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How Can Parents and Families Engage in Health and Wellness?

Join your school's wellness team and/or help to promote more health & wellness offerings at your school

Step up as the PTO/PTA liaison for the health and wellness team

Encourage your schools to include "healthy homework" and family wellness ideas in newsletters for families to do together: go on a family mindfulness hike, cook a family home-cooked meal one time/week, ask what your student did in PE/recess this week and play the game at home, sample fruit/veg that starts with letter of the week, etc.

Encourage and brainstorm new ways to promote healthy reward choices in lieu of non-food rewards at your school

Visit at lunch and help promote the salad bar and "cheer on" healthy choices

Assist with before/after school wellness programs or play games with kids at recess

Help to organize a Family Fitness Night

Other Family Fitness Night Tips and Ideas

Resources:

Classroom Physical Activity: How Parents Can Help (CDC)

Promoting Parent Engagement in School Health (CDC)

Parents for Healthy Schools (CDC)

Parent Action for Healthy Kids

Take Action for Healthy Kids (short video)

Connecting with Your Kids:

25 Ways to ask your kids "How was school today?"

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