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Weld RE-1 School District: Row as One to a Healthy Horizon
Weld RE-1 is a rural school district in Northern Colorado and serves nearly 2,000 students across the towns of Gilcrest, LaSalle, and Platteville. Although students and staff are separated by many miles, the district has successfully implemented a comprehensive program to support the cognitive, physical, social, and emotional development of… Read More
Action for Healthy Kids: Game On Activity Library
The website, Action for Healthy Kids, has put together many resources for families to be active at home. This link will take you to the Action for Healthy Kids website where these resources are available. Read More
Moving More at Home
Help families move more with our free tools, resources, games, activities, and more designed to make physical activity easy and fun for all!… Read More
Family Activity Planning Guide
When families are physically active together, they can have fun while encouraging healthy choices. Hang this chart on a wall or refrigerator and track your family activity goals each month!… Read More
All Weather Family Activities
Kids need 60 minutes of physical activity every day! Both youth and adults can spread out their physical activity by engaging in short bouts of movement throughout the day. To help you get started, here are some simple, inexpensive, all-weather activities that the whole family can enjoy together!… Read More
Nature-Based BINGO
Celebrate the natural world around us using this handy BINGO card filled with nature-friendly activities. Read More
Active At-Home Scavenger Hunt
Scavenger hunts are fun activities that can support curiosity, learning, and physical activity. Whether indoors or outside, there are plenty of things around us to explore. For a fun, simple activity that can get the whole family moving while at home, hunt for the following items and add your own… Read More
10 Tips for Taking Screen Breaks
These tips from experts and parents can help balance screen time, physical activity, and family connection. Read More
Choose Your Own Family Adventure
Answer 3 simple questions to choose your family’s own custom adventure – a fun activity that will get everyone up and moving this summer, together!… Read More
Time-Saving Physical Activities for Busy Families
Time-saving strategies for getting the whole family active while accomplishing routine tasks. Read More
Using Common Household Items to Foster Play with Kids
Enjoy some fun and games with common household items using this resource provided by Colorado Action for Healthy Kids. This resources shows how to utilize some imagination to bump up the fun and activity level of kids using what you already have at home. Read More
12 Games to Teach Social-Emotional Learning from Playworks
Playworks creates a place for every kid on the playground to feel included, be active, and build valuable social and emotional skills. Here are some of the games and activities our schools use to make recess fun for all students. Read More
Physical Activity Issue Brief
Physical Activity (PA) is a critical component of a healthy school and tool to improve and maintain students’ overall wellbeing. In this Issue Brief, an overview of what physical activity is and its effects, risks of physical inactivity, a brief discussion of what schools can do to address and improve… Read More
Teaching With the Brain in Mind Part 3
Brain-based learning is not new – it’s natural. Understanding the way your brain takes in information, focuses its attention, creates memories, and works are key in planning, designing, and teaching effectively for all learners. Participants will explore concepts related to brain integration, application of neuro-considered strategies, and the creation of… Read More
Teaching With the Brain in Mind Part 2
Get back onto the road of learning while considering the brain and how it operates, thinks, and processes information. Take out your travel log from our Part 1 workshop or jump right in and join us as we travel and experience new “destinations” including neuroplasticity, learning to learn, mindfulness, using… Read More
Teaching With the Brain in Mind Part 1
This training workshop will focus on design, methods, and the creation of an environment that naturally enhances student learning. You will experience a variety of principles and strategies while discovering more about our brains. We will demonstrate techniques that apply brain-based learning modalities in education which assist the learning processes… Read More
Integrating Physical Activity Into the School Day
This workshop is designed for classroom teachers, physical educators, specialists, and administrators that are interested in integrating physical activity in the school setting. Evidence-based research will be presented on the positive impact of physical activity on academic performance, behavior, and overall health and wellness. Participants will learn a step-by-step process… Read More
Physical Education Tech Camp
Join us at Physical Education Tech Camp and learn about the latest fitness technology designed for PE from some of the top PE teachers. Find out how this technology can help you objectively assess, monitor, and document student progress while enhancing your PE program. To schedule a workshop, please contact Wellness… Read More
Game On Progam
Action for Healthy Kids’ “Game On Program” is a flexible and adaptable multi-year framework that supports America’s schools in creating healthier school environments for students, staff, and the communities they serve. This no-cost, online, step-by-step guide provides all the information and resources a K-12 school needs to host a successful… Read More
Bicycle Safety Lesson Plans (Grades 3-6)
This resource includes lesson plans for implementing a bicycle safety program in school curriculum, particularly in physical education classes, for students from third through 6th (or even 8th) grade. These lesson plans introduce a variety of skills that can help children stay safe while they ride their bicycles and have been… Read More
Alliance for a Healthier Generation – Healthy Schools Program
Is your school ready to join the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s Healthy Schools Program? This link will take you to a sign-in page where you will have access to free guidance, tools, and resources to implement healthy policies and practices that improve student performance, attendance, and behavior. After signing-in, you… Read More
Highly Effective Teaching in K-12 Physical Education: Putting All the Pieces Together
The new teacher evaluation can seem like a puzzle. However, putting the pieces together seems far less daunting when you work on it together. In this workshop we will sort through the quality standards to see how they fit into Physical Education and Health authentically. Each standard: content and pedagogy,… Read More
UNC Tap Talks
This is a quarterly event with faculty from the University of Northern Colorado’s School of Sport and Exercise Science where community stakeholders can informally discuss their ideas surrounding schools as centers for active learning. Read More
UNC Summer PAL Academy
The Summer Physical Activity Leadership (PAL) Academy, hosted by the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) Active Schools Lab, is an annual professional learning conference consisting of presentations and discussion facilitated by both practitioners and researchers on topics relating to school health and wellness. Previous conference themes have included “Physical Inactivity… Read More
SES 513: Integrating Physical Activity into the Classroom
Evaluate and explore current methods for bringing physical activity into the regular classroom, while developing a team of teacher champions at your school. This FREE, online, 16-week course is available to classroom teachers statewide who are ready to become teacher champions at their own schools to improve academic performance, increase… Read More
Creating Healthy Schools: What Parents Need to Know
Learn how to work collaboratively to improve school policy and practices related to healthy eating and physical activity. This half-day introductory workshop covers 1) making the case for healthy schools, 2) the school health landscape in Colorado, 3) best practices in nutrition and physical activity, and 4) engaging your school… Read More
Physical Education and Physical Activity: WSCC Menu of Evidence-based Practices
This menu provides a user-friendly overview of evidence-based practices for the Physical Education & Physical Activity component of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Model. Read More
Physical Education and Physical Activity: WSCC Menu Advocacy Brief
As schools pursue the strategies for each component of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model, using evidenced-based strategies increases their likelihood of successful results. This document provides a sampling of the benefits and evidence-based strategies of the Physical Education and Physical Activity WSCC component as found in… Read More
Smart Guide: Physical Education and Physical Activity
The Smart Guides focus on each of the 10 component areas of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model. The Physical Education and Physical Activity Smart Guide provides a description of the component, examples of how other components support physical activity, examples of administrator support and student engagement,… Read More
Walk to School Colorado! Toolkit
This toolkit was created to make organizing a Walk to School Colorado event easy to implement. The kit includes all the necessary steps in the planning process, including assessing your community’s interest in the program. Check out the resource for many tips on preparing for your event, including resources for… Read More
Pedestrian Safety Lesson Plans (Grades K-2)
This resource provides lesson plans for implementing a pedestrian safety program in your school curriculum, particularly in physical education classes. The curriculum is a combination of indoor and outdoor lessons that can be used together or separately, depending on time and space available. Each lesson builds on the concepts and skills… Read More
Alliance for a Healthier Generation – Healthy Schools Framework
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation works to empower students to develop lifelong healthy habits by ensuring the environments that surround them provide and promote good health. The Alliance’s Healthy Schools Program helps to create and sustain healthy environments where students, especially those in greatest need, can learn and flourish. Read More
Health and Wellness: A Leadville School and Community Success Story
In 2016, Lake County Intermediate School in Leadville was recognized with the Healthy School Champions Platinum Governor’s Award for School Health and Wellness. However, it wasn’t long ago that health outcomes for Leadville kids weren’t so great. That’s why educators across the district began focusing on meeting students’ basic health… Read More
Core Subject Bicycle and Pedestrian Lesson Plans (K-8)
This resource provides lesson plans for bicycle and pedestrian topics in core subject matter areas such as math, social studies, reading, writing, science, and more. Includes resources for Kindergarten through 8th grade. The lesson plans integrate walking, bicycling, active transportation, and healthy living into core subject areas and are arranged… Read More
Physical Education and Physical Activity Leadership, Master of Arts in Teaching
Today, schools everywhere are implementing comprehensive school physical activity programs. The University of Northern Colorado (UNC) offers the Physical Education and Physical Activity Leadership, Master of Arts in Teaching. This is one of the first master’s programs in the nation to prepare school professionals to fulfill the highly valued role… Read More