Keeping Children
Healthy at Home
and School
www.eathealthybeactive.net
Use this activity to help
your child learn
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Freeze Dance
What You Need:
• Music
T IV E
B E P H Y S IC A L LY A C
Keep your family fit by encouraging them
to be physically active
How Much Physical Activity?
Preschool-aged children should get at
least 60 minutes of structured physical
activity and 60 minutes of unstructured
physical activity each day. Young children
should also not be inactive for more than
one hour at a time, unless sleeping.
Structured Activities
Structured play includes activities
organized by an adult. While your child
probably participates in structured play
in his or her classroom, it is beneficial to
continue activities at home. Some simple
ideas to play with your child at home
include:
Circular 1037-22, February 2014. Kathryn Tarulli, Dr. Diane Bales and Dr.
Charlotte Wallinga. The University of Georgia, Fort Valley State University, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture and counties of the state cooperating. UGA Extension
offers educational programs, assistance and materials to all people without
regard to race, color, national origin, age, gender or disability.
The University of Georgia is committed to principles of equal opportunity and
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• Tag
• Red Light, Green Light
• Catch
• Simon Says
• Freeze Dance
Unstructured Active Play
Unstructured play happens when children
are allowed to play with supervision but
without being told what to do. For example,
children engage in unstructured active play
when they run, climb and pretend.
*The Nemours Foundation. (2012). KidsHealth: Raising
a Fit Preschooler. Retrieved from http://kidshealth.org/
parent/fit_preschooler.html
What To Do:
• Play music and dance with your child
when the music is playing
• Stop the music
• Everyone must freeze in place when
the music stops
• Continue playing the music, stopping
it periodically
• Challenge your child to come up with
new dance moves while the music is
playing