Picture This! An Outdoor Game

What You Need:

• Pictures (you can cut out from magazines, or even make simple drawings) or photos of things found in your yard (e.g. a tree, slide, swing, fence, bush, etc.)
• A box

What You Do:

1. Place the pictures in the box, and place the box in the center of your yard.
2. Invite your child to stand several feet from the box.
3. At your signal, your child runs to the box, takes out a picture, looks at it, drops it back in the box, and then runs to the object pictured.
4. After touching the object, they run back to the starting point.

This is a great way for your child to get some moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity, to identify objects, and to appreciate the outdoors!