When kids participate in a lot of organized and structured activities, it can be difficult for them to be satisfied with unstructured time. Encourage your children and your family to write up a “Wish List” of things to do in your free time.  Just hanging out leads to play!

What to do in your own Backyard:

• Find time to just “hang out”
• Do a chore together (clean the garage, rake leaves)
• Play with your children
• Teach them a new skill
• Lay in the grass and look at the clouds, or roll over and look for 4 leaf clovers
• Plant and tend a garden together
• Put on your own Backyard Olympics
• Build a Campfire, roast marshmallows, sing songs
• Go for a walk
• Consider it “play” time, rather than “exercise” time (it’s more fun!)
• Plan a surprise outing
• Organize a family project

Backyard Olympics

Boredom Busters

National PE Day