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  5. Indoor Activities

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Topics

  1. Daily Food Plan for Preschoolers

  2. Growth During the Preschool Years

  3. Develop Healthy Eating Habits

  4. Picky Eating

  5. Physical Activity

    1. Why Is Physical Activity Important?
    2. How Much Physical Activity?
    3. How Can You Help With Physical Activity?
    4. Indoor Activities
    5. Outdoor Activities
    6. Inactive Time
  6. Food Safety

  7. Meal and Snack Patterns and Ideas

  8. More Information

Physical Activity

Indoor Activities

Here is a list of indoor activities you can do with your preschooler:Mom and Child Walking

  • Duck-duck-goose
  • Follow the leader
  • Treasure hunt
  • Playing with a dog
  • Hide and seek
  • Ring around the rosy
  • Simon says
  • Walking around the shopping mall or museum

When the weather cooperates, try outdoor activities.

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