three and the back row of four bottles, but you can play with however many bottle you have. Use a tennis ball, or soft ball to roll at the bottles and see how many you can knock down with each roll. If you want to keep score, note down how many each person knocks down on their go.听
Play the animal relay game
Run around your living room while doing impressions of different animals! Waddle like a penguin, jump like a frog or hop like a rabbit. You could ask your little ones to list all the animals they know and write them down on some paper, fold up the paper and take it in turns to choose one, then you can to do impressions of that animal.听
Tidy up racing
After all the fun and games, put on a song and see who can tidy up before it finishes!听
