Letter from the Editor
By: Alex X. Martínez
This special edition newsletter is designed to provide you, your schools, your students, families and communities with resources to stay active and healthy during this time of uncertainty. Our students aren't sure when they will be back and for most of us, we didn't get to tell them goodbye. If you have any resources that you believe would be good to share, please email them to us by clicking the contact us button below.
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Given the severity of COVID-19, people with disabilities and chronic health conditions are some of the most at risk populations. While staying home, practicing social distancing and good hygiene are of upmost importance it is also imperative that we stay active through exercise options at home. Exercise can help boost immunity and keep us in good physical and mental health. The National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD) has curated a playlist of the top exercise from home videos on their YouTube channel for kids and adults. The playlist includes 32 options for all abilities to choose an exercise mode that works and is enjoyable to them. Get ready, set and move ->
https://bit.ly/2QoIiao.
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We have also put together a list of resources for physical education teachers to use during their time out of school to help your students, staff, faculty, families and communities stay active. Enjoy this
list
that we have compiled and utilize the resources on our website as well to help you stay active and healthy.
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Welcome to the
Active Home resource center
. The tools and resources on the page are designed to help families enjoy physical activity together as a way to enhance physical and emotional health and well-being.
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SHAPE America
is dedicated to helping physical education and health education teachers across the country as many schools and school districts are moving to distance learning due to COVID-19. In response, we have created a
collection of resources
from SHAPE America and other K-12 health and physical educators to help you continue to provide high-quality, standards-based lessons despite the circumstances. Adapt, re-purpose or use the resources provided as you see fit to best meet the unique needs of your students. Be sure to bookmark the page and come back as we will be adding content regularly.
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Kahoot
is a game-based learning platform that makes it easy to create, share and play learning games or trivia quizzes in minutes. Unleash the fun in classrooms, offices and living rooms. The program is free for use.
Kahoot
offers free access to all features to support distance learning in schools affected by the coronavirus outbreak.
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With schools across the country closing due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), it’s important to keep kids engaged, healthy, and active at home.
CATCH Global Foundation
has released
“Health at Home”
– a free set of health, nutrition, and physical education materials that require limited space and supervision. Access is quick-and-easy via Google Classroom. Full details and instructions are available at
catch.org/pages/health-at-home.
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Y
oga has become a popular and beneficial activity for all ages and for good reason. For kids with a disability yoga can help them breathe deeper, concentrate longer, and increase their self- confidence. In this
video
, you can see how yoga can be adapted for kids of all abilities. Watch as each move is demonstrated by a single individual and how that move might play out in a class setting. Yoga should always be viewed as an individual practice. The way one child may be able to demonstrate a pose may look completely different from another child. Allow each student to move freely through their own practice. Poses show in this video adapted from
YogaFit®
Kids and lead by Lori Watkins, Recreation Coordinator at Lakeshore Foundation.
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As the global COVID-19 situation rapidly evolves,
Healthier Generation
is committed to providing continued support to you, your family, our schools and communities by providing reliable updates and
sharing free, evidence-based, on-demand resources
.
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An Important Message from Coach Dave
Hi Parents and Professionals,
Over the past few days, I have been receiving emails about E-Learning resources in physical education in response to COVID-19. Unfortunately, many resources are not including those with autism or related disabilities.
Your children's or the students' sensory needs do not stop when they get home. And during what could be, or already has been, an abrupt change in their routine will likely cause much anxiety and stress. They will need a way to calm their bodies, reduce any anxiety, and still meet recommended physical activity requirements. ExerciseBuddy can be an important tool to help meet your child and students' needs.
Parents, even just 10-minutes of exercise has proven benefits for those with autism - specifically reducing echolalia and hand-flapping.
Also, exercise is shown to reduce maladaptive behaviors and improve on-task behavior.
This month we are extending the ExerciseBuddy 14-day free trial for anyone who signs up. We want you to have the ability to make exercise part of your child's or students' daily routine during these challenging times. Click
here
or on the link below to sign up.
Also, we have included some additional online resources below that we have created over the years to help you understand and teach exercise to your children and students.
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Action for Healthy Kids
Action for Healthy Kids
developed the
40 Tips for an Active Family
to get families moving together. The idea is that you would cut out each tip and place them in a bag or jar. Then every evening, the children would draw an activity from the bag or jar and that would be the family’s activity the next evening.
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Even when schools are closed, you can keep the learning going with these special cross-curricular journeys. Every day includes four separate learning experiences, each built around a thrilling, meaningful story or video. Kids can do them on their own, with their families, or with their teachers. Just find your grade level and let the learning begin! If you need something for your Pre-K student today, click
here
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Help your preschooler eat well, be active, and grow up healthy!
Young children need your help to develop healthy eating and physical activity habits for life. During their early years, you and your preschooler's doctor are partners in maintaining your child's health.
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