Families on the Move
Family exercise means physical activity that the whole family and close circle — from toddlers to teens, parents, grandparents, godparents, and friends — can enjoy together. It’s about being active as a group, with adults participating just as much as children.
Family exercise can be informal daily movement based on the opportunities in your surroundings, indoors or outdoors. It can also include organized and goal-oriented activities, family sports days arranged by communities or companies, or being active together during holidays. What matters most is shared interaction and movement in a way that considers participants of different ages and ability levels.
Family-friendly exercise that fits into everyday life can reach a wide variety of families — including adults who may not be very active otherwise. The aim is to find natural ways to move and spend time together, boosting the well-being of the whole family.
Family physical activity is quality time that supports children’s social, emotional, and physical development — and gives adults unforgettable moments too. In family groups, adults and children meet others, and parents gain valuable peer support in their parenting journey.
We have designed a Christmas calendar for family exercise, where each day has its own fun and activating task. The purpose of the calendar is to bring joy of movement together to families during December. Download the Christmas calendar for your family from here (in Finnish).
Incorporating shared movement and activities into busy daily life can sometimes feel challenging. We have created printable materials for families that make exercising together fun and exciting. You can pick up ready-printed bingo sheets and an activity chart from libraries or swimming halls to help increase shared daily exercise. You can also print the materials from below:
together as a family spring bingo (pdf in Finnish)
together as a family daily exercise bingo (pdf in Finnish)
together as a family activity chart (pdf in Finnish)
together as a family autumn bingo (pdf in Finnish)
Enjoy your active shared moments!
From the Janakkala main library and Tervakoski library you can borrow sports equipment with a library card. Each piece of equipment has a QR code attached, which provides you with usage tips for the equipment. The sports equipment lending service has a wide range of equipment for outdoor games, play, and winter sports.
The municipality of Janakkala encourages exercise through the Oma liikunta digital service, which showcases exercises tailored to the municipality’s playgrounds and sports facilities via instructional videos. Videos can be viewed either through the online map application or via QR codes on devices at the location. Videos are in Finnish.
Check out the link below to see what various outdoor exercise opportunities the municipality of Janakkala offers to families.
Would you like to reserve a sports hall for your family?
Most of Janakkala’s sports facilities are open to evening and weekend users, make a reservation easily via the booking calendar in Timmi (in Finnish).
Examples of sports facilities
Delfort Arena is a sports hall completed in 2021, located in Tervakoski, Janakkala.
The swimming hall in Tervakoski has, in addition to traditional pools, a hot tub and a gym.
Turenki sports hall was completed in spring 1997. The sports hall features a hall (38m x 23m), an athletics area (running straight with 2 lanes 60 m, with a long jump pit, and a space at the end of the running straight for throwing), and a gym.
The municipality of Janakkala’s sports services and school sports facilities use an electronic Timmi booking calendar.
Exercising with family is enjoyable and strengthens family bonds. You can convey and teach your child a physically active lifestyle, which is beneficial for the child. Movement should be made as comfortable as possible to encourage regular activity. Below are ideas and tips on how you can exercise with your family:
In exercise counseling, you have the opportunity to receive advice on municipal sports services and offerings.
Janakkala offers an amazing array of hobby opportunities from sports to ceramics and from music to agility. Pick the hobbies that interest you from this page and learn more on the operator’s own website.
Together as a family towards an active daily life project
This page has been produced as part of the Together as a family towards an active daily life project in 2024. The project has received state funding for promoting an active lifestyle from the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland. The content of the project has been designed to fit into the Families on the Move program, which is part of the national Promotion of Physical Activity.
The goal is to increase overall activity among children and young people. Families are encouraged to be more active together and influence the physical fitness development of children and young people.
The project aims to enhance the municipality’s sports communication and highlight family exercise opportunities while increasing awareness of the importance of daily activity. Various municipal divisions and the Oma Häme wellbeing services county will be involved in the project. The sports services will be responsible for organizing the project, while other partners will act as links in reaching the target group.