Need new stories to tell at bed time? Need some help trying to explain to the kids why exercise and eating right is important? Well check out these children’s books that help with it all! All of these books have fun characters and story lines to promote fitness at a young age, even adults rave about them. HFR has researched these 10 children’s books we think the whole family will enjoy and help show the importance of fitness for the body and mind:
I’m Stretched!
I’m Stretched! is a captivating story that speaks to children and adults alike, giving them tactical tools to manage their stress in a healthy and helpful way so they can face the pressures of life and find joy in being who they were meant to be.
Oh, The Things You Can Do That Are Good for You: All About Staying Healthy
The Cat in the Hat joins forces with the Partnership for a Healthier America! the Cat explains the importance of eating right; staying active; getting enough sleep; hand-washing; brushing and flossing; wearing protective gear when playing sports.Even the best way to sneeze when one doesn’t have a tissue handy! The book also includes simple, fun suggestions for children to increase their activity throughout the day, plus 8 kid-friendly, healthy recipes for parents to prepare.
The Sugar Story
The Sugar Story is a colorful and flavorful adventure that helps children understand what sugar is and learn about sugar’s job in nature. An easy-to-understand story about the purpose of sugar in nature and why too much sugar is bad for your body.
The Busy Body Book: A Kid’s Guide to Fitness
The book explains how bones and muscles, heart and lungs, nerves and brain all work together to keep humans on the go. Kids walk and skate and tumble through these pages with such exuberance that even sprouting couch potatoes will want to get up and bounce around.
You Are Healthy
This important book introduces young children to things they can do to stay healthy and encourages behaviors experts have identified as key to children’s health: active play, eating right, washing hands, drinking water, getting enough sleep, and spending time with loved ones.
Grow Strong!: A book about healthy habits
Establishing patterns of a healthy diet, exercise, and sleep helps children stay physically active, make friends, learn well, and enjoy emotional health. Children’s health and confidence can increase as they become more aware of their own unique bodies and abilities, and as they incorporate the self-care principles presented in this warm and encouraging book.
Stomp, Wiggle, Clap, and Tap: My First Book of Dance
Channel toddlers’ energy and help them develop balance, coordination, and control with the help of this engaging choice in dance books for toddlers. Promotes movement and motor skills for little ones to begin by isolating individual body parts, like their hands, hips, arms, and toes. Along with dynamic dancing, toddlers will harness their imagination to dance the prancing pony, flapping chicken, and twirling pinwheel.
I Can Eat a Rainbow
I Can Eat a Rainbow is a book for young children to learn, in simple terms, how important it is to incorporate fruits and vegetables into their diet. It is a bright and colorful book that will keep your children engaged and entertained along the way, complete with a rainbow of fruits and vegetables of their own to color!
Get Up and Go!
We all come in different shapes and sizes, and it doesn’t matter if one is tall, short, skinny, or round. The body is different for every individual, and we all need to take care of it. Vibrant, fun-filled illustrations and an encouraging text explain the many great reasons to exercise, from making new friends to going new places, or just because it’s good for the body.
I Am Yoga
Yoga is the connection between mind and body. A yoga practice is a way to handle stress, find calm in the mind and strength in the body, and be present. As they grow, children, like adults, encounter stress on many levels, from bad dreams to arguments with siblings to pressure from friends. Yoga can help young children strengthen their bodies, calm their minds, and become aware of the body-mind connection in a non-competitive, playful way. It’s never too early to learn to be less stressed and more mindful.
