Hydration Tips:

• Keep on top of the hydration needs of young children playing outdoors, especially in hot weather
   
• Have children drink before heading out to play and give them beverage breaks frequently
   
• Serve beverages at moderate tepmeratures to promote greater fluid intake
  
  
• Offer beverages that your child will enjoy-Studies show children consume 45%-50% more liquid when it is flavored
   
• Remember that many foods, such as fruits and veggies, have high water content that contributes to total fluid intake
  
  
• Pack water bottles in bookbags of children heading off to play.

Sources: The Beverage Institue for Health and Wellness, Centers of Disease Control and Prevention