Summer has started and we are likely to have modrate to strong heat waves in the coming days. So keeping your body hydrated throughout the day and avoiding the hot day as much as possible should be your first priority until or unless it is must for you to go out. Besides keeping yourself hydrated, you should also eat clean, green and healthy to stay active.
So this is what we are focussing on today by exploring Kidnetic — a site entirely geared towards the importance of being active, eating well and maintaining emotional well-being.
Kidnetic.com is designed for kids aged 9-12 — kids who like to play hard and have fun all day. The main menu is on top with sections Move, Eat, Talk and Learn. As their name suggest, you play games, you can choose from indoor and outdoor, and the list of great fun games to play opens up and if you have friend with you it will be a great fun to beat your friend. The games are submitted by kids and are just too good to play any time.
In Eat, users can go through a list of easy recipes that can be made by kids at home with anything available to them. Users can also submit their queries about health or exercise to the site and get answers in Talk. While in ‘Learn’, one can go through a long list of articles, news, facts all about how to maintain a healthy lifestyle at a very young age,.
The site achieves its goal of encouraging kids to play hopscotch, do jumping jacks, and cook up a yummy dish and staying away from the computer most of the day by providing stuff in kid-friendly language and colourful and funky graphics. All the recipes are designed to appeal to kids. And a lot of the exercise tips are things kids can do very easily, like the around-the-house scavenger hunt. With its emphasis on ‘do now’ activities, the parents will be surprised to see their kids hop around on one leg next to the computer.
The site is created by International Food Information Council. With practical tips, easy-to-understand articles, fun games and kid-friendly recipes, the site is just what you need this summer.
Published in Dawn, Young World, May 21st, 2016
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