The Best 30 Minutes of the Day! - Adventure to Fitness® motivates kids of all sizes, races and ethnicities to get moving and make healthy life choices. Since the 2010-2011 school year, The School District of Palm Beach County has continued to strategically expand this resource into 112 schools. Adventure to Fitness® provides an easy solution for general education classroom teachers in the fight against childhood obesity and promotion of overall wellness. This resource inspires children to lead healthy lifestyles through imagination, education, and movement. Adventure to Fitness® has been used in the following ways:
- default_titleIndoor recess/PE alternative
- default_titleTo meet state/district mandated physical activity minutes
- default_titleFitness/brain breaks
- default_titleEnergizer/stress busters - especially during testing
- default_titleReward/Incentive
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Adventure to Fitness® conducts yearly surveys with the teachers across the country participating in the program. The following was their feedback:
- default_title“There isn’t enough time in the day to get everything done.”
- default_title“I’m often over-extended on deliverables and pacing guides.”
- default_title“It’s often a challenge to get my students to focus with no time for recess or PE.”
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- default_title“Adventure to Fitness® gets all kids moving and my students love it! They are completely engaged while they are learning and getting fit.”
- default_title“It’s easy. I didn’t need any training or special equipment. Just click Play.”
- default_title“Being aligned to my state’s standards made lesson planning easy, and I have follow-up activities to reinforce the episodes.”
- default_title“The program opened up 30 minutes of my day to plan lessons, grade papers, and sometimes I even workout with the kids.”
- default_title“My students get to burn off some energy and they concentrate more for the rest of the day.”
- default_title100% of teachers gave Adventure to Fitness® the highest possible scores in:
o Ease of use
o Healthy benefits for students
o Educational content
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During the 2012-2013 school year, The School District of Palm Beach County schools using the Adventure to Fitness® resource saw an increase in classroom physical activity by more than 268,551 minutes (4,475 hours).
What’s new for the 2013-2014 school year with Adventure to Fitness®?
- default_titleNew Episodes! (starting in October 2013)
- default_titleMini Episodes
- default_titleTick Tock Challenge
- default_titleWin a Skype or School visit from Mr. Marc!
- default_titleStreaming service and DVD’s available for the Home
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