Live Healthy Iowa Initatitive

This next week, our school district will be kicking off our start to the Live Healthy Iowa Initiative.  Our district is excited to help promote healthy living along with learning.  This initiative will kick off Mon., Jan. 28th and will end on April 5th.  With this program, we are asked to monitor our physical activity and eating, so that we may further our healthy habits.  Within our classrooms, we will be taking a few minutes each day to 'move' our bodies for a little extra exercise.  As we will be making more of an effort to 'get moving', we will be holding 'Movin' Mondays'.  Students are asked to come to school in their comfy gear and we will participate together in a fun movement activity!  With this program, we are also asked to keep track of our student's moving minutes and healthy eating.  In the first grade rooms, we will be recording the students' physical minutes such as recess, p.e., and any other movement activities in our day.  There will be a sheet sent home with each child for the next week.  If your child eats a fruit with breakfast/dinner, please mark how many fruits were eaten.  We also ask that you mark how many minutes your child was active such as outside playing, 'moving to the Wii', or participating in an outside sport.  We understand that this daily piece of paper may be hard to remember as we work through this program.  We thank you in advance for helping us with this and we move towards healthier living!