Early Childhood
This page is designed for early childhood teachers to gain additional resources to integrate physical activity, healthy eating, nutrition, and garden topics into their “face-to-face” and “virtual” classrooms. New content will be added on a weekly basis, so check back each week for new information!
If you want more detailed information about the benefits of physical activity on learning please check this out.
On this page you will find both physical activity break resources and nutrition and garden lessons. SCROLL DOWN TO FIND THEM
To View Weeks 1-20 of content (September 2020 - February 2021) you will find the archived early childhood lessons HERE
Physical Activity Break Resources
GoNoodle Plus
GoNoodle Plus is provided for all D-SHINES elementary schools and Cotter early childhood center. We encourage you to use GoNoodle in your virtual classrooms (both synchronous and asynchronous). Check out the video below to learn how!
Other Physical Activity Break Resources
Sometimes, you might not want to use GoNoodle Plus, but you still might want to give your students a physical activity breaks. This section will use some GoNoodle, but will also give you ideas each week from other sources on integrating physical activity breaks into your daily online routine. Check back each week to get new ideas!
Week 21: Classroom PA Breaks
Week 22: Classroom PA Breaks
Week 23: Classroom PA Breaks
Week 24: Classroom PA Breaks
Week 25: Classroom PA Breaks
Week 26: Classroom PA Breaks
Week 27: Classroom PA Breaks
Week 28: Classroom PA Breaks
Week 29: Classroom PA Breaks
Week 30: Classroom PA Breaks
Week 31: Classroom PA Breaks
Week 32: Classroom PA Breaks
Week 33: Classroom PA Breaks
Week 34: Classroom PA Breaks
At-Home Physical Activity Resources
Each week a packet of materials will be posted for teachers to either use virtually with their students, or for teachers to send home for families to be physical activity.
Week 21 Content [English] [Arabic]
Week 22 Content [English] [Arabic]
Week 23 Content [English] [Arabic]
Week 24 Content [English] [Arabic]
Week 25 Content [English] [Arabic]
Week 26 Content [English] [Arabic]
Week 27 Content [English] [Arabic]
Week 28 Content [English] [Arabic]
Week 29 Content [English] [Arabic]
Week 30 Content [English] [Arabic]
Week 31 Content [English] [Arabic]
Week 32 Content [English] [Arabic]
Week 33 Content [English] [Arabic]
Week 34 Content [English] [Arabic]
Nutrition and Garden Resources
Teaching your students about healthy eating and physical activity is an important part of the whole child. It’s even better when you can tie it into the core learning concepts for Math, Science, and English-Language Arts. Each week a new nutrition lesson will be posted that will focus on general healthy eating concepts or gardening. All will align with concepts you are already covering in your classroom. Use these lessons to integrate information about healthy eating and physical activity into your weekly classes.
Week 21: Classroom Nutrition Lesson
Week 22: Classroom Nutrition Lesson
Week 23: Classroom Nutrition Lesson
Week 24: Classroom Nutrition Lesson
Week 25-28: Classroom Nutrition Lesson
Week 29: Classroom Nutrition Lesson
Week 30: Classroom Nutrition Lesson
Week 31: Classroom Nutrition Lesson
Week 32: Classroom Nutrition Lesson
Week 33: Classroom Nutrition Lesson
Week 34: Classroom Nutrition Lesson