Fitness for Kids

Deliver the pleasure of your child. Distract him from the TV - pomashite hand and say "bye!" Dinozavrik pink, blue dog and the guy-sponge. Instead, go out with him on the street and play in salochki or catch-up.

Passive children grow up in passive adults. Meanwhile, regular physical exercise improve the condition of the musculoskeletal system, developing endurance, reduce the risk of serious diseases of the cardiovascular system, help prevent diabetes and colon cancer. Physiotherapy also normalizes blood pressure and increases self-esteem of the child.

American Heart Association recommends that a special exercise or mobile games with children from one year to three years, at least 30 minutes a day, from three years to school - 60 minutes. In addition, all children must be from one to several hours a day to devote free physical activity. Preschool children should not remain motionless for over an hour (not counting sleep time, of course), then necessarily need to take a break and move around.

Aerobic exercise (running, jumping, ball games, etc.) strengthens the cardiovascular system of the child. Exercises for strength and flexibility (lasagna, streamers) strengthen bones and muscles and improve coordination of movements.

Ask your child to get up and play with him, performing the following exercises.

Exercise for children from 1 year to 3 years.

1. Walking on the "tightrope"
* With the construction tape were carried out on the floor line.
* However traverse this "rope".
* Try not to step on the floor. Please click the "rope" face forward, back and sideways

Result: Exercise improves balance, strengthens muscles of the legs

2. Banners
* Put the feet shoulder width apart. Ask your child to repeat the movement for you.
* Sit down on his haunches.
* Slowly pull the upright. Stretch arms above his head.
* Slowly lower your hands.
* Again, squatted down and repeat all over again.

Result: exercise helps pull all the muscles of the body

3. Head, shoulders, knees and toes
* Face the child.
* Slower to name all the body parts listed in the name of the exercise - so that your child has had time to touch each of them.
* If the child is doing something right, change the order of the pace and speed.

Result: exercise develops flexibility. Also, you are helping your child learn the names of body parts and learn concepts such as top, bottom, left, right.

Exercises for preschoolers

1. Jumps

* Take a child's hands together and try to jump as high as possible.
* Try to invest in a jump as much energy, land with slightly bent knees.
* Now try to jump, holding his hands at his sides.
* Twist in the jump, helping himself with his feet and hands.

Result: The exercise strengthens the leg muscles and improves blood circulation.

2. Swing

* Sit on the floor, clasp hands and feet under the knees. Let the child repeat after you.
* Rolled onto his back, not moving his hands.
* Do not roll over on his neck - it can cause discomfort and impede the exercise.
* After several repetitions, returning to the original position, try brushing from side to side.

Result: stretch your back muscles and strengthens abdominal muscles.

3. Mirror.

* Ask the child to be your reflection in a mirror - let it just repeats your movements.
* Make slow motion. Be the "reflection" on the queue.
* Invent movements that require flexibility and train the child. Bend at the waist, raise his hands above his head, stand on tiptoe, crouch, run on the spot.

The result: improved coordination of movements, as the child should repeat what he sees. It is useful to him when he will learn to write. The exercise develops flexibility and strengthens the cardiovascular system.
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