Physical Activity

It's springtime, and that means mud pies, bug bites and scraped knees - if you're a preschooler. Or at least it used to. Health experts say [young:small] children should get at least an hour of physical activity a day. And studies have linked more time outside with motor development, [improved:better] mental health, better behavior and, of course, more sun-supplied vitamin D. But a new study of nearly 9,000 U.S. children found that almost half of preschool-age [kids:children] are not getting outside at least once a day with their parents. Girls were even less likely to be taken outside than boys, and some [families:facilities] [reported:studied] not taking their young children outside more than a few [times:rhymes] a month.