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Through funding provided by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation and Food Lion, Be Active Kids kits are available for free to any North Carolina child care provider or teacher who works with four or five year olds. Providers and teachers are asked to attend a training session given by a local Be Active Kids Trainer. Over 150 volunteers serve as Be Active Kids Trainers statewide. Be Active Kids curriculum kits are distributed at training sessions where participants learn how to use the kits in the classroom. For information about trainers in your county, contact the Be Active Kids Coordinator at info@beactivekids.org.
The Be Active Kids kit contains the following pieces:
- An Instructor’s Guide with 19 lesson plans on physical activity, nutrition, or food safety; health supplement for providers; healthy snack recipes; easy play time ideas; tips for including families in the learning process; and resources
- A laminated MyPyramid with a variety of food cutouts
- Laminated Be Active Kids characters with their favorite foods and activities
- Food photo flash cards
- Classroom posters
- Family Newsletters in English and Spanish
Be Active Kids lesson plans are designed to be developmentally appropriate, fun, and interactive for four and five year olds. Each lesson is designed around teaching centers commonly found in preschool classrooms including art, indoor games, make-believe, math, music, outdoor games, and science.
The six cuddly and adventurous Be Active Kids characters include Blue the caring cub, Glide the bird, Swing the monkey, Leap the rabbit, Dart the dog, and Cubby the lion cub. Using these characters as their guides, children can take an imaginary trip to the zoo, hike to a picnic, tackle an indoor obstacle course, make healthy snacks, and much more.
To view a copy of the Instructor’s Guide and the Family Newsletters, please click on the links below. These links should be used for reference only, and should not serve as a substitute for the actual kit. If you are outside of the state of North Carolina, we invite you to view this material and let it serve as a model for creating your own physical activity, nutrition, and food safety program. At this time we are unable to ship kits or offer training outside of the state of North Carolina.
Instructor’s Guide pages to download if you need to update an old kit:
If you received your Be Active Kids kit before November 1st, 2005, you need to update your Instructor’s Guide with current MyPyramid information. The Instructor’s Guide is the notebook found inside the Be Active Kids kit box. Please follow the two steps below.
- Step One: Click here to download and print pages in the notebook that have been revised. Each page in this section will match the pages in your old notebook that need to be replaced.
- Step Two: Click here to download and print new pages for the “Healthy Starts” and “Resources” tabs in your notebook. Pages have been added to this section, so these new pages will replace ALL of the old pages behind these two tabs in your notebook.
Be Active Kids Newsletters for Parents and Families
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