Indoor Sports Games & Activities for Kids
Stuck indoors? No problem. There are plenty of fun sports activities for kids that can be played indoors. Here are the most fun indoor sports activities and games for kids.
Balloon Football
Obviously you don’t want to play football in your family living room, which is why this safer version of football is the perfect indoor sports activity for kids. This game is easy: simply drop a balloon in the middle of a long rectangle table, and have each team try to blow the football toward the other’s side goal. For a funnier, larger than life version of indoor balloon football, check out this must-see video.
Who is eligible: Aged 6+
Hula Hoop
While most might think that Hula Hoops are a solo activity, you can totally play hula hoop with others as a fun kid’s indoor sports activity. The most fun team-based activity using a Hula Hoop is racing: Have two kids spinning Hula Hoops and then try to simultaneously(同时) move, whether they run, shimmy, or herky-jerky their way to the finish line, and is then declared winner!
Who is eligible: Aged 8+
Foam Sports
Foam (泡沫)sports are perfect for indoors, since most foam objects won’t break any windows inside your home! Take your kid to your local department store, and be sure to pick up a foam basketball, foam football, or even Nerf foam guns. Make sure you ensure boundaries in your home when letting your kid play indoors with foam sports toys.
Who is eligible: Aged 4-6
Baseball
Obviously it is ideal to start with a foam ball, and make sure there is enough space around the hitter so that they don’t accidentally hit anyone!
Who is eligible: Aged 5-9
1.What is special about Hula Hoop?
A.It is only a solo activity. B.It will run toward the goal.
C.It can’t be used for competition. D.Kids can compete with each other.
2.What advantage does the foam sports have?
A.It is easy to buy in a store. B.It doesn’t need boundaries.
C.It won’t break glass at home. D.It is quite soft to carry around.
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As a New York Times correspondent in China, I _______ the SARS outbreak in 2002 and 2003 during which a _______ coronavirus was first detected in Guangdong. My two children attended _______ school in Beijing throughout the outbreak.
The International School of Beijing, where my children were _______ , was one of the few in the capital that stayed _______ throughout the SARS outbreak.
The school _______ a bunch of simple precautionary _______: a stern note to parents _______ them not to send a child to _______ who was sick and warning them that students would be ________ for fevers with ear thermometers(耳温枪/耳温计) at the school door. There was no ________ of food at lunch. The teacher led the kids in ________ hand washing throughout the day at classroom ________, while singing a prolonged “hand washing song” to ________ they did more than a cursory(马虎；草率) pass under the tap with water only.
With those precautions ________, I observed something of a public ________ miracle: Not only did no child get SARS, but it seemed no student was sick with anything at all for ________ on end.
The World Health Organization ________ the SARS outbreak contained in July 2003. But, oh, those ________ persisted. The best first-line defenses against SARS or the novel coronavirus or most any virus at all are the ones that Grandma and ________ taught us, after all.
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3.A.middle B.high C.elementary D.kindergarten
4.A.patients B.partners C.classmates D.students
5.A.open B.close C.lock D.control
6.A.organized B.instituted C.founded D.arranged
7.A.laws B.policies C.agreements D.notices
8.A.urged B.persuading C.warning D.reminding
9.A.hospital B.park C.school D.clinic
10.A.screened B.measured C.estimated D.figured
11.A.sharing B.robbing C.eating D.throwing
12.A.always B.frequent C.occasion D.time
13.A.desks B.chairs C.pipes D.sinks
14.A.forced B.reminded C.ensure D.encouraged
15.A.in place B.in power C.in order D.in need
16.A.behavior B.health C.study D.life
17.A.months B.days C.years D.hours
18.A.told B.announced C.reported D.declared
19.A.hobbies B.interests C.habits D.characters
20.A.common ground B.common property C.in common D.common sense
I'd advise anyone to put aside a proportion of their earnings — ____________.
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During my first year abroad, I was so busy studying and meeting new people that I did not phone my parents as often as I ________.
A.should B.would C.should have D.would have
After my divorce, Ann was the only one ________ to listen to my problems, and I am forever in her debt.
A.preparing B.prepared C.to prepare D.having prepared
