Physical Activity Resources
AHA – How to Make a Healthy Home, Physical Activity Tips was created by the American Heart Association for parents and families. Here you will find tips and resources for raising heart-healthy active children, including tips for limiting tv time and encouraging "non-athletes" to get up and get moving.
Brain Breaks is an activity booklet developed by undergraduate teacher education students from Albion College, Concordia University, and the University of Michigan to help increase the number of physical activities implemented into the elementary classroom.
Let's Move is a nationwide campaign led by First Lady Michelle Obama, community leaders, teachers, doctors, nurses, moms and dads to tackle the challenge of childhood obesity. Here you will find lots of good tips and resources for healthier schools and more.
National Association for Sport & Physical Education works to enhance knowledge, improve professional practice, and increase support for high quality physical education, sport, and physical activity programs. Here you will find resources- including teaching tools, an advocacy toolkit, social networking opportunities, physical education/physical activity/sport grant opportunities, and more.
Ohio Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (OAHPERD) is an organization dedicated to keeping Ohioans healthy and active for a lifetime. The organization serves HPERD professionals pre-k through higher education. Here you will find publications and resources to promote physical education, including advocacy tools.
Opening School Grounds to the Community After Hours is a new toolkit that provides guidance on increasing physical activity in communities through "joint use agreements." Developed by Planning for Healthy Places at Public Health Law & Policy in California, the PHLP's toolkit helps communities and school districts work together to develop these joint use agreements. You can review or download the entire toolkit or choose a specific chapter or appendix of interest.
VERB™ It’s what you do. is a national, multicultural, social marketing campaign coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Access this site to learn more about the campaign and order VERB materials.
