5 of the Easiest Habits to Teach Children at a Young Age
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This is the first year with both children in school. It’s exciting for this momma! To prepare for the new school year, I’ve been working to set up new routines to keep things moving as smoothly as possible.
First stop is at Target.. I go there a lot! And why not, when everything I need for back to school and at home can be found there. We shopped for the long lists of school supplies and also took a ride over to the pharmacy aisles for things like bandaids, tylenol for those upcoming illnesses and Nature Made® KIDS FIRST® gummy vitamins to start the school year right.
Learning healthy habits at a young age is important. I’ve built up many bad habits of my own as an adult. While it’s possible to break these habits, it’s much more difficult then if I had learned good habits as a child. This is why I’m teaching my kids the importance of being healthy at a young age.
Here are some of the best habits that you can teach your children at a young age:
- Sleep – Our bodies function and learn at their best when they have had good sleep.
- Exercise – Every day, we encourage the kids to get outside and play for at least 30 minutes. Get out there with them! When kids see you being active, it’s much easier for them to join in.
- Hand Washing – Keeping hands clean can help prevent a lot illnesses. Not only washing your hands after the restroom, but before eating as well.
- Drink Water – Water is a resource that kids just don’t get enough of and our bodies need it to function and survive. By starting this early, they are more likely to avoid thing like obesity and other health problems from beverages like soda pop.
- Taking a Vitamin – While we instill healthy eating habits, a good vitamin can help fill in those gaps that we might miss during our day.
I put a lot of thought into my children’s vitamins. Not only do I have food allergies to worry about, I want a high quality vitamin that will give my kids the nutritional support that they are lacking.
This is why I chose Nature Made® KIDS FIRST® Multivitamin with Omega-3 Gummies. My kids love the great flavors, like strawberry, lemon and orange. What my kids don’t know, and I love about these vitamins, is the 9 key ingredients, plus the essential omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA that are inside.
- Provides 11 essential nutrients, including vitamins A, C, D and E, B vitamins, zinc and omega-3s EPA and DHA
- All-natural fruit flavors
- Colors derived from natural sources
- No synthetic dyes
- No preservatives or yeast
- Gluten free
So far, our school year is off to a great start and our routines are in place. I’m going to try my hardest to keep them going! The easiest one by far has been the vitamin, I know that my Nature Made® gummies can easily be picked up during my Target trips and the kids give me no fuss about taking them.
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These are great tips. My kids love gummy vitamins so we always reach for Nature Made too.
Agreed! These are such basic yet very important throughout life. It’s one of those things you don’t always think about but should!
Great advice. It’s so important to teach kids healthy habits when they’re young cause the chances they’ll continue into adulthood are high.
I love how they have gummy vitamins. It makes it easier for kids to want to take them everyday!
I’d add brushing teeth to that list. We have our toddlers pretty well taught to brush them before bed. I had lousy dental hygiene habits and now my teeth are paying the price. I don’t want my kids to make the same mistake.
Gummy vitamins are so great. So important to give kids a good foundation!
Gummy vitamins are awesome! I love them myself. No more fighting with the kids over taking them is a good thing!
Wow! When my kids were little vitamins were a yucky syrup that they loathed. Gummies make it so easy for mom and the kids!
It is important to teach children important things while they are young so they can develop good life-long habits. The ones you shared here are excellent ones.
Those are all great habits to teach kids! Learning these habits young will make their adult life much easier :)
Love everything on your list! Teaching kids at early age is so important!
I agree about all of these. I have taught my girls all of these. They wake up every morning and always grab their vitamins. They also know that water is good for them, so they drink a lot of that too.
First, I have to say that your kids are so adorable. Also, totally love the idea of chewy vitamins (they work like a charm!) – really great article in getting your kids to pick up healthy habits from the get-go.
My kids just finished their vitamins, these sound great. I need to try these, I bet they would like them.
These are great habits to teach our kids. I have been looking for a good multivitamin to give them.
I will have to pick up some Nature Made® KIDS FIRST® Multivitamin with Omega-3 Gummies for my kids. It is so important to be sure they are getting all the vitamins they need.
I think the gummy vitamins are brilliant. That’s the easiest way to take what used to be torture out of vitamins away!
The only vitamins my son will take are gummies. I will have to see if we carry this brand in Canada.
I like gummy vitamins myself. Those are good things to teach them, especially the need for proper sleep.
Teaching kids healthy habits is so important. You really need to start them off right.
We have not bought vitamins and years and I know I need to. I will have to check these out and see if they have what I want for my kiddo! Thank you for sharing this one.