Your living room can be the next Pro Volleyball Court!  Grab a balloon for the ball – that way nothing is broken and no one is going to get in trouble!  For the ‘net’ you’ll have to be imaginative – try a piece of  string tacked to either side of the wall, a broomstick across  two chairs, a line of pillows across the floor, or the couch.

It’s the same kind of rules as volleyball – where the aim is to hit it over the ‘net’ to the other side.

If it touches the ground on your side, your mate gets a point.  You can hit it three times on your side before it’s got to go over the ‘net’.

First to get eleven points is the Pro Volleyball Winner!  You can even do this activity solo – play ‘Beat Your Record’! See how many hits you can get, or time how long you can keep it in the air – before it touches the ground.

The "leader" does an action on the spot or around the play area and everyone else follows them and does the same thing.
This might be hopping on 1 foot, jumping, skipping, running, scratching your head, clapping you hands, waving your arms above your head (any movements that you can think of).

The leader changes the actions at any time without telling the others. (It is a good idea to take turns and give everyone a turn).

Try some variations such as using a variety of steps from tiny to giant or call out the name of an animal and mimic the actions of that animal.

This game helps with identifying body parts, flexibility and understanding the concepts of up, down, low and high.

Stand facing your child.  Beginning slowly, call out the names of the three body parts that are in the title, asking you child to touch each part as he hears its name.  Once you child is successful at this, reverse – and mix up – the order of body parts.
Change the tempo at which you call out the body parts – sometimes slow and sometimes fast.

Another possibility is to start out slowly and gradually get faster.  When your child is ready, play Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.  Later, you can once again change the order of body parts and the pace at which you call them out.

• 10 Push-ups
• 10 Sit-ups
• 10 Star jumps
• 10 Arm lifts with baked bean cans (full!)
• 10 Seconds running on the spot
• 10 Seconds skipping with a rope

Now you’re ready, turn the stop watch on, and go!

Run to each piece of paper and do the exercise that is written down. Do the whole circuit twice. Try to beat your personal best or race a friend or a parent.  Better still take it outside if it’s sunny.

Work with your child to create a fun and safe circuit that all good to go!

Stand facing your child, explaining that you want them to do exactly as you do – just like a reflection in the mirror.  Begin with slow movements that you can do in place, like raising and lowering an arm, nodding your head, or clapping hands.  Take turns being leaders.

This is a great opportunity to improve flexibility, do things like bending and straightening at the waist, stretching arms overhead, or slowly reaching for your toes (keeping your knees slightly bent).  Try lifting and lowering your heels, doing deep knee bends, jogging and running on the spot.  Who need to go to the gym for a workout!

Sit facing your child with your legs apart and your child’s legs straight out, between yours.  Holding your child’s hands, lean forward and encourage the child to lean back as far as they can.  Pull them gently back up to a sitting position.  Repeat.

Sing “Row, Row, Row You Boat” as you gently rock back and forth.  As your child becomes stronger, you can also lean backward yourself, causing them to lean forward.  To add some fun, vary the speed from slow to fast.

Put on some fun, energetic music to get you and your child moving while the music is playing.  Using the pause button on your remote control, periodically pause the music.  When the music stops you both freeze into a statue until the music plays again.

Alternatively you could just put on your favourite music and just have a lot of fun dancing together.