1. Emily Howard School Teachers and Administrators
Exercise for Kids
Emily Howard
School Teachers and Administrators

2. Importance of Exercise
Stronger Muscles and Bones
Leaner Bodies
Less likely to become over weight
Decrease risk of type 2 diabetes
Lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels

3. Types of Exercise Aerobic Activity Muscle Strengthening
Bone Strengthening
Stretching

4. Aerobic Activity Examples for Kids
Physical exercise of low to high intensity
Examples for Kids
Skateboarding
Tag
Jump rope
Basketball
Tennis
Dancing

5. Muscle Strength Muscle endurance is important for injury prevention
For kids rope, rock and tree climbing can be beneficial
Other examples
Tug of war
Push ups
Cheerleading
Gymnastics
Muscle Strength

6. Bone Strengthening
Strengthening Bones is very important for healthy bone growth in children
Examples for Kids
Hopping
Skipping
Jumping
Running
Hiking

7. Stretches Stretching and flexibility are vital to injury prevention
Stretching keeps kids at their peaks of motion
This will make them more prone to participation in activity
Example
Yoga
Martial Arts
Stretches

8. Amount of time that should be spent exercising per day
Preschooler and Up
Facts
120 minutes
Short spurts of time
Toddlers
Infants
minutes

9. Benefits of Exercise
Keeps children at a healthy weight through childhood
Teaches them healthy habits to maintain a healthy weight through adulthood

10. Benefits of Exercise Helps children increase motor skills
Improve social skills and brain development
Builds confidence about themselves and their bodies
Reduces risk of stress and depression
Improves sleep

11. Benefits of Exercise
Children who are active tend to have fewer behavioral and disciplinary problems
Do better in school, and have longer attention spans in class.

12. Where to Play Indoor Outdoor
When unable to play outside inside is still an okay option
Find a gym or large classroom to do activities in
Outdoor
Try to go outside as much as possible
More room to run
More energy will be exerted doing big activities in larger areas
Where to Play

13. Join In!
As a Teacher, joining in on the children's exercise will make them more willing to participate
Teacher enjoying exercise makes the activity enticing

14. In Schools Many schools cut PE programs due to cost
This is not smart in a country that is fighting childhood obesity
Exercise is not expensive and any activities can be considered exercise
School makes PE fun
VIDEO

15. Exercise Impact on the Body
THE BRAIN
Exercising increases Serotonin to the brain
This is known as “the happy hormone”
It helps the brain think more clearly

16. Exercise Impact on the Body
MUSCLES
Exercise strengthens all of your muscles
Including your heart
The heart is a muscle, so by exercising the heart is strengthens
This can have lasting effects on a person living a healthy life

17. TAKE ACTION

18. Games to play to keep kids active
Animal Charades
Pretend to be animals
SuperCharged Story time
When child hears repeated word must do an activity
Kid Yoga
Do yoga stretches and poses with the kids
Freeze frame
Dance until the music stops

19. Its Fun Exercise is important for many health and physical reasons
The best reason though, is that it is fun
Kids need to learn the fun of exercise while they are young!
Its Fun

20. Work Cited
"Kids and Exercise." KidsHealth - the Web's Most Visited Site about Children's Health. Ed. Mary L. Gavin. The Nemours Foundation, 01 Aug Web. 27 Sept
6 Easy Exercise Moves for Kids." Family Circle. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Sept
"What Is the Best Work Out for Children?" Body Builder. N.p., n.d. Web.