is possible to give the child joy not only by means of toys and the TV. Various physical exercisesquite replace them. So instead of viewing cartoons go outside with it and play tag or a game of tag.
Passive children turn into passive adults. And frequent physical exercises improve a condition of a bone and muscular system, develop endurance, reduce risk of serious diseases of a cardiovascular system, help to avoid diabetes and a colon cancer. The physical education also normalizes blood pressure and raises the child's self-assessment.
Children's doctors recommend to be engaged specially in physical exercises or active games with children from a year to three years at least thirty minutes a day, and of three years to school — one hour. In addition, to all children it will be useful to give several hours a day to free physical activity. Preschool children are not recommended to be left without the movement more than an hour.
Run, jumping, ball games and other aerobic exercises strengthen the cardiovascular system of the child. Such power exercises and exercises on flexibility as to a lasagna, extensions strengthen bones and muscles and also improve coordination of movements. To stimulate the small child to physical exercises the easiest if to present these exercises as a fascinating game.
As the children's organism cardinally changes after three years, exercises for development of the child should be divided into exercises for children up to three years and for preschool children.
Exercises for children from 1 year to 3 years.
- Rope-walker. Draw an equal line on a floor. Then together with the child pass several times on this imagined rope, trying not to go into a floor. Pass on rope face forward, a back and also sideways. This exercise improves sense of equilibrium, strengthens muscles of legs and develops coordination.
- Extensions. Put legs at shoulder length. Then make so that the child began to repeat your movements. At first sit down on hunkers. Then be slowly extended in all growth. Extend hands over the head. Slowly lower hands. Again fall on hunkers and repeat everything at first. As a result of this exercise all muscles of a body are extended.
- Index. Slowly call to the child such parts of a body as the head, shoulders, knees and toes that he managed to touch each of them. If the child carries out all exercises correctly, change an order of transfer and increase speed. First of all this exercise develops flexibility. Also it helps the child to learn names of parts of a body and to acquire such concepts as top, a bottom, left, the right.
Exercises for preschool children.
- Rocking chair. Sit down with the child on a floor and clasp with leg hands under knees. The child has to repeat in accuracy after you movements. Be rolled on a back, without unclenching hands.
Be not rolled on a neck — it can cause unpleasant feelings and will complicate exercise. After several repetitions return to an initial position and try to rock here and there. This exercise stretches muscles of a back and strengthens muscles of an abdominal press.
- Mirror. The child has to perceive in playful way you as reflection in a mirror and to precisely repeat your movements. Do movements slowly. You can be reflection in turn with the child. You can think up movements which demand flexibility and train the child. Be bent in a waist, raise hands over the head, get up on tiptoe, squat, run on the place. As a result coordination of movements as the child repeats what sees improves. It is useful to him in sharpening of ability to learn to write. Exercise develops flexibility and strengthens a cardiovascular system.
- Jumps. Take the child by hands and try to jump up together as it is possible above.
Try to enclose as much as possible energy in a jump, land with slightly bent knees. Then try to jump up, holding hands on seams.
Be twisted in a jump, helping themselves legs and hands. This exercise strengthens muscles of legs and improves blood circulation.