See how many best practices your daycare, preschool, or in-home provider is already using Here are some—but not all—of the documented best practices for nutrition and physical activity in child care centers. How many are embedded in your provider’s daily routines? * Does your child care provider offer at least 120 minutes of physical play…
We at Jump IN hope you and yours are enjoying a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. Good food, good friends and family – that’s what Thanksgiving is all about. And it’s also a remarkably easy weekend to get your 5-2-1-0. And we’ll tell you how. 5 Fruits and Vegetables: Let your Thanksgiving leftovers be your friend: load…
Sharing 5-2-1-0 with kids and families Jump IN for Healthy Kids is integrating our message of 5-2-1-0 (5 fruits and vegetables, 2 hours or less of recreational screen time, 1 hour of physical activity, and 0 sugar-sweetened beverages – every day) into organizations that serve kids. Our friends at the Monumental Marathon use the four,…
Don’t let colder temperatures and fewer daylight hours keep you from meeting the goal of an hour of physical activity per day. Use the ideas below to help you create a fall and winter fitness bucket list. ❏ Rake leaves. ❏ Walk a pumpkin patch or apple orchard. ❏ Hike a local trailway—in mud or…
Halloween may come just once a year, but there are many ways emphasize the fun without overdoing it on candy and sweet treats. Shift the focus of your Halloween celebration away from candy and have fun with healthy snacks, active games, and non-food prizes instead. Healthy Halloween Snacks Think color Serve snacks in Halloween’s trademark…
