More fun than star jumps Walking - if you can, incorporate walking into your daily routine. Walk to school, to the shops, to the library and around your local park. At weekends, think about visiting a large country park or a woodland nature path, and encourage your child to keep walking by collecting things along the way or making a trail of sticks. Swimming - see if your local pool runs play sessions for kids with floats and water slides. Check out swimming classes, too. Remember, an adult must supervise a child under eight or a child who is not confident around water. Activity classes - if your finances allow, think about enrolling your child for other classes. Try gym, dance, judo or other martial arts, horse riding, skating and more. Find out what's available in your area by checking the noticeboards at your local leisure centre or library, contacting your council or looking in your local telephone directory.
 Practise throwing and catching
Fun in the park - if you have enough space, play tag and other chasing games, have a running competition (on grass only), take a ball to practise throwing and catching, and spend plenty of time at the swings and on climbing frames. Physical play - if you provide certain games equipment you'll automatically be encouraging your child to exercise. Try a bicycle (with stabilisers at first), a scooter, a football, smaller balls, plastic bats, an ordinary skipping rope, a French skipping rope (like a large elastic band), beanbags or a hula hoop. Don't be afraid to let the child in you out - play along. Share some of your favourite childhood games, too.
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