Research shows that active play supports healthy brain development and contributes to social and emotional well-being. Through actively moving their bodies, children practice risk-taking and collaboration, while also finding better sleep at night. All things growing bodies and minds need to feel their best!

Play & Learn At Home
🌲 Take a 15 minute family walk.

🎼  Turn on music and have a dance party.

🧘 Try family yoga for 10 minutes

🛒  Have children help with groceries (bending, lifting, carrying,..)

📦  Tunnels!  Get a large box (large enough to fit your child).  Encourage your child to crawl through.  They can also roll cars or balls through and run to get them on the other side!

〰️ Make a line of masking tape or painter’s tape on the carpet or floor.  Show children how to walk along the line, jump along the line, hop from one side to the other, or push a car along the line. There are so many possibilities.  

• Looking for more inspiration at home? We love these resources:

  Indoor Physical Activities for Toddlers  https://www.verywellfamily.com/toddler-activities-4013770
  
  Mindfulness Practices for Families https://www.zerotothree.org/resource/mindfulness-practices-for-families/
  
  Brain Building Through Play https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/brainbuildingthroughplay/#:~:text=Through%20games%20and%20playful%20activities,and%20developing%20basic%20self%2Dcontrol