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Fitness Games and Exercise for Kids

Work it out with these tons-of-fun educational fitness and exercise games and activities. Healthy bodies mean healthy minds and learning through play is often the most effective way to teach kids important concepts while helping them to master key skills. Browse our selection of fitness and exercise activities and find a few for your kid.
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Play an ABC Balloon Game

Celebrate Read Across America Day with your kindergartener by playing an alphabet balloon volley game inspired by "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back" by Dr. Seuss.

Pinball Machine Game

The next time you're trapped indoors on a dreary day, try this take on dodgeball. All you need are a group of kids, an open area and a soft, spongy ball.

Throw a P.E. party in your own backyard that will make fitness fun!

Are you looking for a fun game that will keep your child on his toes? Try introducing him to Water Tag.

Verbs Relay Race!

Help your first grade reader understand verbs by doing them in this boisterous playground relay race.

Sight Word Island Hopping!

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important first grade vocabulary.

Jump Rope The Days of the Week!

Here are two fun, rhythmic jump rope chants to help your first grader learn the days of the week, practice reading skills, and stay fit!

Kids will love this more challenging version of tag where they'll have to run while "attached" to someone else.

Play Original Hopscotch!

The objectives of this classic game are to toss a marker onto each square, to hop onto the single squares, and to skip the square where the marker landed.

Play Animal Musical Chairs

In this variation on musical chairs, no one gets kicked "out" of the game -- instead, they get to tell other kids what to do!

Exercise...with Dice!

Run, jump, and skip your way to physical fitness as your exercise with dice! It's a perfect party or family game.

Wax Paper Skating

When itâs too warm to ice skate or too cold to roller skate or you simply want an anytime, indoor activity, set up a wax paper skating rink.

Promote the well-being of your first or second grader's mind and body by teaching him some beginning yoga poses and techniques.

Get your 4th-7th grade child outside with this fast-paced twist on the classic game of tag. This activity provides good cardiovascular exercise.

Make exercise fun for your child with this energetic fitness game that's a cross between a cake walk and musical chairs.

Stay Active With Fitness Tic-Tac-Toe

Make physical activity fun with this 4th-5th grade fitness game that's a twist on classic Tic-Tac-Toe.

This Valentine's Day, promote strong hearts with an active relay that the whole family can enjoy! It's light on the wallet, but heavy on heart health.

Balloon Olympics

The next time your kids are pent up inside because of bad weather, try hosting a Balloon Olympics!

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