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Active play is an integral part of every child care program.
Even when outdoor space is limited there are ways to keep children physically fit. Dancing, for instance, includes an array of movements which utilize leg and arm muscles, and crawling through cardboard box tunnels works out back and neck muscles. Is Falling Down can be easily played in the kitchen or living room with little bother of moving furniture. There is no greater setting for active play than the great outdoors, especially when there is an abundance of age appropriate toys and equipment. Just a few basic items can whet a child's appetite for fitness fun.