February is heart month and Valentine’s Day, reminding us that our hearts beat with love for our families, pets, and friends. In addition, February is also a reminder that our hearts need to be exercised and strengthened every day – and we need to start when we are children. Children are natural movers and shakers! However, there are so many distractions that can pull kids away from running and playing. Instead, they turn to sitting and staring at a screen, moving only their eyes and fingers. Unfortunately, obesity and the beginnings of diabetes can creep into a child’s health if exercise is not encouraged.
We all know that exercise has many benefits; i.e., lower blood pressure and blood cholesterol levels, reduce anxiety and stress, increase respiration and heart rate. The heart beats faster and harder with aerobic activity.
How can the addition of music to an exercise program act like a super vitamin boost?
- Music is motivating (dopamine is a brain chemical that helps people to feel engaged).
- Music increases enjoyment.
- Music energizes - and energy breeds energy!
- Music delays fatigue. It increases energy, which encourages exercising longer and harder.
The US Department of Health and Human Services recommends cardio exercise for toddlers at 60 minutes a day and for preschoolers at 120 minutes a day.
Here are additional musical ideas for adding motivating fun to children’s exercise programs:
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Toddler Gym CD or Digital Download |
All Time Favorite Dances CD or Digital Download |
Wiggle Jiggle Fitness Fun CD or Digital Download |
| Give little hearts a healthy, joyful start with a musical workout designed just for early development. This vibrant collection turns dancing, playing, and listening into an active adventure that naturally elevates the heart rate. As toddlers follow fun vocal directions and learn new physical skills, they build essential cardiovascular endurance alongside better balance and coordination. It is the perfect, stress-free way to weave daily aerobic movement into early childhood routines, keeping tiny bodies active and young hearts pumping strong. | Dancing is a wonderfully joyful, high-energy way for children to get the aerobic exercise their growing hearts need. This collection features timeless, easy-to-learn dances that double as an excellent cardiovascular workout, strengthening the heart and lungs through continuous movement. While children are busy smiling and burning energy, these interactive routines also encourage great social skills, improve memory retention, sharpen rhythm, and refine complex motor skills. Bring generations together with a heart-healthy dance party that makes physical fitness feel like pure celebration. | Fuel your child’s love for physical fitness with an energetic collection that makes cardiovascular health an absolute blast. Set to incredibly upbeat, motivating music, this album guides children through critical developmental movement patterns that naturally boost circulation and build heart strength. These engaging routines are specifically structured to improve stamina and agility, beautifully preparing young bodies for more advanced exercise and sports as they grow. Turn everyday playtime into a dynamic, heart-healthy fitness routine that gets everyone moving. |
You’ll find hundreds of Kimbo CDs, and even an entertaining selection of dance fitness DVDs, to get your kids jumping and moving. Give your children the gift of heart-healthy movement fun. What a great way to show some love and caring this Valentine’s Day!