Sentences with phrase «less outdoor play time»

Pay close attention to ensure your dog does not put on excess weight during winter months, when it may be less active because of shorter walks or less outdoor play time.

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Recent studies confirm that children are spending less time engaged in vigorous outdoor play.

When I think about the challenges of childhood today: busyness, insufficient play time, insufficient outdoor time, lack of creativity, less self - control; I wonder (how) does the advent and rapid adoption of technology play a role?

In Carol Stream, the Park District initiative should look familiar to voters because this is the third time in less than a year that funds have been sought to buy property for outdoor playing fields.

Other factors that have led to a decrease in free play time include an emphasis on academic preparation, electronic media replacing playtime, less time spent playing outdoors, perceived risk of play environments, and limited access to outdoor play spaces.

Are children playing outside less?Results of new studies show that less than 10 % of children today spend time outdoors in a natural environment like woodland, coastline or farmland.

Of course, the more time kids spend playing outdoors the less time they'll spend at video - game consoles — which consume an estimated 16 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity annually, about four times the output of Hoover Dam.

Today, children spend less time playing and learning outdoors than what their parents did at a similar age.

Teach students a variety of activities to play during recess because they spend so much less time outdoors they haven't learned the types of activities to do during unstructured times - outside of team sports