Seasonal Sports and Fun
To keep your family active, embrace seasonal sports like swimming, skiing, hiking, and more. Topics include best indoor or rainy-day activities, favorite outdoor games and sports, and seasonal safety reminders.
Make Your Thanksgiving Fun and Active
Whip up some Thanksgiving fun for the whole family by going beyond TV football and cornucopia crafts. While you're waiting for your turkey to come out of the oven, or in the lull between the bread stuffing and the pumpkin pie, burn some calories with these kid-friendly physical activities that are easily adaptable for toddlers, teens, and seniors too.
Whip up some Thanksgiving fun for the whole family by going beyond TV football and cornucopia crafts. While you're waiting for your turkey to come out of the oven, or in the lull between the bread stuffing and the pumpkin pie, burn some calories with these kid-friendly physical activities that are easily adaptable for toddlers, teens, and seniors too.
Fall Fitness Fun
Autumn brings new opportunities for active family fun and outdoor fitness excursions. Get out and get moving in the crisp fall air with these ideas for hiking, raking, football, and more.
Autumn brings new opportunities for active family fun and outdoor fitness excursions. Get out and get moving in the crisp fall air with these ideas for hiking, raking, football, and more.
12 Rainy Day Activities
Don't let a little rain keep your kids parked on the couch all day: Try one of these games, activities, or outings that encourage physical activity (and keep the "I'm bored" blues away too).
Don't let a little rain keep your kids parked on the couch all day: Try one of these games, activities, or outings that encourage physical activity (and keep the "I'm bored" blues away too).
Holiday Fitness for Families
Advice on holiday fitness for families with kids. Includes ways to add exercise to shopping and to holiday traditions such as parties and viewing holiday decorations.
Advice on holiday fitness for families with kids. Includes ways to add exercise to shopping and to holiday traditions such as parties and viewing holiday decorations.
Cure Cabin Fever With Active Play
Getting outside is the number one cure, but sometimes you can't do that (or you already have). Cool your kids' case of cabin fever with these suggestions for active, indoor play.
Getting outside is the number one cure, but sometimes you can't do that (or you already have). Cool your kids' case of cabin fever with these suggestions for active, indoor play.
Best Winter Activities for Your Family
When cold, snowy, icy weather comes your way, resist the urge to hide inside! Winter offers lots of opportunities for fun family fitness, so pull on those mittens and get outdoors. Find information on several winter activities that are fun for kids and families to do together.
When cold, snowy, icy weather comes your way, resist the urge to hide inside! Winter offers lots of opportunities for fun family fitness, so pull on those mittens and get outdoors. Find information on several winter activities that are fun for kids and families to do together.
Snow Play Essentials
If you are heading out into the snow to play with kids, bring a small backpack with these essentials. Suggested packing list for brief outings: sledding, snowshoeing, walking, and general snow play.
If you are heading out into the snow to play with kids, bring a small backpack with these essentials. Suggested packing list for brief outings: sledding, snowshoeing, walking, and general snow play.
Ice Skate Sharpening Tips
Ice skate sharpening can be confusing (when? where? how often?), so here's a cheat sheet. If your child figure skates or plays ice hockey, be ready for the winter sports season with sharpened skates.
Ice skate sharpening can be confusing (when? where? how often?), so here's a cheat sheet. If your child figure skates or plays ice hockey, be ready for the winter sports season with sharpened skates.
Just Add Water: 8 Wet Ways to Play
Motivate kids to move on a lazy, warm day with these easy, inexpensive water activities—even simpler than a trip to the pool (but don't forget the sunscreen!).
Motivate kids to move on a lazy, warm day with these easy, inexpensive water activities—even simpler than a trip to the pool (but don't forget the sunscreen!).
Have a Healthy Halloween
Candy and costumes are a treat, but most parents, doctors, and dentists say "Boo" to too much sticky sugar for kids. But there's plenty of fun to be had on Halloween even without the sweets. Here's how to have a happy, healthy Halloween.
Candy and costumes are a treat, but most parents, doctors, and dentists say "Boo" to too much sticky sugar for kids. But there's plenty of fun to be had on Halloween even without the sweets. Here's how to have a happy, healthy Halloween.
Halloween Party Games That Get Kids Moving
If you're hosting a kids' Halloween party, plan some games that get kids moving—the better to burn off those candy-coated calories and high-fructose energy!
If you're hosting a kids' Halloween party, plan some games that get kids moving—the better to burn off those candy-coated calories and high-fructose energy!
Halloween Party Games - Your Halloween Party Games Ideas
Parents and party planners share their favorite Halloween party games for kids. Get ideas or submit your own.
Parents and party planners share their favorite Halloween party games for kids. Get ideas or submit your own.
Planning a Family Reunion
Best suited for gatherings of less than a hundred people, these ideas for planning a family reunion are tailored to fit those who want something easy, something economical or something in between.
Best suited for gatherings of less than a hundred people, these ideas for planning a family reunion are tailored to fit those who want something easy, something economical or something in between.
Camping and Hiking as a Family
Find camping, hiking, and backpacking tips and ideas. These fun family activities promote physical fitness, teach kids about nature, and build confidence and family bonds.
Find camping, hiking, and backpacking tips and ideas. These fun family activities promote physical fitness, teach kids about nature, and build confidence and family bonds.
Geocaching: A New Family Sport
For a fun outdoor activity for your family, try the new, active sport of geocaching. In the spring or fall, when you're looking for a family-friendly outdoor excursion, geocaching fits the bill.
For a fun outdoor activity for your family, try the new, active sport of geocaching. In the spring or fall, when you're looking for a family-friendly outdoor excursion, geocaching fits the bill.
Top 5 Snow Toys
Snow can be so much more fun if you have the right toys to play with! Kids love making snowmen and snowballs, but there are lots of snow toys to make snowy days all the more fun! Snow toys include sleds, snowmobiles, snowboards, snow games and much more.
Snow can be so much more fun if you have the right toys to play with! Kids love making snowmen and snowballs, but there are lots of snow toys to make snowy days all the more fun! Snow toys include sleds, snowmobiles, snowboards, snow games and much more.
Do-It-Yourself Backyard Ice Rink
Follow one dad's step-by-step instructions for creating your very own ice rink.
Follow one dad's step-by-step instructions for creating your very own ice rink.