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NEWS ARCHIVE
Parenting Tips on Jan. 4 Fox 4 Morning News: Baby It's Cold Outside + Outdoor Winter Activities
Children need about 60 minutes of active physical play per day ... but what do you do when it's winter? Tune in as the Fox 4 parenting expert shares ideas to get out and keep safe during the winter months.
Why go outside?
- Use large muscles
- Work out energy
- Helps with growth and development
- Opportunity for family time
Playing it safe
- Watch temperature and windchill
- Dress for weather
- Limit time -- watch for signs of distress
- Plan and promote activities
Outdoor Winter Activity Ideas
- Build a snow creature
- Build an igloo
- Go sledding -- keep safety in mind
- Build snow pies -- bring pans, other materials
- Go on an outdoor scavenger hunt -- pine cone, sticks, leaves, nuts
- Take a family walk -- look at holiday lights, snow, nature
- Take pictures of trees/plants in all seasons, compare with other seasons
- Shovel snow - shovel snow in a maze design
- Look for animal tracks. Decide what animal made each print.
- Get balls together for winter sports
- Have a Winter Olympics
- Fill a bird feeder or make homemade bird feeders
- Bring toy cars and trucks outside
- Make your own tracks in the snow with different objects
- Adopt a tree
- Practice putting on winter coats, gloves, mittens, hats, boots, etc
- Make graph to show many times you see each animal they see this winter.
- Talk about the Polar Bear at the zoo
- Prepare a space for a spring garden
- Experiment with freezing water in different shaped containers
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 29 June 2011 )
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