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Use These Resources to Help Kids Become Healthier
A variety of Teaching Resources are included here for your use
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A list of the latest resources to help you succeed
The items here range from simple modivation tools to important external studies on fitness.
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Mundy Dream
This is a fun story for you to ponder upon. Discuss our thoughts with your buddies. Ask them what they think Mundy's dream is about. (PDF)
GoZonkers Boardgame
Grab your several friends during your break or after school to play a fun game with the GoZonkers characters. You'll learn something interesting about safety rules when playing with your friends different outdoor games. (PDF)
Physically Active Kids Get Better Grades
(Full Version)
This research summarizes the dramatic connection between academic performance of elementary school children and regular, vigorous physical activity in schools.
With budget cuts and time constraints due to the requirements of "No Child Left Behind (NCLB)," less than 8% of elementary schools have regular PE Yet, the data from the dozens of studies collected in this report show that academic performance is hurt, not helped, by less school-based physical activity.
Physically Active Kids Get Better Grades
(Summary Version)
This summary of the full report noted above explains how regular physical activity simultaneously improves grades AND student health.
It is highly recommended this version be given to school administrators, elected officials, Parent organizations, and other Teachers to demonstrate the urgent need to initiate and support regular physical activity programs in elementary schools. This version is shorter and, minus the footnotes, a quicker read for busy people.
EarlyGames PE Program
The Nation's Only Proven PE Program that Attacks Childhood Obesity and Early Chronic Diseases (ECD) at School
This will take you step-by-step through the Early Sport Physical Activity Program components. It has a lot of visuals for you to understand how we make this Program work.
Turnkey PE Program for non-PE elementary teachers consits of:
- Fun games with strong cardio components
- Strength, coordination, and spatial sense development
- Dozens of games, large and small ball-handling skills
- Simple rules, everyone plays
- Emphasis on fun vs. winning
Early Sport PE Effectiveness Report
30 Minutes a Day Can Reduce Risks for Type 2 Diabetes and Early Chronic Diseases (ECD)
Before offering its PE program to the elementary school teachers, Early Sport Foundation conducted a PE effectiveness protocol test at Silver Mesa Elementary, Jordan School District, UT. The purposes of this protocol test were:
- Developing and testing a standardized method of evaluation the effectiveness of PE programs based upon the use of medically recognized bio-markers for the detection of Early Chronic Diseases (ECD).
- Determining whether a PE program designed to maintain elevated heart rates (50% or more of a class period) can effect positive changes in recongized bio-markers for detection of ECD.
- Measuring the effectiveness of the Early Sport program as a first test of this protocol.
Jump for Bones
Preventing Osteoporosis Begins Before You’re 12
Without regular, vigorous activity, bone accumulation ceases by age 20 and begins to decline. The most important time for bone development is well before adolescence.
GoZonkers News
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Find out about when you can expect new Radio Adventures, important sponsorships or endorsements that may effect you.
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GZ Bilingual Exercise Poster
(GZRA 1) 8.5 x 11 Letter Size (312 KB)
This poster illustrates all the exercises used in the GoZonkers Radio Adventures. To teach the 5 types of exercises, and the proper sequence, they are grouped by Warm-ups/Cool-downs, Stretches, Cardio, and Jumps.
GZ Bilingual Exercise Poster
(GZRA 1) 24 x 36 Poster Size (552 KB)
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