Make time for play!

Play is an essential part of your child’s health and wellbeing as well as yours!

It is so important to make time to play and at the same time be more active!

So next time you have a moment, take part in one of the activities below with your kids and get your body moving!

All use differing amounts of equipment—but what they have in common is they are all active and take little time to set up or organise.

	You only need 30 minutes of moderate exercise a day to boost your happiness and health. As long as it is done in 10 minute bursts or more, this exercise can be things like cycling to work, playing outside with family or even walking briskly to the shops. Like a lot of people in York you’re probably close to hitting your target of 30 minutes a day. If you would like some suggestions on easy ways you can get your 30 minutes in York then visit www.justafewminutesmore.com.

"Active Play with your Children"

Join in with the activities that your children want to do (For example, Street Sport York for details or activities in Schools Out.

• Cycle with your kids to an activity session
• Play tig while walking on your way to school
• Walk your dog or your friends dog!
• Walk to pick up your kids from school/OOSC. 
• Get off the bus a few steps earlier 
• Organise some activities in the garden like a simple assault course 
• Make sure you take a ball / frisbee or tennis racket to the park 
• Wii Sports/PS Dance Mat is a great way to keep fit indoors! 
• Skipping in the garden 
• Play in the park 
• Swingball
• Trampoline 
• Nature Trail 
• Rollar skating 
• Dancing 
• Swimming 
• Hula Hoops 
• Hopscotch 
• Collect conkers 
• Mums and Buggies sessions 
• Snowball fight 
• Build sandcastles 
• Pick your own fruit 
• Hide and seek 
• Twister 
• Kite Flying 
• Sledging 
• Garden Olympics 
• Ball relay 
• Space Hoppers
• Circus Skills