Active Start for Healthy Kids: Activities, Exercises, and Nutritional Tips

Dr. Stephen Virgilio has been a children s health expert for more than 25 years. In this book he provides a wealth of safe, inexpensive, and developmentally appropriate activities that parents, teachers, and caregivers can implement while keeping children active, happy, and engaged: More than 50 developmental exercises and activities for flexibility, muscular fitness, and cardiorespiratory endurance 20 fun family physical activities 16 motor skill activities 21 yoga poses and games 18 dance and rhythm activities The top 10 nutritional guidelines for parents and teachers Heart-healthy kids recipes The activities are conveniently labeled with a description, objective, equipment or material needs, and modifications, forming an easy-to-use and comprehensible format. Chapters are also dedicated to nutrition and physical activity plans for the whole family.

Featuring ideas and activities for anyone who has or works with children, Active Start for Healthy Kids: Activities, Exercises, and Nutritional Tips focuses on a team approach to putting children on the path toward an active, healthy lifestyle. It contains all of the tools to mold today s youth into the next generation of healthy adults.