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To improve the fare available at school, establish a subcommittee of the wellness program, involving homeroom parents, the school nurse, a classroom teacher, a member of the school lunch staff, a consultant such as a university professor, and yourself. The committee should establish school policies regarding the use and distribution of food within the school and during school events. The school may also offer special exercise classes, before school or directly after school.
Now let’s discuss a plan for teaching health-related fitness concepts and active lifestyles within your physical education classes. Students practice muscle identification, learn the difference between muscle contraction and relaxation, and learn specific exercises for arm muscles. Students learn that the components of health-related physical fitness are cardiorespiratory endurance, muscle fitness, flexibility, and body composition, and that they can develop each component by incorporating ...
Help children recognize how games promote healthy physical activity. Developmental level II games are for grades 2 and 3. Using slight modifications, you might also try these games with level III students. Developmental level III games are for children in grades 4 through 6. Continue to reinforce the health-related physical fitness concepts throughout the games.
With these activities, you can address one of those concerns by incorporating developmentally appropriate physical activity into a child’s day for ages two through six. Studies have found that children are more likely to be active if their parents or siblings are active, if their parents support play and physicla activity, and if they have convenient access to play areas adn equipment outdoors. The fun physical activities described in this chapter are designed for parents to share with their...
