What are the benefits of running for children?

Both families and society are very concerned about the growth of children, and the development of children is also a problem that everyone is concerned about. If you want your child to develop healthily, in addition to providing him with sufficient nutrition, you also need to let him exercise more often. So, what benefits can children get from running? For some of the benefits of running for children, please see the detailed introduction below.

The value of infant exercise goes far beyond the exercise itself. Although the motor ability of a human newborn is so weak compared with that of many higher animals, he can learn to walk upright from lying down in just one year, completing a fundamental qualitative leap in the history of life evolution! This is incomparable to other animals.

Exercise is not only a training for the baby's physique and physical fitness, but also conducive to the cultivation of a good personality. Whether it is "crawling and rolling" or walking, running, jumping and climbing, it is a test of the baby's physical fitness, perseverance, courage, self-confidence and self-control. Interesting sports games can provide only children with opportunities to interact with peers and promote the baby's social development.

Before the age of 3 is a sensitive period for babies to learn basic motor skills. They usually learn to crawl at eight months, learn to walk upright at one year old, start to learn to run at around one and a half years old, and learn to jump and go up and down stairs at around two years old. We should seize the opportunity to make full use of this sensitive period and cultivate the baby's interest and habit of physical exercise.

13-18 months is the best time for babies to learn to run. Running has five major effects on the growth and development of babies:

1. It can improve the baby's movement speed and enable him to further participate in the play of older babies.

2. It helps babies strengthen their limb muscles and waist and abdominal muscles, and further enhances their body's explosive power.

3. It can promote the further development of baby's spatial intelligence.

4. Stimulate the baby's vestibular balance, promote the development of comprehensive sensory function and improve balance ability.

5. It is one of the signs of baby's intelligence development.

What benefits can children gain from running? After children learn to run, they can exercise regularly. Running and jumping more often is good for their health. Children who love sports have better physical fitness, and this also helps the healthy development of their bodies and promotes their height growth. Therefore, parents should try their best to cultivate their children's habits of running and exercising.