GET KIDS MOVING

Learn about the benefits and best practices of physical activity in child care and early education settings. Physical activity habits learned in early childhood can last a lifetime.

Since many children are in child care throughout the week, it’s important for providers to give kids daily opportunities to be active in a safe play space.

Physical activity in child care can be structured or unstructured.

For Family Child Care:

We Have the Moves

We Have the Moves from Sesame Workshop provides you with fun ways to boost children’s physical activity during everyday routines. These activities require minimal time and equipment.

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For Parents:

Activity Calendar

A start anytime, reusable calendar from Head Start Body Start you can send home with parents. The calendar has fun, simple physical activities to do everyday with preschoolers.

Download the Get Moving Today Calendar (PDF) »

Featured Resource:

Creating Active Classrooms

These materials were created to support teachers of 2-5 year olds in early care and education (ECE) centers to increase the amount of physical activity in their classrooms. They can also be used by those who provide training and technical assistance to ECE teachers. The resources are designed to build short, easy-to-use activities into your daily child care routine.

The resources include: 1) Training Workshop Slides, 2) Lesson Plans, and 3) Activity Cards. The training workshop slides can be used separately from or together with the lesson plans and activity cards.

» Training Workshop Slides

» Guide to Lessons and Cards

 

Professional Development:

HKHF Training Module — Get Kids Moving

Healthy Kids, Healthy Future (HKHF) learning modules were developed in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and provide practical strategies for implementing best practices in early childhood settings for promoting healthy weight in young children. The series includes six lessons that cover background information for childhood obesity prevention and the five best practice goals: increase physical activity, limit screen time, offer healthy beverages, serve healthy food and support infant feeding.

Healthy Kids, Healthy Future – Get Kids Moving: This learning module from PennState and Better Kid Care will help providers identify the benefits of physical activity, understand best practices for physical activity, develop strategies and ideas to keep kids active, and learn about the resources and tips available to help increase physical activity levels.