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Easy Nutrition Education Activities

WEBUse meal times and snacks to teach your children about nutrition and eating healthy. Continually engage your children in nutrition education. The more often the learning and …

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Health and Wellness Fair

WEBHosting a health and wellness fair at school is a great way to share information with students, staff, families and the community about healthy eating, physical activity, health …

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Healthy Activities to Do at Home

WEBMovement & Play. Practice yoga techniques and poses to build strength and flexibility and help relax. Get “family fit” using activity points to encourage movement. Create a …

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Celebrate Heart Health Month

WEBTake Action. Do daily classroom physical activity breaks. Start small and work your way up to the recommended ten minutes per day. Teach a lesson about heart health and ways …

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Every Kid Healthy Week

WEBEvery Kid Healthy™ Week is an annual celebration of school health and wellness achievements. It takes place during the last full week of April – each day shines a …

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Celebrate Every Kid Healthy Week

WEBEvery Kid Healthy™ Week is an annual observance created to celebrate school health and wellness achievements. It is recognized on the calendar of National Health …

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SMART Goals for Health and Wellness

WEBTake Action. Brainstorm health and wellness goals with students – individually and goals that the class can achieve together. Next, break them down by using the SMART goal …

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Every Kid Healthy Week Resources

WEBMindful Monday. Get your kids or students to practice social-emotional health and mindfulness skills to build resilience. At School. Create a calm-down corner. …

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Why Schools Need Comprehensive Health Education

WEBComprehensive school health education addresses the physical, social, and emotional aspects of health (the health of the whole child) via a structured and sequential …

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Healthy Messages for Families

WEBHere are four key messages to share with parents: Load Up on Fruits and Veggies! The benefits of eating more fruits and vegetables go far beyond helping to maintain a healthy …

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How to Host a Health Fair: 7 Strategies for Success

WEBBe confident when recruiting local organizations to participate – The hardest part is making the first phone call. Consider having an outline that includes basic details and talking …

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Nutrition Based Physical Activity Games

WEBSteps to play: Separate into teams and have each team line up at the “starting” line. Give each team a bag of food models/ food cutouts and assign a team leader. The baggie will …

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Family Fitness Night

WEBFive Pin Bowling – Place teams several feet apart, such as on the opposite ends of a gym. Place five two-liter plastic bottles weighted with sand in the bottom, or bowling pins, in …

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AFHK Resource Library

WEBWelcome to the AFHK Resource Library, made possible by our friends at the Kellogg Company Fund! Browse videos, activities, tip sheets, and more to utilize at school or the …

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Ultramarathon Man Runs for Team Healthy Kids

WEBUltramarathon man Dean Karnazes runs in the 2014 Chicago and New York City Marathons in support of Action for Healthy Kids. ESPN.com covers the story.

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Your Child’s Brain: What’s going on in there

WEBBorba, Michele, Ed.D. UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World. New York: Touchstone, 2016. Print.

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Becoming an Effective Wellness Advocate Create a Sense of …

WEBMORE FOR WELLNESS Becoming an Effective Wellness Advocate The first step to being an effective wellness advocate is being able to explain why it’s important to address …

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