The Fitness Fun Busy Book

by Trish Kuffner

Overview

The Fitness Fun Busy Book (previously titled The Wiggle & Giggle Busy Book) contains 365 creative, lively games and activities to keep toddlers and preschoolers busy and active. It provides great alternatives to watching television, playing video games, or doing other sedentary activities. This book will get your young child up and moving for hours! The Fitness Fun Busy Book shows parents and daycare providers how to: instill a love of physical exercise through games and activities that encourage a child to move; focus a child's energy constructively; encourage a child to strengthen large and small motor skills; connect music and rhyme with physical expression to develop a child's creativity; and celebrate holidays and other special occasions with games and activities that get everyone moving. This book is written with warmth and sprinkled with humor and insight.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476701707
Publisher:	Hachette Books
Publication date:	12/17/2013
Series:	Busy Books Series , #5
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	360
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Trish Kuffner lives with her husband and five children just outside Vancouver, British Columbia. She is the author of The Toddler's Busy Book, The Preschooler's Busy Book, The Children's Busy Book, The Arts & Crafts Busy Book, and The Wiggle & Giggle Busy Book.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Get Moving! 5

Benefits of Physical Activity 8

Physical Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers 9

A Parent's or Caregiver's Role 12

Getting Started 15

About This Book 17

What about Small-Motor Skills? 18

Let's Get Moving! 19

Chapter 2 Outdoor Activities 21

Locomotor Activities 22

Stability Activities 37

Manipulative Activities 47

Group Activities 69

Chapter 3 Indoor Activities 97

Locomotor Activities 98

Stability Activities 115

Manipulative Activities 139

Group Activities 152

Chapter 4 Creative Movement 171

Rhythm and Dance 172

Let's Pretend 183

Action Songs and Rhymes 197

Group Activities 224

Chapter 5 Water Fun 231

Backyard Activities 232

Indoor Water Play 247

Pool Activities 253

Group Activities 260

Chapter 6 Holiday Activities 269

Valentine's Day 270

Saint Patrick's Day 277

Easter 283

Canada Day 290

Independence Day 296

Halloween 302

Thanksgiving 309

Hanukkah 315

Christmas 321

Kwanzaa 332

Appendixes 338

Appendix A U.S. Physical Activity Guidelines 338

Appendix B Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines 339

Appendix C Canadian Sedentary Behavior Guidelines 340

Appendix D Healthy Eating for Preschoolers 341

Appendix E Instructions for Making Props 343

Action Cube 343

Dreidel 344

Appendix F Resources for Parents 345

Index 347