It is often said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but so is exercise!
Our kids spend a large part of their day at school and often participate in several forms of physical activity. Regardless of whether it is for educational purposes or that they might simply be participating in active games on the playground, these actives play a vital role in helping them gain more oxygen which later improves concentration.
To prevent your child from gaining any injuries during the participation of this activities it is therefore important that you come up with fun and exciting ways of doing morning stretches with him or her, to ensure that their muscles are fully for the day that lies ahead.
Health Powered Kids – a lifestyle publication specializing in providing schools and families with fun health and wellness information – highlights that there are several advantages to have a good early morning stretch. Some of the benefits include preventing injury, helps to ease sore or tightened muscles, encourages blood to circulate to the bones and muscles; and improves athletic performance.
To assist you with this journey, here are a few fun stretches and exercises provided by Mental Up to help your child start school on the right note.
Childs pose
This is described as the perfect exercise for a full body stretch. It involves bending down with both knees and feet touching the floor. Thereafter, bend forward using your upper body and stretch your arms all the way forward. Hold for 30 seconds.
Cobra pose
The cobra pose is an excellent way to both stretch as well as strengthen those back muscles. The way to this is by laying with your stomach on the mat, and legs behind your back. Using your palms lift your upper body from the ground and hold for a nice decent stretch. This helps relief back pain.
Skipping rope
This is one of the most fun activities that the entire family can participate in. There are a number of ways that this can be done. Some include having to participants standing at the end of each side waiting on you to skip, and the other can be done solo.
Also see: Calisthenics exercises you should introduce to your daily routine
