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September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month Part 1

9/16/2015

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I'll be the first to admit I hated PE.  I was overweight, and I have poor depth perception, so running and sports were a misery to me, especially competitive games.  It wasn't until I was in my 20s that I learned that I like physical activity.  I love to hike and walk with a companion or two.  I love to run by myself.  I even like to compete, but only against myself.  I discovered this enjoyment later, and I still have the occasional hang-up about physical activity, and I have health issues from so many years of problems with my weight.  I often wish my schools growing up understood some things about physical fitness that we know today.  I want students in our programs to love physical activity in our programs, and to link those things so that they enjoy life-long heath.


Our program commits to 30 minutes of physical activity EVERY DAY!  We use SPARK (http://www.sparkpe.org/).   I don't know what you, your children, or your program rely on for 
SPARK removes all of the things I hated about PE. It de-emphasizes competition, makes games fun, disguises activity, and makes kids feel successful in physical activity.  Everybody plays, everybody has fun, everybody wins!
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    Jennie Worley

    High Desert Leapin' Lizards Curriculum Coordinator: STEAM and SPARK for Preschool and Afterschool.

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