Children are also facing various pressures in modern life. Outdoor sports are very beneficial to children's physical and mental development. Outdoor sports can enhance children's cardiopulmonary function and improve their endurance and physical strength. According to research, children who often participate in outdoor sports have 20% - 30% higher cardiopulmonary function indicators than those who do not exercise often. At the same time, when children run, jump, climb and other activities outdoors, they can improve their physical coordination and balance. Below we will share some outdoor activity ideas suitable for children to try. These activities can not only get children involved, but also help them grow, learn and connect with the world around them.
1.Upcycled Sandbox Garden
Upcycled Sandbox Garden combines elements of sandbox games and gardening activities, allowing children to play with sand and build castles in a traditional sandbox, and grow their own plants and flowers. Children can also role-play in the garden, allowing them to exercise their fine hand movements and improve their hand-eye coordination while playing with sand, planting seeds, watering and fertilizing, and learn to cherish and care for plants.
2.Pool Noodle Obstacle Course
Pool Noodle Obstacle Course is an outdoor sports game that uses pool floats to set up obstacles for children to participate in. The venue can be set up in the indoor living room, outdoor courtyard or community garden. According to the age of the child, parents can stimulate the child's curiosity and desire to explore by setting up various interesting obstacles. At the same time, the pool floats are soft in texture, so even if the child accidentally bumps into them during the game, it is not easy to cause injury, so the child can play with confidence.
3.Bubble Station
I believe every child has played outdoor bubbles. It is really one of the games that every child likes to play. Children can blow bubbles in creative ways, such as trying to use bubble sticks, homemade bubble machines, etc. After countless bubbles are blown out of their mouths, children can catch them with their hands or step on them with their feet. Some children will chase the bubbles. Whether in the park, school playground or family gathering, Bubble Station can attract multiple children to participate together, and children will become familiar and close to each other because of the bubble game.
4.Sandcastle Station
Sandcastle Station is a game that children often play outdoors on the beach, in the sand or in a specially set up sand pit. Children can shape the sand into castles, buildings, animals, etc. in various shapes according to their imagination and creativity. Children can also feel the fine texture and different states of the sand through touching, digging, piling and other actions, and gain rich tactile experience. At the same time, building an exquisite sand castle takes a certain amount of time and energy, which helps to cultivate their good concentration and learning habits.
5.Pool Word Search
Pool Word Search is an outdoor sports game for children. It allows children to interact with each other in a familiar and fun swimming pool. Setting the word search game by the pool or in the pool area increases the fun and attraction of the game, and can also help children absorb and learn knowledge. Compared with traditional learning methods, this game method is more interesting and attractive, and can also improve children's observation and perception of the surrounding environment.
6.Spray the flower letters
"Spray the flower letters" is a creative outdoor sports game suitable for preschool children. It combines letters with flower elements and presents letters by spraying paint or water, allowing children to be creative in the game. Children can choose their favorite colors according to their preferences and design the style of flower letters to stimulate their imagination and creativity. At the same time, in outdoor games, children will become cheerful and feel the beauty of nature.
7.Outdoor dramatic play
Outdoor dramatic play is a unique and valuable outdoor sports game for children. Children can use natural elements such as trees, flowers, stones and some simple props in natural environments such as parks, gardens or the wild to build various imaginative scenes, such as the forest castle in fairy tales and the primitive dinosaur world. This game is suitable for multiple children to play, and they can play role-playing games through the allocation of roles. Through the interaction of the game, it can enhance the interactivity of children and cultivate their social skills and independent creativity.
8.Hopscotch
Hopscotch is a classic outdoor sports game for children. I believe every adult has played it when they were young. This game does not require a high venue. As long as there is a relatively flat ground, such as a school playground, a community open space, a park lawn, etc., it can even be played in your own yard. Just use chalk, stones or other tools to draw a grid on the ground to create a game world for children. It is a very interesting game. It combines sports with games, allowing children to feel the joy of the game in the process of jumping and enhance their balance. In addition to playing alone, this game can also be played by multiple people. Children can take turns to compete or cooperate with each other to cultivate children's social skills and team spirit.
9.Nature color hunt
Nature color hunt is an interesting outdoor sports game for children. It allows children to experience the beauty and magic of nature by playing in parks, suburbs, forests and other environments. In the game, children will carefully observe the surrounding plants, flowers and stones, so that they can learn to pay attention to details, which helps to cultivate their keen observation, improve their perception of the surrounding environment and promote the healthy development of children's physical and mental health.
10.Color hop
Color hop is an outdoor sports game suitable for preschool children. It combines simple jumping exercises with interesting game rules, allowing children to exercise their bodies unconsciously while having fun. Color hop does not require high venues. It can be played in outdoor playgrounds, park grass, or spacious indoor spaces. Players only need to use colored tape, chalk, or colored mats to divide areas of different colors, and children can play the game freely.
11.Nature Collage
Nature Collage is a children's outdoor sports game with nature as the theme. There is no fixed pattern or standard. Children only need to freely combine and splice various natural elements, such as leaves, flowers, branches, stones, pine cones and other materials. This way of playing allows children to find and collect the creative materials they want in nature, which helps to enhance children's cognition and emotional connection with nature, allowing children to better develop their imagination and creativity.
12. Helping in the Garden
"Helping in the Garden" is an outdoor sports game that allows children to participate in garden work. Children can integrate the knowledge learned in textbooks into daily activities by personally participating in various garden work, such as sowing, watering, fertilizing, weeding, pruning, etc. In these processes, children can understand the growth process of plants and the balance of the ecosystem. At the same time, while taking care of the growth of plants in the garden, children can cultivate their sense of responsibility and become little messengers for protecting the environment.
13.Water Play
In the hot summer, Water Play is the outdoor play method that most families will choose. It has various game forms, such as water polo, water gun battle, water slide, water treasure hunt, etc., which can let children play in the water and have fun. During the play, children can observe the various physical properties of water, such as fluidity, solubility, surface tension, etc., and understand the interaction between water and other objects, which helps to stimulate children's curiosity and desire to explore, and promote their cognition and understanding of scientific knowledge.
14.Outdoor Obstacle Course
Outdoor Obstacle Course is an outdoor obstacle course game, which usually sets up various obstacle elements in parks, playgrounds or special outdoor venues, such as balance beams, climbing nets, tire arrays, hurdles, etc. Through this interesting obstacle setting, children's curiosity and desire to explore are stimulated, and their spirit of adventure is enhanced. At the same time, children can also exercise their physical fitness and improve their coordination, flexibility, strength and endurance in the game.
15.Tree Climbing
Tree Climbing is an outdoor sports game that allows children to climb trees. In the process of climbing trees, children can get close to nature, feel the texture of bark, the touch of leaves, listen to the singing of birds, smell the fragrance of trees and flowers, and let children feel the nature with their whole body. At the same time, in the process of climbing trees, children need to use the strength of their arms and legs, which is also a challenging project for children, allowing them to better coordinate their body's sense of balance.
I hope these outdoor game ideas can open up some fun and meaningful outdoor time for children. These games can not only allow children to fully enjoy the beauty of nature, but also exercise their physical functions, develop cognitive abilities, improve social skills, and shape a positive attitude during play. If you are interested in these outdoor sports, take your children to try them!
