This "Fitness for Life: Elementary School" classroom guide
contains everything you need to deliver standards-based wellness
lesson plans to kindergarten third-grade students. The guide and
its DVD-ROM include the following:
- Daily lesson plans for class discussions and activity breaks,
which take only a few minutes, fit easily into your schedule, and
integrate with other subject matter areas (such as math, social
studies, music, and art)
- Over two hours of fun plug-and-play video routines (featuring
embedded wellness messages) for activity breaks, plus instructional
videos to teach the movements
- Over 130 printable resources, including full-color signs that
reinforce wellness messages, worksheets that reinforce concepts,
and newsletters to send home to families
About the "Fitness for Life: Elementary School" Program
The award-winning "Fitness for Life" middle and high school
programs now have an elementary school companion program. "Fitness
for Life: Elementary School" is a coordinated program that promotes
wellness, physical activity, sound nutrition, and healthy
lifestyles throughout your entire school. It facilitates total
involvement by using physical education lessons, classroom
activities and discussions, recess, before- and afterschool
activities, cafeteria events, family nights, and more. The program
also incorporates nutrition guidelines associated with MyPyramid
and introduces the new Physical Activity Pyramid for Kids. All
components work together to reinforce targeted educational themes
and messages from week to week.
The "Fitness for Life: Elementary School" program enables you to
do the following: Teach essential health-related concepts of
fitness, physical activity, nutrition, and wellness Meet local and
state requirements for daily and weekly physical activity Implement
easy-to-follow lessons that are standards based and developmentally
appropriate Enhance academic performance and help fight childhood
obesity Coordinate efforts among classroom teachers, physical
educators, other school personnel, before- and afterschool program
leaders, and parents Meet recommendations and standards from CDC,
USDA, and NASPE, among others
With its integrated lesson plans, activities, videos, and
resources, "Fitness for Life: Elementary School" can provide the
foundation for a new coordinated school health program or greatly
enhance an existing program.
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