The best ideas for winter holidays: TOP-5 entertainment for children and adults

Winter frosts are no reason to stay at home! You can use it and have fun in any weather: the snow-covered slopes are perfect for skiing and sledging, and the numerous skating rinks that appear in the parks of the capital will help children and adults to join the world of the most spectacular and beautiful sport - figure skating. Frosts are good for health - many scientists say about it: in the season of minus temperatures outdoor walks activate protective functions of the body.

Blush on children's cheeks is a sign of improvementblood flow, biological activity of cells. The beneficial effect of frost on the skin is expressed in increasing its elasticity and color enhancement. But it is important not to overdo it with hardening to avoid frostbite and couperose (skin disease, which is characterized by vasodilation and the formation of vascular "stars"). For yourself and your children, choose active types of winter sports - they will help improve blood supply, harden a young body and keep your muscles toned!

Snowboarding

Teach children to ride on sledges and snowcatscan be from 2 years, because this pastime develops fine motor skills, supports muscle activity, improves coordination and dexterity. Skating has a beneficial effect on the respiratory and cardiovascular system (training of the lungs and the heart occurs at the time of climbing the hill with a vehicle in hand). The child becomes more enduring, regular outdoor activities reduce fatigue, normalize sleep and improve well-being.

Snowmobile riding (sleds, supplemented by a rudder and a brake) has the following advantages:

• versatility (descent from a snow-capped hill - excellent winter entertainment for boys and girls);
• safety (steering and brakes reduce the risk of injury);
• accessibility (you can buy an inexpensive children's snowball, and ride on it not only on specially arranged descents, but also from any hill or hill).

In the process of ascent to the hill, energy is released, and when released, hormones are produced that are responsible for a good mood, so skating is recommended to all family members!

Skating

In the winter months, up to 1500 skating rinks work in Moscow(paid and free). You can skate freely in the parks of Fili, Birch Grove, Northern Oaks, 50th Anniversary of October, Ostankino. In a period of severe frosts, you can spend an unforgettable time rolling around the frozen waters of the Patriarch's Ponds - is this not an excuse to teach the child the basics of figure skating? Such pastime will bring immense benefit to the children's body: strengthening immunity, cardiovascular system, joints and muscles, and improving posture and harmonious development are just some of the reasons for driving a child to the rink.

One of the most beautiful, complex and useful specieswinter recreation will give the whole family a lot of positive emotions, a charge of energy and vivacity. An hour of skating is equivalent to a one-hour run, but it does not harm knee joints due to the lack of shock loads. Soft training of the muscles of the legs, back and the press is another undoubted advantage of skating.

Tubing

Under an unusual name, a loved one hideschild winter entertainment - sledding-cheesecake (donuts, plush, etc.). Descent from the hill on inflatable sleds of unusual shape - it's fun and very useful: this snow adventure improves mood, relieves stress. After riding on the cheesecake, children are less capricious and well falling asleep.

Tubing in Moscow is invariably varied: in the park "Museon" there are descents of various heights (from 6 to 20 m), in the winter months the "Gorka" project is also working - the longest descent of the city (200 m), arranged in the park "Sokolniki". Rolling on a cheesecake is a simple option to have a great time with your family: many inflatable sledges are complemented by tight handles for riding the child on flat surfaces. Descent from the hill promotes the development of coordination of movement (children must show dexterity, maneuvering on the cheesecake). At the same time, oxygen is actively saturated with the body, blood flow and pressure are normalized.

Skiing

Ride through the snow-covered expanses, enjoyingbeauty and aroma of winter forest - a unique pleasure. Skiing is an affordable type of winter recreation, for which it is not necessary to attend specially equipped parks and trails. Ski walks have such useful properties:

• hardening of the body and strengthening of immunity;
• increased endurance and performance;
• beneficial effects on the nervous system, improving mood and strengthening sleep;
• the development of coordination of movement and the ability to navigate in space;
• fastening of motor skills and general motor skills.

In the capital all conditions forchildren to this winter sport: on the territory of the city in the frosty season there are about 70 equipped trails with a total length of over 170 km. You can ride in the parks "Sokolniki", "Kuzminki", Altufyevsky Reserve, Izmaylovsky Park and Gorky Park, in Fili and Bittsev Forest.

Molding snowmen

Winter - the best time for the manifestation of creativeabilities: to sculpt snowmen and funny figures from snow children can, starting from 2 - 3 years. This fascinating activity develops imaginative thinking, general and fine motor skills (the child actively works with fingers and hands as a whole, which contributes to the development and strengthening of joints, improves coordination). Suggest a child to make a snowman, and he will certainly show his imagination, decorating it with hands-twigs, nose-carrots, eyes-buttons-this is the important function of sculpting from snow: creative thinking develops.

In the process of creating snowmen, the child learnsevaluate the proportions, be attentive to the details and correctly perceive the surrounding objects. If at first the snowman's head has more torso, and the hands turn out to be of different lengths, do not focus on this: after a while the child himself will notice and correct the shortcomings. The parents' task is to guide the children, giving insignificant tips, and also provide them with merry leisure even on cold winter days!