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Active Bodies Build Active Minds! Best Practices for Physical Activity and Screen Time

Active Bodies Build Active Minds! Best Practices for Physical Activity and Screen Time. Learning Objectives. At the conclusion of this presentation, you should be able to… Name 4 physical activity best practices Name the 2 age-specific screen time best practices

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Active Bodies Build Active Minds! Best Practices for Physical Activity and Screen Time

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  1. Active Bodies Build Active Minds!Best Practices for Physical Activity and Screen Time

  2. Learning Objectives At the conclusion of this presentation, you should be able to… • Name 4 physical activity best practices • Name the 2 age-specific screen time best practices • Implement developmentally appropriate physical activity for each age group

  3. Key Points for Physical Activity • Time • Type • Location • Limiting sedentary time • Teacher engagement • Integration into learning activities

  4. Infants • Tummy time • Short periods, several times a day • Increase as infant becomes more comfortable • Outdoors 2-3 times per day, as tolerated • Time for gross motor movement • Limit use of restricting equipment to 15 min at a time (except when napping or eating), or eliminate • Sit-in walkers and jumpers • Swings • High chairs • Car seats • Strollers

  5. Rationale Infants… • Need to move • Builds strength, brain connections, and knowledge about the world and people in it • Need freedom • Too much time in confining equipment has been linked to delayed motor skill development • Need “tummy time” • Builds strong neck and back muscles and allows infants to learn how to move and control their bodies

  6. Toddlers • 60-90 min or more per 8 hour day • Structured and unstructured • Opportunities for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) • Outdoors for 60-90 min or more per day

  7. Preschoolers • 120 min or more per 8 hour day • Structured and unstructured • Opportunities for MVPA • Outdoors for 60-90 min or more per day • Make equipment visible and accessible to children

  8. Rationale Daily physical activity… • Develops children’s brains and increases their ability to learn • Builds and maintains healthy bones, muscles, and joints • Promotes good sleep • Develops a healthy heart and mind • Helps children stay at a healthy weight • Develops their independence • Prevents chronic illnesses • Reduces anxiety and improves mood

  9. Outdoor Play • Daily outdoor play helps children be more physically active. • Going outside is important to expose children to sunlight for Vitamin D and to get fresh air.

  10. Ways to Get Kids Moving • Add physical activity into your daily routine • Have children act out a story as you read it to them. • Encourage kids to move like different animals during transitions from one activity or room to another. • Use props to help kids move and identify shapes, colors and numbers

  11. Know the Developmental Milestones • Kids should do specific things at every age & stage. • Know the milestones to help them work on appropriate physical and motor skills.

  12. Equipment • Age- and developmentally appropriate • Sturdy and safe • Sensory equipment: mobiles, teething toys, baby mirrors, etc. • Manipulative equipment: grip toys, stacking toys, puzzles, peg boards, etc. • Large muscle equipment: riding/ rocking toys, gym mats, balance beam, slides, etc. • Portable play equipment • Indoors and outdoors • Balls, scarves, bean bags, wagons, etc.

  13. Caregiver Engagement • Lead structured activities 2x/day or more • Dress for movement • Participate during active play • Role model • Demonstrate that PA is fun! • If you have physical limitations, be a cheerleader! • Provide prompts and encouragement • During structured and free play • Support activity that is appropriate and safe • Annual training

  14. Weather • No bad weather (mostly); only bad clothing! • Weather that poses a significant health risk: • Wind chill at or below -15˚F • Heat index at or above 90˚F • Protect children from the sun (esp. 10am-2pm) • Ask families to send appropriate clothing for playing outside in any weather • Hats, coats, gloves, raingear, sunscreen • Keep an extra supply at your program

  15. Resources for Supporting Physical Activity

  16. Head Start Body Start Activity Calendar Available in English and Spanish

  17. Activity sheets eXtension Alliance for Better Child Care Hands-on Activities Database Songs to get kids dancing

  18. Action Story New Fruits and Veggies at the Market

  19. Tip Sheets & Handouts Healthy Moves from A to Z: http://www.ks.childcareaware.org/PDFs/HealthyMoves2013.pdf Get Moving Today! Activity Calendar: http://www.healthykidshealthyfuture.org/content/dam/hkhf/filebox/kidshealthsheets/FinalENGLCalendarFULL.pdf Non-Competitive and Active Games for Preschoolers: http://www.healthykidshealthyfuture.org/content/dam/hkhf/filebox/naccrra/newnaccrra/noncomgames.pdf

  20. Physical Activity Videos • Motion Moments • From the NRC (National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education) • Videos for infants, toddlers and preschoolers • Available in English and Spanish http://nrckids.org/Motion_Moments/index.htm

  21. Nemours’ Best Practices for Physical Activity Guide • Why physical activity is important • Practical advice for planning • Recommendations by age group • Colorful columns use a simple, traffic light coding • Recommended practice in green • Practices to limit in yellow • Practices that are not recommended in red • Practical ways to support the recommendations • Sample policies • Tip sheets for families • List of tools for use in the classroom

  22. Icebreaker: Rainbow Run When I call out one of the colors of the rainbow run and touch 3 things that are that color.

  23. Screen Time Best Practices • No screen time for children under 2 years • For children 2 years and older: • Limit to 30 min per week (or never) in early care and education program • 1-2 hours per day TOTAL (across all environments) • Used for educational or physical activity purposes only • Work with families • To ensure that children get no more than 1-2 hours a day • Provide screen time reduction or media literacy info at least 2x/year

  24. Screen Time Rationale • Gets in the way of exploring, playing, and social interaction. • Kids who spend more time watching TV are more likely to be overweight or obese. • For children 8-16 months, every hour of viewing is associated with 6-8 fewer words learned. • More hours of viewing at age 3 led to decreased cognitive test scores at age 6.

  25. Ways to Reduce Screen Time • Keep the TV/computer out of sight • Put it in rooms not used by children • Hide it with a blanket or sheet • Get rid of it • Replace screen time with fun, interactive activities • Turn on the radio or a CD and dance • Play outside • Bring kids into the kitchen and let them help you set the table, cook, and clean up

  26. Child & Adult Care Food Program Screen Time Resources http://healthymeals.nal.usda.gov/cacfp-wellness-resources-child-care-providers/electronic-media-use-screen-time

  27. Off the Shelf Materials for ECE Programs & Families Screen Time Materials in English & Spanish from: Iowa WIC http://www.idph.state.ia.us/hcci/screen_time.asp Washington Active Bodies Active Minds Program (WAABAM) www.waabam.org

  28. Policy Change • Policies: • Are most effective when written, required and communicated • Need to be understood and supported by key stakeholders • May arise from staff, families, or administration • Are created collaboratively • Do you think making policy change is important? Why?

  29. Benefits of Policy • Makes your practices known to staff and families • Can help to start conversations around why you do things a certain way • Can help others value policy because they understand the goals • Helps to ensure good practice is permanent despite changes in staff or management. Your changes will last! • Policies should be: • Written • Communicated • Monitored • Enforced through coaching

  30. Engaging Families • Partner with families to support children’s health! • Share resources like Family Tip Sheets. • How to help your child be active every day • Tips for being active as a family • Ideas for activities • Simple materials to encourage physical activity • Information about screen time and tips for reducing it • Ask families for ideas that would help kids grow up healthy. • Put information in family newsletters, bulletin boards, notes, etc. • Create challenges where the program and families work together on achieving a behavior, like Screen Free Week. • Partnering with families is an important way to impact children over time!

  31. Go, Slow, or Whoa—What do you know?! • This activity is a knowledge check. Everyone stand up! • You are going to do some movement in your current place. • Make sure you have a little bit of space! • The facilitator will read a statement for a particular age group without saying whether or not it is recommended, limit or not recommended. • If the statement is: • Recommended, you will RUN in place • Limit, you will MARCH in place • Not recommended, you will STAND in place

  32. Remember, children learn best…

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