Let's Move and Play


Objective: Children LEARN through moving, thinking and feeling while they are active. Parents (and other care-givers) can promote learning by providing opportunities for children to be active and by participating in activities with their children. Appropriate Occasion: WIC clinics, health fairs, parenting workshops, child care provider trainings, Head Start parent meetings. Appropriate Audience: Parents with young children (focus on preschoolers). Care-givers for young children (i.e. child care providers, grandparents, foster parents, etc.)
Handouts: Let's Move and Play (Spanish) Family Fun Fact Sheets (available from Kansas Nutrition Network) Good for You! Nutrition Curriculum for Those Who Care About Children This curriculum has one lesson that focuses on balancing physical movement with healthy food choices and lots of activity ideas that can be demonstrated as part of the display and/or used in workshops and trainings. Available from the Kansas Nutrition Network or the KCCTO (Kansas Child Care Training Opportunities) office at (800) 227-3578 Revised 04-01

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