What is Activity Works?
Exercise used to be synonymous with childhood play. Today, crowded school schedules, electronic gaming and extended TV time have significantly reduced the amount of physical activity by young children, with long-term implications for both body and brain development.
- Gets kids moving: Physical education minutes add up during short, guided classroom adventures.
- Teaches students to enjoy fitness: Educational content is fun, while encouraging healthy choices.
- Improves classroom performance: After burning off excess energy, students are recharged, refreshed and ready to learn.
Activity Works is a simple media program that combines standards-based kinetic learning and cardio fitness in a 12-minute classroom experience for grades 1 through 3. Research-based trials in Long Island schools demonstrated academic and physical benefits to children who participated in the Activity Works program.
Cross-Curricular, Standards-Based Activity BurstsActivity Works is a classroom-based program that uses 10-minute guided audio and video adventures to combine physical activity and cognitive learning, engaging bodies and minds to develop healthy behaviors and renew focus. Each activity segment incorporates age-appropriate exercise and movement, validated by experts for safety and effectiveness.
Students walk, jog, skip and hop to greater focus, attention, neural development and cardiovascular health.
Healthy Behavior Starts in the Classroom
Based on research that connects health with improved academic performance, Activity Works:- Fits Easily into the School Day: 10-minute activity segments are perfect for use as a warm up, break or transition between course subjects.
- Fits Easily into the Curriculum: Activities developed to support curricula for grades 1 through 3, including social studies, math, language arts and science.
- Is Plug-and-Play: Each fully loaded toolkit is ready to go and can be used anywhere; no complicated set-up required.
- Enhances Learning: Research proves that students perform better when they get regular physical activity.
- Makes Exercise Fun: Students are praised for getting fit using a monthly calendar, reward stickers and activities to bring home.
- Helps Schools Achieve Physical Education Standards: With Activity Works, PE minutes add up fast!
