- Make daily physical activity routine for your child. Set aside at least 60 minutes each day for physical activity. Introduce this routine early on in your child's life, so he grows up being physically active.

-Set the right example and lead a physically active life yourself. Kids emulate their parents. If you are a couch potato, you are not motivating your child to get moving. Go to the gym, take frequent walks or play group sports.

- Stimulate your child to get involved with age-appropriate activities. Taking a teenager to the park is not going to motivate him to get active. Instead, encourage him to get involved in school sports or active after-school activities. Have your preschooler focus on development of his fundamental skill; let him ride a bike, or kick and throw a ball. Encourage school-age kids to get into group sports and outdoor activities, such as biking, hiking and camping. 

- Remove the television from your child's bedroom and limit his computer and television time. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends kids over the age of 2 watch no more than two hours of television per day and for those under the age of 2 it is recommended they not watch television at all. 

- Get active as a family so your child has no way out. Commit to a group sport as a family, take the whole family for a walk in the park or visit your local zoo. 

- Find out what type of activity your child enjoys doing because if your child doesn't like the activity you are trying to introduce, he won't be motivated. Have a positive, supportive attitude and praise your child when he does well. It builds his self-esteem and encourages him to keep at it. 

- Schedule chores for your child to complete on a daily basis. Teach him that doing what he wants to do requires that he does what he has to do. Make your child's chores fun. Sing or dance while taking out the trash with him or have a water fight while washing the car. 

- Motivate activity by giving your child gifts that encourage him to move. Give your child a bike, skateboard or basketball for his birthday instead of the newest computer game. Practice safety and include the helmet and elbow and knee pads.