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Welcome to Wednesday WOWS!
W-wonderful O-opportunities W-with S-schools
November 4, 2009
....Easy HEAR-SEE-DO action tips each week
HEAR .... Provide a message to increase awareness of knowledge/skills
SEE .... Show people HOW to make healthy changes
DO .... Help people practice and make healthy changes
Enjoy These Autumn Days with Physical Activity!
HEAR
Autumn provides glorious foliage colors, so get outside with the kids you lead for active play time. Try the outdoor activity ideas below!
SEE
- HKC's Acting Up booklet - Fun 5-10 minute activities that combine math, social studies, health, & language skills with movement!
- Street Play - Find simple, outdoor game ideas with few resources needed.
DO
- Incorporate "outside" active time into lesson plans and youth program activities.
- Science lessons come to life when concepts can be seen or touched while walking outside.
- Take kids for a walk outside as the group brainstorms project ideas, practices spelling words/vocabulary, or problem solves social study issues.
- Try "Roman Numeral Run" in HKC's Acting Up booklet, page 24, to put math in motion! Kids will match the Roman Numeral on their card with the number posted on an outside wall or fence.
- Ahead of time, prepare a set of large number cards and a set of Roman numeral cards that match the numbers on the large number cards. Tape the large number cards to the wall or fence.
- Give each player a card that shows a Roman numeral.
- Instruct players, when given a signal, to run and touch the correct number posted on the wall/fence that matches with the Roman numeral on their card.
- Repeat as time allows.
- Reward kids for good behavior or goal accomplishments with outside active time! Whether it's time on the playground or a group game like "Duck, Duck, Goose" or "Red Light, Green Light"; kids need time in the day to run, jump, and get ACTIVE!
HKC Monthly Webinar Training Notice! Register Now!
"Staff Wellness - Personal wellness and role modeling" Webinar
Thursday, Nov. 19, 3:00 p.m. CST
HEAR - SEE - DO Tips for Newsletters
Cut and paste a HEAR-SEE-DO tip each week into your own parent newsletters!
Healthy Outdoor Time
Interacting with nature and a chance for physical activity are good reasons to get your family outside on the weekends! Plan a family walk, hike, bike ride, or picnic with group games like "Hide and Seek", to role model and have fun with physical activity.
H1N1-Health#1 Nutrition #1 Blog
Staying healthy is #1 on most people's minds right now, so what's best for preventing illness? ... Read More.
HKC Materials - Fun Incentive Items!
Promote wellness by providing healthy message bookmarks at health fairs, offer fun T-shirts as motivational prizes and use HKC's new "Walk Through the Pyramid™" cards as an educational give-away. See more!
Funding Opportunities
Consider applying for these funding options to assist an existing youth program that focuses on healthy eating and physical activity
Youth Service America - Service Learning Grants
Deadline: November 9, 2009
Youth Service America, a leader in the youth service and volunteer movement, is offering the State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants to support projects that culminate on Global Youth Service Day, April 23-25, 2010. Service-learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with academic study.
NEA Foundation Awards - Books Across America
Deadline: November 20, 2009
The NEA Foundation advances student achievement by investing in public education that will prepare each of America's children to learn and thrive in a rapidly changing world. The Books Across America Award provides funds to purchase books for libraries in pre K-12 public schools serving economically disadvantaged students (in schools with at least 70% free and reduced).
Thought for the Day
"Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul."
-- Samuel Ullman
For questions about Healthy Kids Challenge, please contact:
Vickie L. James, RD, LD, Director
vickie@healthykidschallenge.com
1-888-259-6287
www.healthykidschallenge.com
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