Introducing Fitness Through Playful Activities

Establishing a fit and healthy lifestyle is vital - for parents and kids. Parents' Choice offers the following suggestions for products designed to introduce and encourage physical fitness in young children from infants to age 6. And don't miss Push, Pull, Pedal and Swing, our list of award-winning bikes, trikes and wild wheeled rides.

Wee Exercise
Ages: Infant - 1 yrs.
Wee Exercise, $30.00 (DVD)

In baby's first year of life, it's all about being "Fit from the Start to be Smart." Research shows that early exercise stimulates important connections in the brain that are the foundation for fine and gross motor skills. The Wee Exercise program is designed by a Pediatric Occupational Therapist to boost baby's coordination, strength, and brainpower helping baby reach those important development milestones. Product Description

Yoga Ma Baby Ga
Ages: Infant - 2 yrs.
Down Dog Productions, LLC, $24.95 (DVD)

Yoga Ma Baby Ga is an interactive mom and baby yoga experience; unique picture-in-picture format allows mom to follow postnatal yoga routine in lower corner of screen at the same time baby participates or watches engaging images and enriching music by her side.

Infantastic! Workout - Bonding with Baby through Excercise
Ages: 2 months - 10 months
Van Castle Entertainment, Inc., $14.99

This exercise program helps new moms bounce back from childbirth and regain energy and strength by working out with your pint-sized training partner. Divided into three mini-workouts, the program places special emphasis on the areas which new moms are most concerned - abdominals, thighs, buttocks and the pelvic floor muscles. Product Description

BabyPro: Let's Play Ball
Ages: 3 months - 4 yrs.
Producer: BabyPro, LLC, $17.95 (DVD)

BabyPro: Let’s Play Ball breathes new life into the baby-video genre by inspiring kids to go out and play, rather than just sit and watch. Three sports are featured, including baseball, basketball, and soccer. With each sport segment, three different levels are presented, starting with little kids playing the sport, moving to older elementary-school-age kids running around, then ending with professionals performing. At every stage, a narrator explains the fundamental skills involved in the sport while kids (and later adults) show how it’s done.

Easy Score Basketball
Ages: 1 - 5 yrs.
Little Tikes, $25.99

The sturdy toddler sized basketball hoop adjusts to six different heights, growing right along with developing athletes.

Huggy Sport Horseshoe Set
Ages: 2 & Up
Hooray!, $24.99

A colorful horseshoe game for your tot! These vividly colored horseshoes are easy to grip and are safe and fun to toss. Set comes with 4 soft rubber horseshoes and a base.

Huggy Sport: Bat and Ball
Ages: 2 & Up
Hooray!, $20.00

Watch your tot play ball! This set is great because it's soft - parents don't have to worry about hard bats. Great for hand/eye coordination and just overall fun. Comes in its own clear carrying case.

Huggy Sport: Ringtoss
Ages: 2 & Up
Hooray!, $25.00

Brightly colored and appealing, the easy-to-grip foam rings are big enough to allow the triumph of a toddler’s toss while still providing a challenge for the rest of the family. Although we highly recommend this for the kids, don’t be surprised to see it adorn an office desk near you. Carrying case is a plus.