LibGuides: Get Up and Move: Home

Exercise for adults

6 Simple Exercises You Can Do While Cooking Dinner
The Research Is In: Yes, Gardening Totally Counts As Exercise
YMCA Launches Free Online Classes
A new, online community program—YMCA 360 Opens a new window—allows participants to stay connected and active, even when they can’t visit the Y. The program will be accessible to both YMCA members as well as the general public for the foreseeable future.
How To Exercise At Home: The 50 Best Free Online Workout Resources
22 Fun and Free Summertime Exercise Ideas

All Ages

Debbie Allen Dance Academy - free virtual programs
8 Fun Ways to Exercise As a Family
Charlotte Ballet Facebook page
They are providing videos and activities using their dancers at home!

Get Up and Move!

Teachers Pay Teachers - Bug Movement cards ($3)

Get up and get out (if possible) and do a bee dance! https://www.shareitscience.com/2017/06/bee-dance-communication-dance-coding.html

Get Up and Move

PBS Make Dinosaur Feet
Includes supply list, pictures, and a video to go along with their show Dinosaur Train! It also has links to Related Activities.

Roll-a-Dinosaur Movement Game

Exercise for children

Break a Sweat With These Disney-Inspired Workouts
Take a Brain Break With These 11 YouTube Channels With Movement-Encouraging Videos For Kids
Cleveland Inner City Ballet FREE Virtual Online Ballet Classes Offered on Facebook! Stream time 12 Noon EST. Every Wednesday!
Joe Wicks (Body Coach TV) exercises for kids
Joe Wicks is offering kids exercise videos every weekday at 9am!
16 Mind-Blowing Exercise Games To Make Kids Active, Fit & Healthy
Libby's Outdoor Maintenance Facebook page
Stuck in quarantine with the kiddos? Looking for things to keep them out of your hair? Here are some activities to keep them busy!
Fun exercises for kids
25+ Ideas to Exercise with Kids
45+ Fun Physical Activities for Kids of All Ages, Categorized
#PlayAtHome with Playworks
School closures are significantly changing day-to-day life for kids across the country and the world. Families are looking for ways to keep their kids engaged, active, and having fun. And teachers are looking for support interacting with students virtually. Playworks is here to help!
Fun with Mama - yoga cards for kids

Lists of Ideas

10 No-Cost, Screen-Free Activities to Play with Your Preschooler
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) report on the importance of play explains that inexpensive toys such as blocks, balls, jump ropes and buckets are more effective in allowing children to be imaginative and creative than more expensive toys that may be out of reach for many parents.
70 Things to Do with Kids Now That We’re All Stuck at Home
If you are looking for some fun things to do with kids while you’re stuck at home, here are some ideas. Do you have an idea that isn’t on this list? Let us know and we’ll add it! We will all need all the ideas we can get in these next several weeks.
Put Down the Phone: 100 (Nonscreen) Activities to Occupy Your Kids in Quarantine
With families holed up at home, we pulled together a list of 100 nonscreen activities to keep kids engaged. Most use supplies you might already have. Others require not much more than your brain and your feet. Some involve even less—and can help occupy kids while parents are working.
Stuck inside your home? Here are some things to do with your kids besides looking at a screen
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many parents unexpectedly find themselves inside their homes with their kids. We have some ideas to help keep everyone busy.
The Best Ideas for Kids Facebook Page
The Best Ideas for Kids provides daily inspiration with kids activities, crafts, food and fun!
The Game Crafter
Shop previously made games, upgrade a game, or design your own game!
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The Game Crafter (TGC) is the world’s first web-to-print game publishing company and offers a print on demand game publishing service. TGC empowers game designers around the world by allowing them to make a board game, card game, and custom playing cards through a website. Using the latest web technology, TGC developed an online publishing platform that simplifies the design, manufacturing, and retail processes related to tabletop games.
Libby's Outdoor Maintenance Facebook page
Stuck in quarantine with the kiddos? Looking for things to keep them out of your hair? Here are some activities to keep them busy!