Plan your active week
Taking control of your busy week ahead is a great way to reduce stress, get more things done, and introduce more activities which help your family to be healthier.
Try making activity part of your every day routine. If you have to go to shops for instance, try walking instead of going by car. It’s good for your health and better for the environment too.
Why not print out this week planner and fill in things you’d like to do with your family in the week ahead. Visits to the park, the supermarket or friends house are all good examples.
Try getting into the habit of planning your week every week. If you’re stuck for ideas just have another look at all the suggestions on this site, or if you get them, the packs that come through the post.
This is how your week might pan out:
| Monday: |
Walk to nursery |
| Tuesday: |
Walk home from the playground |
| Wednesday: |
Bus to supermarket (get on two stops down the road). Play i-spy as we go |
| Thursday: |
Jack’s friends over for tea - do treasure hunt in the garden |
| Friday: |
Play catch in the garden with kids |
| Saturday: |
Jack & Dad to wash car. Have picnic in park |
| Sunday: |
Put on dance DVD after breakfast. Get the kids to lay the table before dinner |
What other people have said about planning their weeks:
Lisa, Jack and Chloe’s week
“Since I started planning our week, I’ve found I get loads more done. We don’t always stick to it, but at least I have it there to look at.”
“I usually take the kids in the car, but this week we played the lamp-post game which was great fun and woke them up!”
Colin Stewart,
Wakefield
"Even when it is raining we can take the kids for a play in the park to run around and splash in the puddles. I would say my kids are sleeping better and are not as naughty because they are getting out more."
Ideas
Healthy activities for kids