Strength-Training Exercises for Kids
Parents.com provides an information hub for parents including strength training exercises. Strength training means using body weight to help build up strength. Perfect for kids and the whole family.
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Parents.com provides an information hub for parents including strength training exercises. Strength training means using body weight to help build up strength. Perfect for kids and the whole family.
Our core plays an integral role in everything we do, and if a child has weak core muscles, it will not only impact her gross motor skills and her ability to navigate the playground equipment at recess, but it will also make it difficult for her to control the fine motor skills needed to engage in academic activities like writing and cutting with scissors.
Website of Sport HB - creating a healthy vibrant community by supporting our people to be more physically active
Agility, as defined by the National Strength and Conditioning Association, is the ability to change directions and gain speed without losing motor control. It is directly related to speed, balance and coordination skills. Children develop speed and agility at an early age, when they chase their friends or their family pet around the yard.
An inquiry-based unit plan that aims to educate students about the importance of healthy snacking and how to choose healthier options. The unit provides links to the curriculum and national standards assessment. National Heart Foundation
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The resources were designed predominantly for kaiako in kohanga reo, but can be used by any early childhood educators, regional sports trusts and others who provide advice to parents, caregivers and whānau on active play for tamariki under five years of age.
The resources consist of:
What's the deal with that sharp pain in your side when you're trying to win that marathon? SciShow has the answers!
Diet & Nutrition Q & As, videos, links etc. Also other related topics.
The Science Learning Hub shows how food eaten is used to fuel our bodies to do everyday tasks.
BodhaGuru Learning proudly presents a 3D animated musical video in English which explains how food is digested in human body. It shows how food passes through the digestive tract and how enzyme woks on the food to convert complex food into simpler substances.
A brief and simple description of the coordinated movement of bones and muscles
Posters that illustrate the amount of sugar in common New Zealand drinks and promote water or low-fat milk as the best drink of choice. https://order.hpa.org.nz/collections/eating-activity/products/how-much-sugar-do-you-drink-schools-poster-a3
From the National Heart Foundation
FREE downloadable teacher resources designed for Kiwi kids in Kiwi schools.
Every School Kit teacher resource is divided into three parts - Find, Apply, Produce. We developed our model in an effort to provide teachers with innovative teaching ideas that were robustly integrated with opportunities for authentic use of online sources for learning.
You Tube of fun children’s dance activities
From the National Heart Foundation
Worksheet to investigate "per serve" and "per 100g". Maths activity