Physical activity breaks and physical education

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  • Catch (Coordinated Approach to Child Health) After School/Summer Program

    Format: Hard copy

    Audience: PreK-8th grade

    Cost: $225

    Screenshot of CATCH websiteA physical activity and nutrition education program designed for elementary and middle school aged children in an after-school/summer setting. It is composed of nutrition education materials (including snack activities) and a physical activity component. The program offers an easy-to-use format that both children and staff enjoy and is ready to implement in the after-school and summer settings.

    Available at: http://catchinfo.org  

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  • Energizers for Schools

    Format: PDF

    Audience: Kindergarten - 8th grade

    Cost: Free

    Energizers for Kindergarten - 5th grade front coverEnergizers are classroom based physical activities that help teachers integrate physical activity with academic concepts. These are short (about 10 minute) activities that classroom teachers can use to provide physical activity to children.

    Available at: http://www.eatsmartmovemorenc.com/Energizers/EnergizersForSchools.html

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  • Exemplary Physical Education CurriculumTM (EPEC)

    Format: Hard copy

    Audience: Kindergarten - 5th Grade

    Cost: $$- For pricing and ordering, contact resources@michiganfitness.org

    Michigan Fitness Foundation logoThe Exemplary Physical Education Curriculum (EPEC)TM is a comprehensive and flexible K-5 physical education and physical activity system leading to physical literacy for learners. Learners will develop more skills, more confidence, and more motivation to be physically active today and tomorrow.

    Available at: http://www.michiganfitness.org/epec

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  • Fit Bits

    Format: Hard copy

    Audience: Kindergarten - 5th Grade

    Cost: $$- For pricing and ordering, contact resources@michiganfitness.org

    Michigan Fitness Foundation logoFitBitsTM is an innovative, best-practice resource that gets students up out of their seats and moving while, at the same time, reinforcing nutrition and health concepts that are aligned with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, grade level standards, and USDA MyPlate.

    Available at: http://www.michiganfitness.org/fitbits

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  • In School Breaks

    Format: PDF

    Audience: Kindergarten - 12th Grade

    Cost: Free

    In-School Breaks135 ideas to get kids in school moving. Example: Create a Handshake: Have the students find a partner and create a unique and active handshake. Then have the partners separate and teach the handshake to others. Instruct the students to see how many handshakes he/she can learn in 3 minutes.

     Available at: http://www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@wcm/@fc/documents/downloadable/ucm_455767.pdf

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  • Keep Gym in School/ Play 60

    Format: Online

    Audience: Kindergarten - 12th Grade, Parents

    Cost: Free

    This program, created by the NFL, promotes physical activity in schools and includes lesson plans, grant opportunities, and a P.E. Teacher of the Year recognition program.

    There is a section just for kids and a section for parents as well.

    Available at:  http://www.nflrush.com/play60

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  • Presidential Youth Fitness Program

    Format: Webpage

    Audience: Kindergarten - 12th Grade

    Cost: Free

    Presidential Youth Fitness Program ChecklistThe Presidential Youth Fitness Program, a partnership of expert organizations in health and fitness education, assessment and promotion, emphasizes the value of living a physically active life – in school and beyond. With this program, schools gain access to resources to help students engage in their own health and fitness, including the use of Fitnessgram which measures students’ physical fitness against a set of health-based criteria rather than their performance compared to peers.

    Available at: http://www.pyfp.org/about/index.shtml

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  • Spark – After School Curriculum

    Format: Print Copies

    Audience: Kindergarten - 8th grade

    Cost: $199-$399

    Spark-folio physical activity toolkitAn easy to use 3-ring binder  with over 400 pages of cooperative, cultural and aerobic games, dances from around the world, and enjoyable skill and sport activities written in scope and sequence. There are also instructional units on jump rope, parachute play, jogging games, fitness circuits, and beanbag activities. Activities are more inclusive, active, and enjoyable because they’ve been highly modified by our team of experts, and tested for effectiveness in hundreds of after school programs nationwide.

    Order: http://www.sparkpe.org/after-school/curriculum/

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  • In-School Physical Activity Breaks

    Format: PDF

    Audience: Teachers and Administrators

    Cost: Free

    Three-five minute physical activity breaks that can be incorperated into any classroom. 

     

    Available at: https://www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@wcm/@fc/documents/downloadable/ucm_455767.pdf

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