Increase Your Child’s Fitness By Playing Lawn Games

Most people these days don’t get as much exercise as they should. Many parents are becoming increasingly

concerned about how much time children spend indoors these days, being distracted by tablets and other sedentary activities. Childhood obestiy is on the rise, and this can only result in serious health issues in later years.

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This is particularly concerning for all of us. The future of our children is important to us all. Encouraging them to have a balanced lifestyle can go far towards keeping them healthy for a lifetime.

Something that can help towards your children enjoying a greater level of activity are garden games. They not only offer a fun way to enjoy family time together, but will also give an opportunity for more exercise.

Here are some suggestions on garden games that you can use to instigate more physical activity in your home:

Giant Chess – with this ‘larger than life’ board game, you can bring entertainment outside. Perfect to teach your children how to play. Sit back and take a seat with a glass of wine whilst you ask them to move the pieces for you.

Giant Connect 4 – This giant version of the popular Hasbro family game will keep them busy for hours. Your children will slot disks into the frame as they learn how important strategy and a sharp eye are in order to get ahead of their opponent.

Lawn Darts – Hours of entertainment can be enjoyed by taking darts outside. Your children will soon gain greater accuracy as they learn how to land their darts inside the target rings. Designed to be thrown underhand, there are 6 darts in each set along with 2 target rings.

Quoits – Easy to play and perfect for teaching mathematics and addition, Quoits is a great family game that will add something extra to your summer evenings.

Wooden climbing frame – our wooden climbing frames inspire active role play and are the ideal addition to any adventure game. Extra energy will soon be burnt off on the strong, sturdy and natural wood climbing frame. Secret missions will be accomplished and early bedtime will be in order!

Once your children discover how much fun playing garden games can be, they will actually prefer them to playing video games and you’ll be happy that you are positively influencing the amount of fitness that they are enjoying.