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Keeping your kids fit!

Fit Active Children are Healthy Children No doubt you would have read in the newspaper or heard on television the growth in childhood obesity and the effects it has on a child’s health.

More and more children are spending there time sitting in front of TV or playing computer games instead of playing outdoors, outdoor play time burns far more calories than other forms of play, parents and adults should get involved to as an average adult playing actively with a child will burn nearly 4 times more calories in an hour than they would watching television!

Playgrounds help your child develop and are fun! The benefits of outdoor play are endless, children just call it fun but child psychologists say with a well designed climbing frame children are developing important physical skills like, balance, co-ordination, strength and agility.

 

The child also has to problem solve, concentrate, explore, use their imagination and discover how they reach their goal. managing risk and building confidence. Obviously safety is the number one priority when it comes to a child playing on challenging play equipment, under correct supervision it encourages children to assess and manage risk for themselves, this is a very important skill for the rest of their lives.

 

When a child achieves something that they thought they would not be able to do, it gives them such a sense of achievement and confidence to try challenge themselves in the future, this will boost their self esteem and confidence. Throughout each day children need 60 minutes or more of physical activity.

 

Get your children to be active in as many ways as possible, playgrounds are a great way to keep up exercise and have fun!

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Pushing boundaries, having fun

The benefits of outdoor play are endless.

Children just call it fun, but child psychologists say that when they use a well-designed playground kids are developing important physical skills like balance, co-ordination, strength and agility. They also have to problem-solve, concentrate, explore, use their imagination and discover how they can achieve their goal.

These days more and more we are worried about safety, accidents and managing risk, obviously safety is the number one priority when it comes to children playing on challenging play equipment but under correct supervision it encourages them to assess and manage risk for themselves and this is a very important skill to have for the rest of their lives.

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