Preschool - 4th Grade Fitness & Exercise Activities

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

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.

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

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

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

Play Number Dash with your preschooler and help him learn to identify numbers, write numbers and learn about organized play.

Give your child a chance to feel like important airport personnel and learn a whole host of skills while he's at it!

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

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.

These bean bag games are a fun and inexpensive way to keep your first grader learning! Work on social skills, coordination, math, or even spelling!

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

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

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

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!

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

Your kindergartener will love this counting activity on a rainy day. Turn any indoor space into a colorful hopscotch board and using simple recycled materials.

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.

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.

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

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.