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Health and Physical Education

Welcome the Health and Physical Education site. We believe in educating the whole child.

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Marathon Kids -

Marathon Kids® is a free, innovative, incremental running/walking and nutrition program sponsored by Whole Foods Market®.  Children will run/walk 26.2 miles over the course of six months in quarter mile increments.

Marathon Kids will kick of on October 18th, 2008.  Information will go home by October 1st.  They will be collecting new or gently used children’s shoes for Colonias families in need.  So if you can spare, don’t forget to bring a pair.  The event will begin at 10:00 am sharp at Rice University’s Track and Field Stadium. 

Here are some links for living healthy.

• Parents please read!!!! Click Here. Make physical education a bigger national priority. With childhood obesity at epidemic levels in the United States, it's time to put a greater emphasis on ensuring that schoolchildren are physically active.
• Kids in Action, the widely popular booklet developed by NASPE, Kellogg's and the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports to provide parents and caregivers simple ideas for physical activities that they can do with children from birth to age five, is available FREE on the NASPE web site, www.naspeinfo.org. Download your colorful, 15 page booklet TODAY! Visit the NASPE web site, www.naspeinfo.org, select Parent/Advocacy Brochures under the Publications menu and click on Advocacy Resources at the bottom of the page. Or click on the following link: http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/
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• Additional NASPE Early Childhood Resources: Active Start: A Statement of Physical Activity Guidelines for Children Birth to Five Years Guidelines and information for teachers, parents, caregivers, and health-care professionals who are interested in promoting physical activity for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/
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• Movement-Based Learning for Children: Academic Concepts and Physical Activity for Ages Three through Eight Provide age-appropriate movement activities for preschool and early elementary age children that can help provide the nationally recommended 60 minutes per day of "structured" physical activity. http://member.aahperd.org/Template.cfm?
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• Appropriate Practices In Movement Programs For Young Children Ages 3-5 Instructional practices for movement programs that are in the best interest of pre-school age children. http://member.aahperd.org/template.cfm?
  template=Productdisplay.cfm&productID=848§ion=5 Check out a new food pyramid. Also see how physical activity improves your health! http://www.mypyramid.gov./pyramid/
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• Letter to 3-5 grade parents about Body Fat and exercise
• Diabetes education and healthy eating habits. This is an excellent website that explains carbohydrates. It explains quite a bit in "everyday" language. http://www.samford.edu/schools/education/
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• www.texasroundup.org - Texas Round-Up, has information to promote and maintain healthy life styles.
• www.walkamerica.org - Form a team to participate in the March of Dimes WalkAmerica, Contact H.I.S.D. Jennifer Yould, jyould@houstonisd.org  or by phone at 713-892-6384 for information.
• www.walkthetalkamerica.com - There is a Body Mass Index Calculator, a link that explains exactly what that means, and other tips to help you improve your health. Read and enjoy...but "Get Moving."
• http://www.presidentschallenge.org/ -
  President's Challenge - Physical Activity & Fitness Awareness Program
• This is an excellent website that explains carbohydrates. It explains quite a bit in "everyday" language. http://www.samford.edu/schools/
  education/essm/PHED473/nutrition/sld014.htm