September 1 2 Go to an athletic event Discuss and practice bicycle safety 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Coffee Grinder Run With Choice: Hold Yoga Pose Do a Random Go for a Take a pet for 5X Carl 30 sec. Act of Kindness long walk a walk 2X for at least Warrior 15 min. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Have a Travel across Choice: Jump Rope Walk or ride bike Drink a tall Run 5X vegetable the monkey bars for 10 min. to school glass of milk around your as a snack 3X house 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Do 10 push-ups Stretch before Choice: Eat a balanced Hop on one foot How many Play at the Park 3 different times and after an breakfast How many hops sit-ups can athletic activity can you get in you do in 1 min.? 30 sec.? 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Go for a bike ride Side Plank Play catch Play outdoors Discuss Exercise Ball: Read a book with a hip dip for 20 min. Bicycle Safety Sit-ups Return Calendars on or before Monday, Oct 2nd!!
October 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Have a day Exercise your Choice: Walk to School 20 CrossJacks Practice a skill Play an outside without eating age in minutes of your favorite game junk food Ex. A 9 year old sport Hide and Seek, runs for 9 min. cross laterally Skill: Tag, etc. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Help with yard Tailkick Choice: Go to bed early Core Exercise: Skate, blade, Take a vacation work for 30 sec. Double Crunch or scooter from electronics 3X for 20 min. for one day 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Play Wash your Choice: Punt, Yoga Partner: Skip around Stretch when outdoors hands before and Pass, Roof your house you wake up for an hour after every meal and/or Kick Tops 2X as fast as in the morning a ball for distance you can 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Have a discussion Knee Hug Balance Choice: Challenge someone 15 Partner Sit-ups Step Ups Slide everywhere about eating sweets Slide to 1 min. of leg lifts on stairs you go for 1 hour. in moderation. 1min. 3X 1 min. (pictured below) 29 30 31 20 Sumo Squats Take a long walk Choice: around your neighborhood October calendars are due back on Wednesday, November 1st!
November 1 2 3 4 Pick your fav. song. Play some Hoops! Eat a food that Play outdoors Do Jumping Jacks for the duration of the song. is orange Ex. Oranges, squash, carrots, etc. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Run/Jog Brush your teeth Choice: 20 Seal Jacks 2X Challenge someone Eat dinner Have a positive 5X around 2-3 min. at least to your favorite as a family day. Speak only your house 2X a day animal walk race encouragement. www.kidshealth.org ex. crab, puppy 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Do a hobby Calf Raises Choice: Yoga: Balance Stick Cup Stack Go to practice or Rake leaves/ What is it? Heel up after-school activity yardwork Heel down 30X 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Write a nice note Practice washing Choice: Play a game Make a list of Help clean 20 Windmills to a family hands with your things you are the table member Sing ABC song family thankful for and 2X share it w/ your fam 26 27 28 29 30 Eat/drink Calcium Help with Choice: Get between 10-11 Yoga: Dolphin rich foods. Yard Work hours of sleep Ex. Dairy, salmon, Outside www.cdc.gov/sleep/ broccoli, almonds November calendars are due back oon Friday December 1st
December 1 2 Choice: Figure 8s around your shins with a ball 20X 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Play tetherball Eat something 15 declined push-ups Go for a 10 min. Jump rope Choice: Yoga Balance: or Green powerwalk Arrow 4-square Ex. Peas, Spinach, broccoli 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Read all the Race a friend Crab walk into Clean your room Practice your Choice: Do 5 frog jumps nutritional labels a short distance every room in winter music 3X on the food you 2X your house eat for a meal 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Do flexed arm Help fix a meal Partner Yoga: Agility: Line Jumps Go sledding Choice: Play in the snow hang for as long as or set up Double Boat for/back., side to s, (hopefully) forts you can for a meal straddle cross, snow angel 2X scissors snowman 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Play an active game Oblique Sit-ups: Parent's Choice: Take a pet for Set a fitness Attend a Hula hoop on the Wii, 25 sit-ups a walk goal for fitness for 5 min. Dance, Dance Rev., with a twist for at least next year center (ex. YMCA) or board game 15 min. 31 Stretch for 5 min. December calendars are due back on January 3rd!
January 1 2 3 4 5 6 Up and down stairs Bowling Play outdoors Eat a new fruit Choice: Core Exercise: 10X or What was it? Commandos jog in place 3 min. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Ice / Roller Skating Dance Read a non-fiction Wall-sit Recycle Choice: 15 Chair Dips or 5 min. book for 30 sec. Snow 3X Skiing/Boarding 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Play Basketball Eat a red food Hide and Seek 50 Leg lifts Eat a salad Choice: Do a wheelbarrow like tomato, guava, or each leg with dinner cherries, watermelon Flash light tag red pepper 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Swim Jump Rope Volunteer activity How long can you Challenge a family Choice: Go for a do jumping jacks member to see Powerwalk for? who can do the most 28 29 30 31 One day with no Choice: ABC push-ups Practice the soda, sweets or 2X sit and reach junk food (touch shoulder, A, touch shoulder, B ) sit-ups in 1 min. January calendars are due back on Thursday, February 1st!
February 1 2 3 One-legged wall sit Eat a high fiber food 50 mountain Each leg 2X ex. Whole grain, climbers dried beans, seeds, or dark greens, etc. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Have a healthy Hand on wall Squats Choice (write in) Pilates: One Leg Circle Eat a white food Play your favorite snack during the 15sec Ex. Califlower, garlic Let someone know outdoor activity Super Bowl 3X banana, parsnip, that you care Each side onion or ginger. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Wash hands with High knee jog Choice (write in) Line jumping Jump Rope Play a Keep a log of soap to the in place for 30 sec. each to your favorite game with a all food and ABC song 1 min. side to side song friend drink intake before you eat front to back for the day 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Wall stretch Scissor jumps Choice (write in) 25 Toe Touches Core: Bridge How many Play your favorite Each 2 sets of 10 rooms you can sport leg jump and seal walk 30 sec. switch feet 15 sec. 3X to? 25 26 27 28 15 Ball sit-ups: Spartan Spirit Choice (write in) 25 Toe Touches ball to floor/ball to feet Push Ups to spell Spartans 3X February calendars are due back on March 1st!
Name March 1 2 3 5 A Day Step Ups Make and drink of fruits and veggies on stairs a fruit smoothie 1 min. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Be extra helpful Play your Choice (write in) Play Basketball Relax and Breathe: Challenge: today favorite sport. In through nose 3sec, How many sit-ups Hold 3 sec, can you do in 1 day? Out through mouth 3 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Do a new activity How long can Choice (write in) Tip Toe Walk Go for a Help with you flex arm hang? for 2 min. Powerwalk yard work 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Park far away Have a no soda day! Choice (write in) Yoga: Cobra 1:30 w/out stopping Work out on March Madness from the door If you can, v-sit an exercise Watch a game and walk stretch it the bicycle machine for every 3 pt. made whole week. alternate tread, row, elipt do 3 push-ups 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Fly a kite Challenge someone Crunches 30sec each Choice (write in) to your favorite R Leg Jump Rope Do 10 standing animal walk race L Leg 100X long jumps ex. crab, puppy Both Longest? Please remember the activities are just suggestions! You may do what the calendar suggests or write in any activities you already do throughout the month. Just remember the goal is for children to be active a minimum of 60 minutes every day! March calendars will be collected Monday, April 2nd!
April 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Go to a park What two teams Choice (write in) Core Exercise: Exercise Ball: Have 5 a Day! Exercise your and play played in the NCAA Double Crunch Hip Bridge fruit or vegetable age in minutes championship? Try at least one at Ex. A 9 year old mens or womens each meal runs for 9 min. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Call/talk to a Core Exercise: Choice (write in) Practice your Yoga Balance: Skip one lap Take a vacation grandparent Commandos sit and reach Arrow forward and one from electronics or backward around for one day special friend your house 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Punt, Run a mile Choice (write in) Practice the Yoga Partner: Play an outside Help with Pass, as fast as you can spring sport of Roof game Spring Cleaning and/or Kick Tops Hide and Seek a ball for distance for at least 30 min. Tag, etc. 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Go for a Attend an athletic Choice (write in) Safe Routes to Jump Rope Core: Back Extension family walk event School Ride a bike 100X (any light weight) and get an autograph 30 1 Parent's Choice: Go to be before 9:00 and we're not Kidding Walk to school if you can. Please remember to bring Healthy Habits Calendar back by Tuesday, May 1st!
May Choice this month! Agility Cardiovascular Core Strength Flexibility Upper Body right. Try and do *ladders *line jumps *running *dancing *sit-ups *planks *yoga *inch worm *push up *pull-up You choose the each fitness *tag games *dot drill *rope jumping *crunches *leg lifts *stretching *climbing *crab walk activity. component at *obstacle course *soccer *pwr walk *ex. ball *pilates *sit n reach *lunge *seal crawl *dips Suggestions least once per *jump rope skills *biking *blading *reverse sit-ups *wall stretch *wheel barrow are listed to the week. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 My Child has completed a minimum of 10 of 17 of the above healthy habits. Please return by Friday May 18th