• Do an indoor scavenger hunt
• Create a scavenger hunt in your neighbourhood
• Create a scavenger hunt in your apartment building
• Get out the pillows and do gymnastics
• Turn on the music and have an evening dance club
• Pull the car out of the garage and play garage hockey
• Run up the stairs in your apartment building and keep track of who has done the most flights
• Sidestep in the hallways of your apartment building
• Keep balls, skipping ropes and Frisbees in your car
• Invest in pedometers and track your family's increase in steps
• Race your kids to the car
• Play Twister
• Play tag
• Play kick-the-can
• Have a hula-hoop contest
• Do somersaults in the living room
• Walk the curb
• Do yoga
• Jump for joy
• Fly a kite
• Walk to the video store
• Walk to school
• Park a few blocks from your destination and walk the rest of the way
• Create an obstacle course for bikes
• Use a stopwatch to time your kids running around the house
• Choreograph an aerobics class for kids
• Play keep-away
• Keep a balloon in the air
(Are you a serious type who has trouble letting go? Learn how to release your inner child.)
Excerpted from Child's Play by Silken Laumann. Copyright 2006 by Silken Laumann. Excerpted with permission by Random House Canada. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
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