Looking for ways to stay active at home?
InMotion Nework has compiled a list of activities, inspirational articles, family exercise fun, and tips to stay focused and positive during this unusual time. The information found below is helping us and we hope it inspires you too! Keep checking back as this list will be updated frequently!
Indoor Activities for Kids and Families
- Ever Active Schools has some great resources to challenge kids mentally and physically. Check out this great training game X's & O's and subscribe to their YouTube Channel for all of their great activity videos.
- Free Play For Kids
- Home Stair Workout
- Sport for Life PLAYBUILDER ACTIVITIES TO STAY ACTIVE INSIDE
- AMA Youth Run Club at home
- Canadian National Ballet School Dance at Home Resources
- Dances for kids with instructions
- Hand games for kids
- 87 Energy-Busting Indoor Games & Activities For Kids
- 5 Best Active Indoor Games for Rainy Days
- Yoga for Kids!
- BOKS Canada Physical Activities
- ICAN Run Jump Throw at Home
- Have a Blast With This Family Fun Cardio Workout!
- Physical Activities For Kids: Get Active At Home!
- Kids workout 1 Beginner
- Active Play - 2 to 3 years
- 9 Best Exercise Videos for Kids
- Fitness Blender Kids Workout - 25 Minute Fun Workout for Kids at Home
- YMCA online fitness classes
- Animal exercise for kids with animals
- 10 Different Animal Walk Exercises
- Yoga Poses for Kids: Snake Pose, Cobra & Downward Dog
- Fun Game Ideas for Rainy Day Play
- 20 Indoor Ball Games for Kids
- 10 Jumping Activities for Kids
- Have a Blast With This Family Fun Cardio Workout!
- Fitness Blender Kids Workout - 25 Minute Fun Workout for Kids at Home
- 10 Ball Games for Kids - Ideas for Active Play Indoors!
- Kid-Friendly Workouts at Home
- Learn Sports - Learn Sports is a free online video resource geared toward teachers and coaches of elementary school-aged children. It features Olympians in a series of short videos demonstrating the component parts of a variety of sports and skills.
- PHE Home Learning Centre
- Change 4 Life
- CBC 17 Ways to safely get outside with your kids
- 10 games to develop soccer skills
- 13 fun activities to play in the dark
- Five Indigenous games to play with your children
- 12 active learning games to beat the “summer slide”
- 6 apps you can download to get kids active
- 21 fun and active games kids can play at a sandy beach (Note: many of these can be played in a field or your backyard too!)
- 6 fun field game ideas
- One piece of chalk, 8 active games
- 18 activity challenges you can do with a fidget spinner timer
- 14 games kids in casts can do to stay active
- 7 kid-friendly games to play on trail walks and nature hikes
- DIY fun: 9 kid-made games from “scolf” to “floor ninja”
- 12 ways to play with a cardboard box
- 6 ideas for an active family picnic
- 8 little-known games you can play with your kids
- 7 Winter Olympics-themed activities you can play with kids at home
- 6 ways to create a DIY “risky play” playground in your backyard
- Printable: activity ideas for every season
- How to use a second-hand ladder to develop movement skills
- These follow-along videos are aimed at helping educators who work with children and youth to increase competence, confidence, and motivation towards the development of physical literacy.
Activities compiled by Ever Active Schools
- Activity Database - Alberta Active After School/Ever Active Schools
- Browse hundreds of activities that support physical activity, wellness, creativity, and leisure. You can filter by activity type, age, skill, duration, play area, and group size.
HPEC Website - Health and Physical Education Council of the Alberta Teachers Association
- The Health and Physical Education Council, as a professional organization of teachers, advocates for quality health and physical education programs and provides opportunities for professional growth and development of its members. Check out their website for leadership and communication for healthy and physical education in Alberta.
Resources to Support Parents with HPE at Home - OPHEA
- OPHEA has put together a collection of our health and physical education content to use with your kids to stay healthy and active at home.
Active at Home - Be Fit For Life
- Be Fit For Life is compiling and sharing ideas to keep the whole family moving while at home.
PLAY Education - Tracy Lockwood
- Follow-along videos to support educators who work with children and youth to increase competence, confidence, and motivation towards the development of physical literacy.
200+ Activities You Can Do With Your Kids At Home - Active for Life
- Active for Life has compiled a list of hundreds of activities designed to keep kids learning through play. These active games help keep kids moving and learning while at home.
ParticipACTION Blog - ParticipACTION
- Check out ParticipACTION's blog for many different ways to get and stay active.
Playbuilder Activities to Stay Active at Home - Sport for Life
- Sport for Life is sharing some of the activities from our PLAYBuilder tool to try out at home to keep kids moving and mentally engaged.
Active at Home - Edmonton Sport Council
- A list of activities from the Edmonton Sport Council that can be done at home and in different settings.
Hoops @ Home- Alberta Basketball
- Take the challenge and keep advancing your basketball skills at home!
COVID-19 Resources - Special Olympics Alberta
- A collection of resources to support physical activity while at home.
Play From Home - Jumpstart Canada
- A collection of ideas to help kids be active at home.
At Home Sport and Recreation - Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection
- GP Sport Connection has gathered resources for home sport and recreation and organized them by age groups, from 0-5 to 18+.
Keeping Active at Home - Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability
- ALAC has created a weekly blog about things people can do to stay active at home.
Resources - APPLE Schools
- APPLE schools have compiled resources for grades K-6 that use a comprehensive school health approach. The focus of these resources is on physical activity and healthy eating.
DIY Activities - Kids Up Front Calgary and Edmonton
- Stay occupied with these do-it-yourself home experiments, workouts, and dance parties!
At-Home Activities - City of Calgary
- The City of Calgary has compiled activities to help with learning, staying active, crafts, and games.
PHE Home Learning Centre - Physical and Health Education Canada
- PHE Canada has compiled supports for educators to continue offering quality physical and health education learning experiences within a home setting.
Healthy At Home - Dedicated Action for School Health (DASH)
- Easy-to-use, one-page resources that can connect educators and parents to the BC Physical and Health Education Curriculum for grades Kindergarten through to Grade 7.
Neighborhood Adventure - Self-Guided Orienteering - Alberta Orienteering Association
- Engage your mind and body with this unique map based outdoor activity in your neighborhood. Take the challenge. No experience necessary, the step by step guide will lead you through it.
Bring Dance Into Your Home - Canada's National Ballet School
- Canada's National Ballet School (NBS) wants to share the power of dance and help you find creative ways to keep moving. Move with them, through the power of technology, and bring the joy of dance into your home - includes resources for all ages!
So Healthy At Home - Special Olympics
- A central hub for information, resources, and activities to keep people healthy and active at home. The site also has a virtual calendar that collects all the live workouts that are happening daily across the movement in one place.
Yard Activities for Kids and Families
- Easy Outdoor Games and Activities for Kids -VeryWellFamily
- Large Group Outdoor Games -Happy DIY Home
- Active Snow Play Ideas for School-Aged Kids -VeryWellFamily
- Bike, scooter, or Ripstick in the driveway: You can set up an obstacle course or try new tricks
- Climb a tree
- Enjoy the classics: Play hopscotch, 4-square, Mother May I, or jump rope
Workouts For Adults
- November Project Workout Ideas
- Top Exercises for People Living With a Disability
- Barre Body Studio
- University of Alberta Virtual Fitness and Recreation Classes
Physical Activity for Seniors
- 8 Week Fitness Program For Seniors
- Yoga and meditation classes: Edmonton Seniors Centre is offering the following live, instructor-led classes using Zoom March 30 - April 29. To participate in these classes, seniors must receive a Zoom invitation that gives access to the class. Email the instructor to receive an invitation. Review Zoom instructions.
Monday: Senior Yoga, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday: Stress-Reducing Meditation, 9:30 – 10 a.m.
Wednesday: Senior Yoga, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday: Chair Yoga, 10:45 – 11:45 a.m.
- Be Active - Warming Up for Daily Life Poster
- Free Workout Videos (list compiled by SEESA)
- Keep fit with free exercise and wellbeing classes through YMCA 360
- Online Zumba classes with local instructor Jodi Jubinville: Monday noon and 7:30 PM, Tuesday 6:30 PM, Wednesday noon, Thursday 6:30 PM and Saturday 11 AM
- Physical Activity for Older Adults
- Canadian National Ballet School - "Movement can provide important physical and emotional benefits for seniors, especially during times of increased social isolation. Baycrest and Canada's National Ballet School are using the power of technology to help bring the joy of dance to more seniors and people who work with seniors. If you are a senior, are caring for an older family member, or work within an environment that needs additional resources to engage residents during this period of social distancing, we have curated some helpful dance resources."