Sligo Sport and Recreation partnership are delighted to share tips and online resources with fun fitness ideas to keep for yours kids active at home. It is so important for all children and youth to play and be active, and maintain their 60 mins of physical activity per day, so check out a range of family friendly activities to do at home.
Government Health Campaigns
The government have launched a new campaign ‘In This Together’ which aims to help everyone in Ireland to Stay Connected, Stay Active, and look after their Mental Wellbeing. The campaign encourages everyone to pick a new activity which could help them to feel a little healthier or a little better as we deal with Covid-19. On their page you will find lots of advice and tips on how you can look after your mental wellbeing, stay active and stay connected. It draws together a huge range of activities that you can pursue in your home or your locality, by yourself or with family members or with friends online. For more information Click HERE / For activities Click HERE
‘Let’s Play Ireland’
This is a government-led initiative aimed at promoting play for all children living in Ireland during the COVID-19 emergency. Play has never been more important. For more information go to hse.ie/coronavirus. For more information Click HERE / For some great playing ideas Click HERE
For information on playing when you cannot go outside your home. Click HERE
For information on playing outside Click HERE
Let’s Play Sligo – 21 Day Physical Activity Challenge
Following on from Active Home week here at Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership we have launched ‘Lets Play Sligo’. This 21 day challenge for children can be found in the Sligo Weekender & Sligo Champion and you can get a free Let’s Play Sligo Booklet emailed to you by registering HERE
Local Online Activities for Children
We are delighted to share creative ways to keep active from local fitness experts, specialist organisations and SSRP instructors, check out their links below. We will continue to update this section with new links, so please feel free to contact us if you are a local instructor who would like us to share any free online resources. You can get in touch at Deborah@sligosportandrecreation.ie.
- Get moving with Dance fitness and Parent & Me Classes with Sarah Middleton Click here
- Try out North West Physiotherapy-Home fit session with Maeve Foley Click here
- Enjoy Fun Zumba sessions with The crib Click here
- Try some athletics challenges at home with Believe and Achieve Click here
Covid 19 Time Capsule
A lovely activity for a rainy day to remember this experience. Find a printable capsule HERE
Swim Ireland have a lovely swim-themed time capsule for children which they can fill with memories, colouring and activities. For more information Click HERE
Playground Games
The Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST) has developed a number of resources to support play in a playground or school setting.
- Without Equipment using Beans, Laughing, Tag for example
- Traditional Games for e.g Duck Duck Goose, Simon Says etc
Click here for PDST playground games which can be adapted for your home
Active Playgrounds
Active playground was developed by get Ireland Active to increase play and physical activity during school break times. Time to get busy with chalk markings on your driveway or patio, as most of the games can be developed at home. Click here
Parkrun
Parkrun also have a range of videos called School of parkrun, setting daily parkrun themed tasks covering 5 subjects; English, Maths, Science, Geography, and Art. Each morning a new challenge for the day is set on their YouTube channel. You can then send your work on their social media using the hashtag #schoolofparkrun. They share some of their favourites each day! Great for the whole family. For more information Click HERE
Virtual Run around Ireland
The Active schools Run around Ireland can be adapted to your home. Instead of running a lap of your school, run around your house a number of times and track your progress. Get all the family outside and see who will be the first to run around the island of Ireland.
For your map and destinations and more information Click here
Healthy Kidz
Have launched a Global Challenge to support parents with a programme of activities and resources. They call on families to increase their levels of activity through physical and fun challenges with an opportunity of winning weekly prizes. Each week a new set of challenges, tutorials, tips and advice will be posted on Healthy Kidz social media channels. For more information Click HERE
Online and television fun activities
Youtube is bursting with options! Get moving with some of these free exercise workouts
- P.E with coach Clare Click HERE
- 10@10 Free online videos for kids on RTE junior Click here
- Boxing Circuits with Katie taylor Click here
- Rinka Ireland- Fantastic schedule on their facebook to keep kids active Click here
- Go Noodle movement and mindful videos created by child development experts Click here
- Cosmic Yoga for Kids- yoga, mindfulness and relaxation with Jaime on the Cosmic Kids YouTube Channel Click here
- E with Joe. Online classes for childrens P.E on The Bodycoach T.V on youtube
- Kidz Bop-Interactive fun dance videos for children on their youtube channel Click here
Games and Activities for your family
Being more active does not have to be organized sport it can be games too. Why not play some good old fashioned games and get the whole family involved. Enjoy the fun.
Safefood have a wonderful page with the rules of all these games. Find the links below.
- Hopscotch click here
- Simon Says click here
- Blind mans Buff click here
- Duck duck goose click here
- Kick the can click here
- All in together click here
- Rounders click here
- Tag click here
- Piggy in the middle click here
- What time is it Mr Wolf click here
- Follow the leader click here
- Simon says click here
- Traffic lights click here
All games CLICK HERE
Why not pause for play and use their fun interactive play to spin wheel to decide with your family on what game to play and how to play them click here
Find Your Sport
If your child is missing their sport or local club, there are many sports specific online options thanks to our National Governing Bodies, look for your Sport HERE
Family Fun and Fitness
Get Creative in your own back garden, turn your home into a wilderness with hidden treasures, or enjoy a family challenge. Get started with some of the ideas below
Garden Treasure hunt Click here
Activity Jar with the family Spell your name and do the workout
Fitness monopoly Fitness snakes and ladder
