Inexpensive foam pool noodles are safe and fun tools to use to encourage movement and fitness.

• You can hold each end  in your hands and stretch high and low or in front of and behind your body.
• Little ones can hold onto the center and lift the noodle up and down as if lifting weights.
• Try placing a small bean bag on the top of a noodle and seeing how long you and your family members can keep it balanced and in the air.
• Put noodles on the floor and hop back and forth. Young children can straddle the noodle and walk down the length of the noodle.  Hop back and forth across the noodle.  Add a series of noodles for an obstacle course.