Children Get Fit with Exercise!
The Thanksgiving feast is now a memory, and the December holidays are upon us! There is yet another banquet of food waiting for us to devour! How can children stay fit during these winter holidays? Exercise!
According to the American Heart Association, “about one of three American kids and teens are overweight or obese, nearly triple the rate in 1963. Among children today, obesity is causing a broad range of health problems that previously weren’t seen until adulthood. These include high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and elevated blood cholesterol levels. There are also psychological effects. Obese children are more prone to low self-esteem, negative body image and depression.”
The Mercer County Library System offers a wide selection of CDs and DVDs that can help with exercise or fitness. Check out the resources below from the MCLS collection that can help children begin an exercise/fitness regime.
SOUND RECORDINGS
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing with The Wiggles
The Wiggles can make you nod your head and tap your feet.
You Can Dance! by Learning Station
Ballroom, disco, hip hop, hula and more!
Feel the Beat: Funky Fitness Fun by LeAnn Haggard
This sound recording has routine warm ups, aerobics, and relaxing cool downs. Ages 7-9
Chicken Fat and Five Minutes for Fitness music and words by Meredith Willson
In the 1960s, the Chicken Fat song was the theme song in school gyms across the nation as part of President Kennedy’s youth fitness program. In 2010 we still need to get the country’s youth into shape! Ages 3-12
Dancin’ Magic by Joanie Bartels
The whole family will be tappin’ their happy feet with this selection of danceable classics.
Diaper Gym: Fun Activities for Babies on the Move by Priscilla Hegner and Roase Grasselli
Massage, rock, cuddle and sway your baby to familiar songs and nursery rhymes stimulating early development.
Video DVDs
Elmocize by Karin Young Shiel
Your child will have fun stretching, bending and hopping with the Sesame Street muppets.
Angelina Ballerina: Put on Your Dancing Shoes and Get Ready to Dance. On Angelina's first day at Camembert Academy she discovers new forms of music and dance, like jazz, tap, and hip-hop. Together with her friends, Angelina realizes that becoming a prima ballerina requires collaboration and compromise, but that doesn't mean it can't be fun.
Pizza Party: Yoga Class for Kids
Practice these breathing techniques and movements and see a big difference in your stress level, concentration, balance, motor skills and mental awareness!
Girls Gotta Dance by Jen Ballerina
Join in as Ballerina Jen and our 7th and 8th grade girls from Woodward Academy teach everything girls need to know about a dance production.
It’s a Big Big World: Be Healthy and Happy by Mitchell Kriegman
Wartz is upset that he can't balance on the seesaw with the monkeys, but after practicing tai chi and learning more about amphibians, Wartz realizes he has his own type of balance.
---Miss Sue
According to the American Heart Association, “about one of three American kids and teens are overweight or obese, nearly triple the rate in 1963. Among children today, obesity is causing a broad range of health problems that previously weren’t seen until adulthood. These include high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and elevated blood cholesterol levels. There are also psychological effects. Obese children are more prone to low self-esteem, negative body image and depression.”
The Mercer County Library System offers a wide selection of CDs and DVDs that can help with exercise or fitness. Check out the resources below from the MCLS collection that can help children begin an exercise/fitness regime.
SOUND RECORDINGS
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing with The Wiggles
The Wiggles can make you nod your head and tap your feet.
You Can Dance! by Learning StationBallroom, disco, hip hop, hula and more!
Feel the Beat: Funky Fitness Fun by LeAnn Haggard
This sound recording has routine warm ups, aerobics, and relaxing cool downs. Ages 7-9
Chicken Fat and Five Minutes for Fitness music and words by Meredith Willson
In the 1960s, the Chicken Fat song was the theme song in school gyms across the nation as part of President Kennedy’s youth fitness program. In 2010 we still need to get the country’s youth into shape! Ages 3-12
Dancin’ Magic by Joanie BartelsThe whole family will be tappin’ their happy feet with this selection of danceable classics.
Diaper Gym: Fun Activities for Babies on the Move by Priscilla Hegner and Roase Grasselli
Massage, rock, cuddle and sway your baby to familiar songs and nursery rhymes stimulating early development.
Video DVDs
Elmocize by Karin Young Shiel
Your child will have fun stretching, bending and hopping with the Sesame Street muppets.
Angelina Ballerina: Put on Your Dancing Shoes and Get Ready to Dance. On Angelina's first day at Camembert Academy she discovers new forms of music and dance, like jazz, tap, and hip-hop. Together with her friends, Angelina realizes that becoming a prima ballerina requires collaboration and compromise, but that doesn't mean it can't be fun.
Pizza Party: Yoga Class for KidsPractice these breathing techniques and movements and see a big difference in your stress level, concentration, balance, motor skills and mental awareness!
Girls Gotta Dance by Jen Ballerina
Join in as Ballerina Jen and our 7th and 8th grade girls from Woodward Academy teach everything girls need to know about a dance production.
It’s a Big Big World: Be Healthy and Happy by Mitchell Kriegman
Wartz is upset that he can't balance on the seesaw with the monkeys, but after practicing tai chi and learning more about amphibians, Wartz realizes he has his own type of balance.
---Miss Sue
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