Looking for new activities that will fit into your busy schedule? Try these tips to get you and your kids moving more: Indoors - Dance to your favorite music. Or, dance to your kid's favorite music!
- Limit your "screen time"- the time you spend in front of the TV, video games or computer (for non-school work) - to 2 hours each day.
- Be active while watching TV. Use a stationary bike, treadmill, stair climber, or small weights.
- No equipment, no problem: Pilates, yoga, and tai chi are great for toning, balance and flexibility.
- Stretch! Stretch! Stretch!
Outdoors - Play with your kids: shoot some hoops, jump rope, or play tag.
- Walk your kids to school or volunteer to chaperone a Walking School Bus.
- Take family walks after dinner.
- Go for a run or ride your bike. Or, run and have your kids bike beside you. Choose child-safe routes.
- Walk to the grocery store and to other errands.
- Plant a garden.
- Mow the lawn, with a rotary mower.
- Learn a new sport: tennis, hiking, or rollerblading.
- Massachusetts has so many state parks, forests and other open lands. Explore them all. Find them here (links to the list below).
Things to do in MassachusettsTrustees of the Reservations Department of Conservation and Recreation Department of Travel and Tourism Massachusetts Audubon Nature Conservancy The Emerald Necklace The Arnold Arboretum The Riverway The Cape Cod National Seashore The Wildlands Trust Heritage Museums & Gardens Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park Natural Bridge State Park Mount Greylock State Reservation Bridge of Flowers Lynn Heritage Park Lawrence Heritage State Park Purgatory Chasm State Park The Boston Common Frog Pond Public Gardens & the Swan Boats The Commonwealth Avenue Mall The Back Bay Fens The Riverway The Olmstead Park Jamaica Pond Franklin Park and Zoo Walden Pond State Reservation Looking for even bigger adventures?Zip Line Tours Berkshire East Canopy Tours Crabapple Whitewater Rafting Zoar Outdoor Whitewater Rafting | 
