Why Exercise Is Important For Kids

As now day kids don’t get enough exercise the reason is from technology and their parent don’t have time. Which 90% of kid growing with technological distractions, including social networks, computer games, and cell phones. Therefore, the technology are getting in the way of physical activity. As physical education are improving life and social skills, boosting academic performance, healthy hobbies and encouraging a brighter future. In the meantime, if kids don’t do exercise or don’t get enough exercise will have mood swings, stress increase, lack of sleep, reduced school performance and increase risk of

1.1 Explain why physical activity is important to the short and long term health and well being of children.

We could start by taking a vote on trying out year-round schooling. Year-round schooling is becoming more popular in the United States, and according to Hanover Research “Year-round schedules do not add days of instruction to the approximated 180 days typical in a traditional school year. Most year-round schedules simply group the instructional days into smaller units with more frequent breaks throughout the year.” This could help more advanced kids move up more efficiently as well as making the teachers happier, which will make the students happier. It would also help with the dreaded brain drain or summer slide. Year-round schooling has many benefits for our school which is why I feel that we should make the

Exercise is physical activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness, but it is not limited to simply physical maintenance it can help in mental elasticity. As a small child is developing the brain is still in midst development. You can almost think of the brain as a muscle, but it is not directly exercised. Yet, in the process of playing games or simple activity can sharpen puzzle solving skill and elasticity for children. It still works for older people, but in age the brain becomes less elastic making the best time to give puzzle skills and general increased connectivity is while still a child. Then again one needs not forget the physical fitness aspect of exercises in increasing the longevity and quality of life. Then again it is no better time to form good habits then as a young child, it always seems to stick in long-term memory easier and longer when trained into it. Exercise also benefits cardiovascular fitness leading to less heart disease in old age. I always see one of the most annoying things in my mind “ I’ll exercise tomorrow” that there in essence why many people this day and age have a increase chance of heart disease and obesity. One does not need to set time aside to exercise. Exercise can be and can take place any place any were just be active. Like waiting in line in the store just standing there, why not do calf raises not as if anyone really cares I have done it countless times. This was the basic aspect I tried to convey to the kids and it is

Think of it, kids only go to Physical Education or “gym” class every other day of the week. So that is about two or three times a week. Gym class only lasts about an hour of the day, and for some students, this is the only physical exercise that they have. When kids come home from school, they usually just sit down on the couch and watch TV until dinner time, study, and then play video games late at night, and then go to bed. The way we can get kids to develop a habit of more physical exercise is having gym class every day instead of just two to three. Also, instead of kids playing games that involve little to no activity, Schools should have kids focus on things like getting your body moving like running, yoga or sports games like baseball, football or volleyball. Things like this that kids can look forward to doing everyday may potentially lead to a child more encouraged to play with a ball afterschool and find a new hobby instead of sitting at home on the

A lack of Physical education at most school does nothing but make things worse when it comes to teaching kids how to stay healthy and physically fit. Physical Education is not a required course in all U.S. states. In fact, the only state that it is required is the state of Illinois, but only 45 minutes per week is required by the state and it’s recommended that children and teens get at a minimum 1 hour of physical activity a day, leaving the children and teens to take responsibility and exercise themselves; and with healthy eating and exercising habits obviously not being taught at home this presents a

Why is it important to exercise at every age? What is your favorite physical fitness activity and why?

Most believe that having exercising facilities in the community would keep people healthy, but research has proved that wrong. Kids today are not exercising and people are not taking advantage of the exercising facilities the community offers. Researchers studies were on, “A boy that lived near an exercising facility as supposed to lose weight, but instead did the opposite,” (Problems for Kid). Kids are not as active as they

To implement more focus on exercise in schools the parents and school boards first need to come together and collaborate on the serious problem of lack of exercise in

The Topic child sports is an arguable a god topic. I think child sports are great. Theses are the reasons why there good. Children get social, physical, and perseverance skills. It also trains them to work hard and never give up. They can stay away from peer pressure. Finally they can stay fit and learn to eat good foods.

In the PBS video “A Physical Education in Naperville”, talks about the lack of physical education in are schools. What shocked me in this video is how low physical education is in are schools and how some schools don’t even have physical education as major priority. In the 1960’s President Kennedy made it a national priority, that physical education be part of every day school life. But in today’s world there “obesity rates today are for times higher than it used to be 1960s” (PBS).

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the number of obese children ages 6-19 have tripled to 16% over the last twelve years. That is an alarming figure. One of the main causes is lack of physical activity. This may seem like an obvious cause, but it seems to be the one our youth have the most problems with. Physical education is being

This paper begins with the exploration into whether or not physical activities can be traced back to the classroom. Participating in sports, represents a form of physical activity. By the same token, participating in classroom activities and completing educational objectives represents performing mental activity. What might not be so common is that physical activity actually produces increased brain functionality (Florida National University, 2014). An article published by the Florida National University (2014), elaborates that individuals who consistently engage in physical activity regardless of age group or gender tend to experience better overall health, leading to increased mental capabilities and cognitive functions (Florida National University, 2014). Given this information, it can be further expanded that the demands of participating in sports activities such as, games and practice, which can be considered physical activity, relate back to increased mental performance that has the potential to emerge in the classroom (Florida National University, 2014).

Everyone needs physical exercise and should be allowed to participate in the activities they want to. Despite physical limitations, age, skill, gender, etc., everyone should have the chance to be included in their pick of physical activities. Just because people may be different in these things doesn’t mean they should be left out.

At the beginning of the semester, when we did the “tech-free 15 minutes”, I learned that I was very dependent on my phone. I was forced to be a day without it and I felt anxiety. When I tried this again, I made sure that nothing would distract me. I deleted all the social media apps on my phone to assure that I would not feel the need to check up on them. Furthermore, I also put my phone on silent in order to make sure that I would not get distracted by text messages. In order to further have a distraction free “30 minutes” I locked myself in my room and just laid in my bed. I did nothing, except stare at the ceiling and contemplate life.