20 creative cardboard box games, crafts, and activities for kids
Cardboard boxes are one of the greatest and most versatile toys. Really! Before you take your boxes to the recycling bin, try these fun ideas.
Cheap or free at-home activities for kids
It might seem difficult at times to get kids active on a budget. Check out these cheap or free activities your kids can do easily at home!
Keeping kids active when you’re under the weather
Being active can be as simple as doing jumping jacks in the living room, ninja courses through the hall, or providing kids with the opportunity to explore and learn through hands-on tactile play.
How grandparents can share physical literacy with grandkids
Grandparents who babysit or take care of their grandkids have a great opportunity to play together and boost physical literacy.
This library is an indoor and outdoor active living space
Meet Jenn Carson. She’s a mom, an active community member, an author, a yogi, and the Library Director of LP Fisher Public Library, in Woodstock, New Brunswick. And she’s turning libraries on their head. Or at least the people using her library. Jenn, also known as the “Yoga Librarian,” is on a mission to change … Continued
57 fun physical activities for kids aged 2 to 4
This list offers plenty of fun and simple ideas that will help your young ones get active and develop skills in a variety of ways.
What’s in a cardboard box? 12 new play ideas for kids
With these creative ideas, a cardboard box will become so much more than that to your kids! It’ll serve as a play prompt for hours of fun.
Sharing Dance launches new online teaching resources
Resources introduce more kids to the physical, emotional, and social benefits of dance
Build your own water table this summer
In the heat of summer, you may want nothing more than to jump in a pool or run through a sprinkler, but that’s not the only way to have fun with water! A water table is simple to build at home.
Try these sprinkler games for some cool summer fun
It’s summer! If you’re looking for the perfect ingredients for backyard fun, add a pinch of friends and family, a dash of laughter, a smidge of silly, a dab of imagination, and a sprinkle of … sprinklers! Sun and waterplay go together like lemonade and ice cubes. When the temperatures go up, kids love to … Continued
Make gardening an active family affair
Gardening can be fun for kids too
10 international skill-building games
10 international games for kids to play
Our role models’ top tips on keeping kids active in summer
How to keep kids moving and having fun
Improv is a great way to keep physically literate kids moving
Improv teaches how to communicate with your body
Making use of loose parts
Use loose parts to unleash your child’s creativity
Kayaking: a fun way for kids to build core strength
Give this fun family activity a try
6 tips for keeping kids active on long road trips
Burn off energy with these active ideas
Throwing: How to teach kids to throw correctly
Learn the basics of an overhand throw
May is for mental health
Spend time outside to de-stress
5 tips to engage children with autism in active play
Common strategies to help kids with ASD
Study finds year-round school leads kids to university by 16, med school by 20
Forget summer plans, keep kids in school instead
13 fun activities to play in the dark
Fall means fewer daylight hours, but it doesn’t have to mean less outdoor play! These games and activities are fun to play in the dark.
Kids enjoy music and physical activity at The Saskatchewan Music Camps
Physical literacy is big part of these music camps
Try our Winter Break Bingo printable
This fun and active bingo printable is a great way for kids to get moving over the winter holidays!