Why drink water?
Water makes up 80% of our brains so it's important that we drink enough water to be able to concentrate.
If it's hot outside or your children are running around like wildcats they should be regularly topping up their water levels. Not only is water better for them than those high calorie fizzy drinks, it's also much cheaper and available on tap!
Make sure your children are drinking
enough water
To keep your kids alert and healthy we recommend that you follow our advice:
- Children and adults should drink between six to eight glasses of water every day
Children will need more water when exercising - to keep them properly hydrated they should:
- Drink slowly and early - it's physically easier to do this when they're still feeling fresh
- Drink every 10 to 15 minutes to continually replenish any water lost through sweat
- For regular exercise of less than an hour, fresh water is all they need to drink
- At the end of their session, remember that they need to continue to drink water
- Lack of water can affect a child's performance so if they're tackling some really tricky homework it might be worth getting them a drink first!
- Children will love this one - the colour of their wee may indicate that they are dehydrated. They can keep a check on the colour of their urine to make sure they're drinking enough water using our fun peeometers.
