Don't forget students need to wear their P.E. uniforms and sneakers on P.E. days.

REASON #1
It improves children's muscular strength, flexibility, muscular endurance, body composition and cardiovascular endurance.

REASON #2
It develops motor skills, which allow for safe, successful and satisfying participation in physical activities. 

REASON #3
It provides a wide-range of developmentally appropriate activities for all children.

REASON #4
It reinforces knowledge learned across the curriculum and serves as a lab for application of content in Science, Math and Social Studies.

REASON #5
It facilitates development of student responsibility for health and fitness.

REASON #6
It can influence moral development. Students have the opportunity to assume leadership, cooperate with others; question actions and regulations and accept responsibility for their own behavior.

REASON #7
It becomes an outlet for releasing tension and anxiety, and facilitates emotional stability and resilience.

REASON #8
It can be a major force in helping children socialize with others successfully and provides opportunities to learn positive people skills. Especially during late childhood and adolescence, being able to participate in dances, games and sports is an important part of peer culture.

REASON #9
It instills a stronger sense of self-worth in children based on their mastery of skills and concepts in physical activity. They can become more confident, assertive, independent and self-controlled.

REASON #10
It gives children the opportunity to set and strive for personal, achievable goals.

*Taken from the National Association for Sport and Physical Education.

Log It is age-appropriate for students in 2nd - 8th grade. The program encourages students to record physical activity steps/miles online. It is not built to record activity minutes. The program features a virtual hike around the USA with stops at each state capital, students can set daily goals, compare their progress with others and they can compete in a Challenge Hike.

Kids Quiz is age-appropriate for students in 4th - 8th grade. It is an interactive, educational weekly quiz where kids test their knowledge about nutrition, health, and physical activity. Each week a new question is posted and kids have a week to answer the question correctly. Kids answering correctly are eligible to win a T-shirt prize in a weekly drawing. Kids not answering correctly are shown the correct answer and can come back the next day to try a new question. Prizes are mailed directly to the child’s physical education teacher.

KidsHealth is the #1 most-visited website for children's health and development.

BAM! Body and Mind is an online destination for kids created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Designed for kids 9-13 years old, BAM! Body and Mind gives them the information they need to make healthy lifestyle choices. The site focuses on topics that kids told us are important to them — such as stress and physical fitness — using kid-friendly lingo, games, quizzes, and other interactive features.