Fitness for Life: Elementary School
"Fitness for Life: Elementary School" is a comprehensive, school-wide wellness promotion program for grades K-6. The program focuses on regular physical activity and sound nutrition through exercise breaks in the classroom, nutrition activities in the cafeteria, special activities on the playground and fitness promotion activities in physical education class. Also included are DVDs for each grade level with videos of age-appropriate exercise break activities as well as health and nutrition messages. A total of nine books and eight DVDs are included in the program, seven books for K-6 classroom teachers, one for physical education teachers and one for a school wellness coordinator. The program earned the Texty Award for Excellence from the Text and Academic Authors Association.
Bios
ASU Professor Emeritus Charles B. (Chuck) Corbin has more than 100 books and over 200 journal articles to his credit. He is an internationally recognized expert in physical activity, health and wellness whose honors include induction into the SHAPE America Hall of Fame and the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition Lifetime Achievement Award.
An ASU doctoral grad, Guy C. Le Masurier is professor of physical education at Victoria Island University, British Columbia, Canada. He has published numerous articles and is widely sought as a speaker on topics related to youth physical activity and physical education in the United States and Canada. He is senior author of "Fitness for Life: Canada" and several other books.
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