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Family Fit Night
I am planning a Family Fit Night in recognition of November being Nutrition month. I know it is early, but I figure I could get started sooner rather than later. Any suggestions on some events to include? Right now, I am thinking a healthy snacks table, a karate demonstration, a fruit toss (toss plastic fruit into the "mouth"), maybe a fruit hunt (like an Easter egg hunt), a name that fruit/vegetable table, having the local hospital come in and do blook pressure screenings, etc. I am trying to come up with things for kids and adults.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Kim
Thanks for any suggestions.
Kim
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Permalink Reply by Carissa Dollar on -
some health & fitness related ideas -
bike safety - sometimes you can find places like funeral homes who will donate bike helmets for all kids who go through a safety course
a "hydration station" about the importance of drinking enough fluids and staying well-hydrated
flu vaccination clinic?
take resting pulse rate and then pulse rate after some activity
relay races or obstacle course is usually a hit
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Permalink Reply by Natsu Green on -
I bet your local YMCA would like to come out and help. It's free advertising for them, plus it shows the parents and kids what they might offer. See if they have a Zumba class and if the instructor wouldn't mind coming out and doing a 15 minute demo. I love that class!
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Permalink Reply by Stephanie Shelley on -
I am having a family fit night in April. We are having a contest the kids vs adults on who can walk the most miles this year. Our state has a program called Gold Medal Schools. Where the school gives up unhealthly food and do different healthy activities during the year. We decided since the kids did not walk very much last year we wanted to encourage them to walk a lot more. What better way then trying to beat your parents in something. Plus a added bonus it will get the adults to become more active and hopefully loose a few pounds in the process. (yes that part is for me) We are going to have Jamba Juice come and serve its shakes I am looking at getting different stations also to keep everyone moving. I have Weber State University Womens Volleyball team being are Fitness Ambassodors to encourage a healthly lifestyles I am also having University of Utah are sending us monthly goals to reach. For every two miles they walk or other physical activities they mare off a shoe. They get a charm for certain miles they walked. Hopfully this might get some more Ideas following threw you.
Wasatch Elem. Clearfield, Utah
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Permalink Reply by Mary DeYoung-Smith on
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You could see if the American Heart Association has materials you could have available. You could have a Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser that people could sign up to do at your Family Fit Night.
Is there someone in your community that would donate pedometers for your students to keep track of how much walking they do in a day?
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Permalink Reply by Annye Howell on
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We had a fitness night with an obstacle course set up by a Stretch n Grow instructor
that the kids did with and then without parents.
We also had a local chef come and cook some healthy foods.
We served healthy smoothies too.
Mcd's donated apples
Great way to get exercise and promote healthy living-we do ours in Jan or Feb when winter is here:)
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Permalink Reply by Paul Murphy on
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Permalink Reply by Heidi Ruud on
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How did your Family fit night go? We are planning the same type of event. What worked? What didn't?
Heidi
West Maple PTA
Michigan
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Permalink Reply by Kim Philips on
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We actually didn't have it. Our PTA is very small and we couldn't get enough people to participate and/or donate time. Instead we ended up sending a weekely healthy newsletter home and running a healthy recipe contest.
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Permalink Reply by Heather Shulman on -
Can I just say I love the fruit toss into a mouth :-) I am so using that idea at our Spring Carnival or if we do a nutrition week next November :-) Hope that is ok!
You could also include skin safety and healthy teeth.
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Permalink Reply by Kim Philips on
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Of course that is okay :-)
Good luck!!!
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Permalink Reply by Carissa Dollar on
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We happen to have a shopping cart that our PTA uses a lot to move stuff around the building. For our health & fitness night this year I filled it with empty packages of food and we had some information about reading labels. The kids were able to take a shot at comparing labels.
We also have laminated pix of shopping carts on a table with pictures of lots of different kinds of food. They were able to sort through to figure out what was a healthy choice and put it in their shopping cart.
We put a large red paper heart on the floor. One of our teachers read off different activities or choices. The kids had to jump up and down if it was something healthy for their heart or fall over if it was something bad for you.
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