One of the best ways to encourage physical activity outside school is to get families moving together. Getting active as a family not only helps kids and teens stay healthy — it also means everyone gets to reap the benefits of physical activity. The Move Your Way campaign has lots of resources to help families find activities that fit their lives and create healthy, sustainable routines. Try the strategies below to support parents and caregivers in getting the family active.
Hand out educational materials
You can print these materials and send them home with students — or hand them out at school events.
- The Fact Sheet for Parents helps parents and caregivers understand what kinds of activity kids and teens need to stay healthy and offers tips for helping kids get active.
- The Sports Fact Sheet for Parents helps parents and caregivers understand the benefits kids and teens can get from playing sports and offers tips to help them get their kids involved.
- With the Pledge Sheet, parents can be role models for their kids by showing how they’ll get active and making a commitment to move more.
Promote physical activity in your newsletter, email, or blog
Use or adapt the content below to promote physical activity in your email outreach, newsletter, or blog.
Subject: Get tips to get your kids moving
Body copy: It’s no secret that kids and teens need regular physical activity — it makes their bodies grow strong, it helps them stay at a healthy weight, and it can even help them focus better in the classroom.
How much is enough? Kids and teens need at least 60 minutes of physical activity throughout the day. That includes a mix of heart-pumping movement like running, dancing, or jumping rope, plus activities that strengthen muscles and bones — like playing sports or climbing at the playground. Use this interactive tool to help you fit more activity into your kids’ day.
But the best way to encourage kids and teens to get active? Get the whole family moving so everyone can enjoy the benefits of physical activity!
Check out the Move Your Way campaign for actionable tips and resources to add more physical activity to your family’s routine.
Promote physical activity through social media
Use Move Your Way sample messages, graphics, and GIFs to promote physical activity on your own or your school’s social media channels. You can adapt the messages to fit your needs!
Add Move Your Way to your website
Want to make Move Your Way part of your website? Download the Move Your Way web badges and widget for an easy way to add physical activity resources to your site.
- With the Move Your Way Activity Planner web badge and widget, school staff, parents, caregivers, and other adults can use an interactive tool to help them build their own personalized weekly activity plan.
- The Move Your Way Parent Interactive Graphic web badge links parents and caregivers to an interactive tool they can use to see how kids can fit in 60 minutes of activity a day.
