25 Ideas to get your kids outside, while it’s still warm!

This post is sponsored by KIND in connection with the Mom It Forward Blog Network 

The best part of summer- Being outside! There are significant health benefits to letting your kids be outside.  Today, it’s hard for parents to let their kids play outdoors, but the need for being outdoors for the health of our children is more important than ever.  Today’s kids are averaging 7 hours in front of a screen, which contributes to stress, inability to focus, excess weight, and behavior problems!  On the other hand, playing outside:

1. Gives kids much the much needed sunshine vitamin,  Vitamin D!
2. Decreases stress!
3. Improves social behavior
4. Improves focus
5. Increases fitness levels
6. Improves brain function
7. Protects emotional development
8. develop stronger immunity
9. Helps improve creativity
10. Improves balance and coordination.

So, before the weather gets too cold, here are our top 25 things to do outside with our kids that cost NO MONEY AT ALL! (or very little)

1. Play baseball
2. Play Frisbee
3. Find a pond, lake, or pool to swim in
4. Plant a garden
5. Go on a hike
6. Go to the park
7. Go on a family walk.
8. Go on a bike ride, or roller skating
9. Have a picnic
10. Build a campfire
11. Play in the sprinklers
12. Make your own slip n slide 
13. Take a dog on a walk
14. Draw a hop scotch board in front of your house
15. Paint with homemade chalk
16. Collect rocks
17. Look for bugs.
18. Have a photo scavenger hunt
19. Jump roping
20. Try fishing
21. Wait till night and look at the stars
22. Go camping!
23. Find a petting zoo
24. Make an obstacle course
25. Visit a farmers market, or a farm!

Plus 50 more outdoor ideas here! 

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RESOURCES

• Super important article here about why kids aren’t getting enough outdoor time.
• Nature Deficit Disorder explained here.
• http://www.nwf.org/What-We-Do/Kids-and-Nature/Why-Get-Kids-Outside/Health-Benefits.aspx
• Outdoor Play Benefits