Dr. Seuss Inspired Fitness for Kids

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Dr. Seuss Inspired Fitness for Kids and Kids at Heart

Exercise should be fun for kids. When exercise is made into a fun activity, it helps kids develop a love of exercise. This love of exercise could then carry on into adulthood, helping kids have healthy habits throughout life.

Dr. Seuss books are often some of kids’ favorite books, so why not use their favorite books to develop a love of exercise?! Here I’m going to give you ways to use Dr. Seuss themed activities as exercise for your kids.

Do a Cat in the Hat workout!

This Cat in the Hat workout for kids and kids at heart is a fantastic workout for all ages and is very silly! Plus, it’s only 3 minutes long, which is great for improving focus in a short period of time. It can be repeated for a longer workout.

Choose a Dr. Seuss book to read to your child. Have your child move like the characters in the book.

There’s no right or wrong way to do this. Have fun! The object is for your child to keep moving throughout the entire book. For example, your child could act like the Cat in the Hat, Thing One, Thing Two, and even the scared fish during a reading of The Cat in the Hat.

Here are two Cat in the Hat inspired exercises!

Act like Cat in the Hat hopping on one leg with the Cat in the Hat hop on one leg exercise for kids!

Be like Thing 1 and Thing 2 running around the house with a kite with the Thing 1 and Thing 2 running with a kite exercise for kids!


Do the Cat in the Hat I Can Do That! Game.

The full version of the game is great and is recommended for ages 4+.

Here are ideas and a video tutorial for using this fun game with a preschooler:

How to Use the Cat in the Hat I Can Do That! Game with a Preschooler

Have your child act out a character after you read a Dr. Seuss book.

Encourage as much movement as possible. You could even join in with your kids for a family Dr. Seuss performance night.

Do Fish Swimming with the One Fish, Two Fish, FREE Fish Dice Swimming Printable

Check out my blog post with YouTube videos and tutorials on how to do the swimming exercises and get the One Fish, Two Fish, FREE Fish Swimming Dice Printable {Dr. Seuss, Finding Nemo, Ocean, and Pet Themes Instant Download}!

I have many more free fitness printables for kids!

Have your child do yoga poses related to different characters, objects, or actions in a Dr. Seuss book.

OMazing kids has lots of fun Dr. Seuss yoga poses, such as yoga poses inspired by parts of Green Eggs and Ham.

Here’s the Green Egg Pose:

Here’s the Here or There Seated Twist Pose:

Yoga is fantastic exercise. It’s also calming and great for relaxation for kids. It’s important to have a strong and flexible body, and the earlier kids start developing both strength and flexibility, the better.

Encourage a Healthy Lifestyle

The importance of living a healthy lifestyle can’t be emphasized enough. And you will probably be amazed at how much fun you can have doing these activities with your child. Hopefully, you’ll get some smiles and giggles from a happy child, too. 🙂

Living a healthy lifestyle isn’t just done through exercise, and eating healthy food is extremely important for children’s health, maintaining consistent energy levels, having positive attitudes, staying focused, and more.

Here is a Dr. Seuss inspired yummy, healthy snack and a super-healthy, fun meal that kids and adults can enjoy!

This Cat in the Hat healthy snack makes snack-time and eating fruit lots of fun!

Have a yummy and super-healthy breakfast, lunch, or dinner with Vegan Pesto Scramble {Dr. Seuss Inspired Green Eggs} that even a 3-year-old loves!

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• Ten Apples Up On Top Sensory Bin & Table (Free Printables)
• Ten Apples Up On Top Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
• Dr. Seuss Unit Study Pinterest Board

MAKING FITNESS FUN!

Zoey and I had a lot of fun doing Dr. Seuss themed fitness activities leading up to and on Dr. Seuss’s birthday on March 2! I know we will continue to enjoy these activities and more throughout the year!

Check out my fitness for kids category for more exercises for kids, fitness games, and more. Also, check out my dance fitness category and workouts category for dance workouts, Pilates & strength workouts, and flexibility workouts.

Have you, your child(ren), or your students tried any of these Dr. Seuss inspired fitness for kids ideas? Which idea above is your favorite?

Have fun!

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