Being active with family is enjoyable and strengthens family bonds. You can convey and teach your child a physically active lifestyle, which is beneficial for them. It’s important to make physical activity as comfortable as possible to ensure it is done regularly.

Here are some ideas and tips on how you can be active with your family:

• On the Suomen Latu (The Finnish Outdoor Association) (in Finnish) website, you can find extensive information about family activities.

• From the Neuvokas perhe (Resourceful family) website, you can find plenty of ideas and videos for family activities both indoors and outdoors. The site also offers tips for relaxation and calming for all ages.

• Download instructions and images for fun activity moments from the Children’s Physical Activity Support website (in Finnish).

• “What shall we do?” There are many kinds of activities and games you can come up with at home. In the We can play (in Finnish) videos, you’ll find many ideas for games and activities that can be done at home.

Games and sports

• As part of the MLL 100 anniversary, this page (in Finnish) has compiled a hundred popular games.

• Traditional board games can easily be adapted into fun outdoor games. Suomen Latu demonstrates how to play games like Memory, Kimble, and The Star of Africa as outdoor games for the whole family. See more here and save the tips. Only in Finnish.

• On the Perinneleikit Ry site, you can find information and instructions for various traditional games. (In Finnish and Swedish)

Gymnastics and tricks

• The Parkour Academy and Circus School have created videos for families. The videos teach parkour, circus tricks, and exercises together as a family. Browse the videos here. Videos are in Finnish.

• From the Finnish Gymnastics Federation‘s collection of partner acrobatics movement cards, you can find ideas for family gymnastics moments. In Finnish.

• On the Temppusankarit Youtube channel, you can find ideas for various gymnastics movements. Videos are in Finnish.

• Are you inspired by training your skills together? You can find ideas for the world’s slowest bike race and more to try out on the skill training platform, which is a free online service offering an inspiring and diverse task card collection for practicing motor skills. In Finnish.

• The Finnish Swimming Teaching and Lifesaving Federation has compiled good tips for bath and shower moments at home. Pick here the tips that suit you and enjoy wonderful bath moments with your children. In Finnish.

• Exercises to support learning gross and fine motor skills for preschoolers can be found here. In Finnish.

Outdoor activities and forest trips

• From the Children’s movement website, you can find 10 fun tips for a family forest trip. Website in Finnish.

• On MAPPA.fi, you can find ideas and materials for your forest trips. Website in Finnish and Swedish.

• Suomen Latu has compiled 30 tips for family outdoor activities. In Finnish.

• Geocaching is a fun and adventurous outdoor hobby for the whole family. There are numerous ways to practice it. On the Geocaches.fi website, you can find a lot of information about this hobby along with various tips. Website in Finnish.

• On the Families on the Move website (in Finnish), you can find 10 tips for outdoor activities during dark times. Additionally, on Suomen Latu’s site (in Finnish), you can find more various tips for twilight outdoor activities.

Sport-specific tips

• You can find various tips for starting disc golf on both Suomen Latu’s website and YouTube – from us. Both in Finnish.

• On the Finnish Skating Federation’s YouTube channel, there are many good tips for teaching skating to children. Videos in Finnish.

• On Suomen Latu’s YouTube channel, you can find tips for snowshoeing. In Finnish.

• You can find diverse skiing tips on our YouTube channel. (Videos are in Finnish.)

• You can find various tip videos for winter cycling on our YouTube channel. (in Finnish)

• Suomen Latu has created an educational and illustrated sledding etiquette guide. Learn more about it here. (in Finnish)