Low Cost Things to Do With Kids - Exercise Together

Want to do something fun with your kid(s) and feel like you are doing something good for yourself as well? How about exercising together? If you are a member of a health club and your son or daughter is teenage or older, think about taking your child with you the next time you go for a work out. But going to a gym is not necessary. Maybe you have some weights or exercise machines at home. If this is the case, so much the better, because you have a ready made location and some equipment in place.

If you don't have a work-out area at home, you can do this in your back yard, on your porch, or even in your family room. If your child is older (from about 11-12 years old and up), the exercises can be more strenuous and include some weight lifting and a cardiovascular workout. For younger kids, even simple things like jumping jacks, skipping rope, push-ups, and running in place will serve perfectly well. The length of the work out will also depend on the age of your kids-maybe only 10 minutes for a 5-10 year old boy or girl, up to an hour for a teenager.

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This type of time together is also valuable opportunity to talk about whatever is on your child's mind. Exercising is a great activity to do together with your kids, and helps them burn off some energy and sleep better at night. Exercising is also another activity that costs you nothing out-of-pocket. And let's face the facts: working out won't do you the parent any harm either.

Low Cost Things to Do With Kids - Exercise Together

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David Rozzell blogs at http://rozzell.com about things to do with your kids that are fun, help build strong relationships, and cost little or nothing to do.

Low Cost Things to Do With Kids - Work a Puzzle Together

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Working puzzles is a very good indoor activity, especially appropriate if the weather is rainy or cold and not suitable for playing outside. Puzzles are widely available at toy stores and specialty shops and are typically inexpensive. It is important to make sure the puzzle is age appropriate, not too difficult so that your child get frustrated and loses interest quickly, and not so easy that your son or daughter is quickly bored. If you want the activity to be more educational, choose a puzzle with a theme: the world, United States, the solar system.

I think it is best not to help out too much, but rather let your son or daughter work on the puzzle with only a little assistance from you. If you see that your child is having trouble, you can scratch your head as you pretend to look for a piece, and maybe occasionally nudge it into view. For young kids, in the range of 3-6 yeas of age, try to find a puzzle that can be completed in 5 minutes or less; this will approximately match the amount of time a youngster can focus in a sitting. To stay within this time window, the puzzle should have no more than about 20-30 pieces.

One of my favorite puzzles for kids who are slightly older, about 5 years old and up, is a puzzle of the United States of America with pieces in the shape of the states. What a great way to learn about the 50 states while doing something fun at the same time!

David Rozzell blogs at http://rozzell.com about things to do with your kids that are fun, help build strong relationships, and cost little or nothing to do.