WELLNESS AROUND TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY HEALTH (WATCH)
FAMILY HEALTH NIGHT Welcome to the Wellness Around Traditional Community Health (WATCH) Family Health Night. These are three nights in the semester which are coordinated with established ECE parent teacher nights. Each night is designed to promote the NIH’s Eat, Play, Grow curriculum. One night is dedicated to a specific theme which can be physical activity, nutrition, or a food demonstration. Tonight’s theme is:
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY The duration of each night depends on the established agenda and can vary due to planned activities and housekeeping. The activities provided serve as a unique interactive experience to include parents and teachers in the child’s health and encourage healthcare providers to attend the family nights as well.
WELLNESS AROUND TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY HEALTH (WATCH) FAMILY HEALTH NIGHT: PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
SUPPLY CHECKLIST LESSON PLAN
Flow sheet PowerPoint Presentation Activity Card Set EPG See Saw PARENT PACKET
Parent Toolkit Family Health Handout
WATCH Activity Calendar
Parent WATCH Night – Physical Activity - Flow Sheet 60-minute est. length Objective: Learn the concept of balancing the amount of energy consumed and the energy used. EPG Adult Messages o Increase families daily physical activity and intake of GO foods, while reducing screen time and the intake of SLOW and WHOA foods EPG Key Teaching Messages o Increase daily GO food/drink intake, while decreasing SLOW and WHOA food/drink intake. o Increase physical activity. o Decrease drinking regular soda and juice drinks, while increasing water and fatfree or low-fat milk intake. OWG Key Concepts o Importance of physical activity o Physical activity can be interactive and a lot of fun NATIONAL PRE-K–2ND GRADE HEALTH PERFORMANCE STANDARDS o Identify that healthy behaviors impact personal health. o Demonstrate healthy practices and behaviors to maintain or improve personal health. DEVELOPING PRESCHOOL READINESS SKILLS o Learn body awareness, gross motor development, listening skills, and directionality.
*Have PowerPoint pulled up before beginning Introduction (2-5 minutes): •
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Slide 1 - Welcome o Welcome families with name stickers and hand out the parent toolkit as they arrive Slide 2 - Introduction to WATCH o The Southern Plains Tribal Health Board (SPTHB) is a non-profit organization based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Health Board was established in 1972 to provide a unified voice on tribal public health needs and policy for the 43
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federally recognized tribes located in the states of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. WATCH is a program funded through the Tribal Epidemiology Center Public Health Infrastructure grant and strives to enhance the quality of life for children ages 3-5 years living in American Indian communities in the Southern Plains region of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. The WATCH program aims to build on existing structure and success and further integrate education and health sectors. Slide 3 - Overarching goals of WATCH o Some of the overarching goals of the WATCH program are: Create healthy spaces for young children to learn and grow Increase communication between the 3Ps: Parents, Preschool teachers, and Providers at the health care centers Increase health behaviors, nutrition, physical activities, and limits on screen time of families Slide 4 - Overview o Go over the agenda for the day o Introduction to Eat, Play, Grow (EPG) and OrganWise Guys (OWG) The WATCH program partners with EPG and the OWG because they have similar messages/lesson plans that align with our program. The OWG curriculum supplies students in the ECEs evidence-based obesity prevention through lifelike characters that encourage smart decisions when it comes to nutrition and physical activity. The EPG curriculum combines the latest science and research from the NIH with CMOM's holistic arts and literacy-based pedagogy to engage families and adults who work with young children with creative programs and consistent health messages in informal and formal learning environments.
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Slide 5 - Why do we need to eat? o Families answer, then explain that we need to eat because food is fuel and gives our body nutrients and energy to grow and play. Slide 6 - Ask what foods they like to eat to get their nutrients and energy o Go over the different foods on the slide Eggs – Go food, a good source of protein Healthy Turkey Sandwich – Go food, good protein from turkey and good calories from healthy veggies Popcorn – Slow food, good snack with low calories Whole Wheat pancakes – Slow food, good source of whole grains Donuts – Slow food, a lot of calories and low nutritional value Tomato’s – Go food, healthy fruit, and low calorie
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o Explain that food gives us energy and all foods have different amounts of energy that they give us, and we like to separate those amounts by using our GO, SLOW, and WOAH (GSW) stop light graphic Slide 7 - Review GSW slide o GO foods are foods we want to eat a lot of and give us good energy, Ask kids if they know some GO foods Review pictures • Fruits and vegetables provide lots of good vitamins and minerals and have healthy carbs and fiber • Fish is a good source of protein and calcium and has a lot of beneficial minerals o SLOW foods can still give us good energy, but we should not eat them as often as GO foods Ask if they know of some slow foods Review Pictures • Peanut butter has a lot of protein but also has a lot of calories and should be eaten in moderation • Frozen yogurt is a good source of calcium and probiotics for gut health but is high in sugar and carbs o WHOA foods have a lot of energy and that when we eat WHOA foods, our bodies have a lot of energy to burn. Ask children some WOAH foods Review pictures • Heavy cheeseburgers have a lot of carbs and fats and should not be eaten often • Sodas are high in sugar and calories and have little nutritional benefits
Transition: So, if the food we eat gives us energy, what do you like to do to use your energy? • •
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Slide 8 - Ask how they like to use their energy o Some examples of using your energy could be dancing or doing yoga together Slide 9 – Review the types of physical activity listed o Encourage physical activity movement and mention that energy is burned at all times, including sleep. o It is important that we balance our energy Slide 10 - The main communication message is that we should balance the energy IN with the energy OUT. Physical activity helps to maintain a healthy weight and important for building heart, bone, and muscle strength. What happens if we can’t use all of the energy?
Our bodies are smart and will store the energy. Explain to adults, that this is how bodies gain weight, storing the extra energy (calories) as fat. Children need calories to help them grow and learn, but they should be eating nutrient rich foods to gain those calories. Slide 11 - EPG We Can! Messages o EPG has some We Can! Messages to help promote a more energy balanced lifestyle o We Can! stands for: Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition o Some ways to do this are: Engage in 60 min. moderate activity on most, preferably all, days of the week. Reduce sedentary activity. Limit screen time to less than 2 hours daily. Decrease intake of WHOA and SLOW foods. Increase intake of GO foods. Slide 12 - Everyday Physical Activity Tips o Since today we are focusing on physical activity and energy balance, here are some tips on how to get moving more every day. These are also listed in your parent toolkits Walk whenever possible Move more in your home Live actively o Review some tips for each Slide 13 - Key Take Away o Increase families daily physical activity and intake of go foods, while reducing screen time and the intake of slow and woah foods o Any questions? – answer as best as possible, or refer them to the resources listed at the end of this document
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Activity (15-20 minutes): • Slide 14 - Seesaw Collage
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To help reinforce the concept of energy balance, children will select images of their favorite physical activities to glue on one side of a seesaw graphic and then select healthy GO foods to place on the other side. Materials: Seesaw graphic, masking tape, glue, images of physical activities, and GO foods. Set-up: Tape copy of seesaw graphic at each setting. In the middle of the table, separate piles of physical activities images and GO food images. Have children select images from each pile. Help families discuss how to balance their choices on the seesaw.
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Clean up: Give children a 5-minute warning. Always let children know that you are transitioning and ending the project soon. After the warning, sing a clean-up song to focus children and encourage participation in the clean-up process. One example: “Clean up, clean up one, two, three. I’ll help you and you help me. Clean up, clean up one, two, three. I’ll help you and you help me.”
*Transition to Music and Movement
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Slide 15 – Music and Movement o OWG “Day” warm up Use the OWG digital platform to select the warm up for the day https://digital.organwiseguys.com/page/20/4 o OWG Karate Kid Math You can find this or another exercise in the OWG Wisercise book o Simon Says: Families will be led through a series of poses and body positions that help highlight balance. o Animal Freeze Dance: When the music plays, families will hop like a bunny, swing like a monkey, tiptoe like a giraffe. When the music stops, families will be asked to hold or balance in their positions. You can use the activity card set provided for pose ideas, or let children come up with their own!
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Slide 16 - Parent Toolkit o What’s included: How to use the activity calendar Safety outdoors Chalk and ball activity Parent Tips Helpful Handouts A calorie guide Lesson Recap Notes o Family Health Handout This is separate from the family toolkit and is used as a worksheet for families to help implement the lesson Slide 17 - At Home Strategies o A few of these are in the parent toolkit already,
Eat a low-fat, high-fiber breakfast—it may make you less hungry later in
the day. Add a few minutes of physical activity whenever you can! Decrease intake of WHOA and SLOW. Increase intake of GO foods. Ask stores to sell more GO foods. Set screen time limits for the whole family. More importantly, enforce the rule!
Incentives (5-10 minutes)
*This is not a required piece of the WATCH night, but if resources allow, then you can plan time for a raffle •
Slide 18 - Crockpot raffle o (x number of crockpots)
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EPG Curriculum: Energy Balance, https://www.eatplaygrow.org/Lessons/?l=13 We Can! Resources: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/wecan/ OWG Resources: https://digital.organwiseguys.com/book/7 Color Me Healthy: https://www.colormehealthy.com/move-more/choose-to-movemore-everyday/
Family WATCH Night Physical Activity
Welcome
Overarching Goals • Create healthy spaces for young children to learn and grow • Increase communication between the 3Ps: Parents, Preschool teachers, and Providers at the health care centers • Increase health behaviors, nutrition, physical activities, and limits on screen time of families
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Lesson Discussion Activity Wisercise Parent Toolkit Raffle
Why do we need to eat? • Food is fuel! • It gives our bodies lots of good nutrients and energy (calories)
What kinds of foods do you like to eat to get nutrients and energy?
GO SLOW WOAH
How do you like to use your energy?
Play Outside
Hike Together
Go Swimming
Energy Balance ENERGY IN
ENERGY OUT
Engage in 60 minutes of moderate activity per day
Eat, Play, Grow We Can! Messages
Reduce sedentary activity
Limit screen time to less than 2 hours a day Decrease intake of WHOA and SLOW foods Increase intake of GO foods
Everyday Physical Activity Tips Walk Whenever Possible
Move More in Your Home
Live Actively
• Walk your children to school • Take the stairs instead of the
• Garden, or make home
• Play with your kids at least 30
• Do yard work, get your
• Dance to music… with your
• Work around the house, ask
• Use an exercise video if the
elevator
• Take a family walk after dinner
• Park farther from the store and walk
• Take the dog on longer walks • Go for a half-hour walk instead of watching TV
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your children to help
• Wash the car by hand • Use a snow shovel instead of a snow blower
• Hang your laundry on a line
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weather is bad
• Have family days at the park, lake, zoo or other outdoor places
• Play Simon says with your kids, and you use hand weights
Key Take Away INCREASE families daily PHYSICAL ACTIVITY and intake of GO foods, while REDUCING SCREEN TIME and the intake of SLOW and WOAH foods!
Activity Seesaw Collage
Music and Movement • OWG Karate Kid Math • EPG Simon Says • EPG Animal Freeze Dance
• Activity Calendar: How to
• Safety Outdoors • Chalk and Ball Activities
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Parent Tips Helpful Handouts Calorie Guide Lesson Recap At Home Strategies Family Health Handout
Parent Toolkit
• Eat a low-fat, high-fiber breakfast—it •
At - Home Strategies
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may make you less hungry later in the day. Add a few minutes of physical activity whenever you can! Decrease intake of WHOA and SLOW. Increase intake of GO foods. Ask stores to sell more GO foods. Set screen time limits for the whole family. More importantly, enforce the rule!
Raffle Time!
Energy Balance Seesaw
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Lesson: Energy Balance Early Childhood Health Lesson
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Moderate-Energy
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Lesson: Energy Balance Early Childhood Health Lesson
High-Energy
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Animal Freeze Dance
When the music plays, families will choose an action to perform. When the music stops families will hold their balance in the position.
Simon Says Families will lead a series of poses and body positions that help highlight balance.
HOP LIKE A BUNNY
SWING LIKE A MONKEY
TIPTOE LIKE A GIRAFFE
WALK LIKE A CRAB
LEAP LIKE A FROG
CRAWL LIKE A BEAR
SHINE LIKE A STAR
BALANCE LIKE A TREE
SURF SOME WAVES
SWIM LIKE A FISH