Wonderful Opportunities With Schools "WOWS" E-Newsletter
Each weekly WOWS E-Newsletter gives a short, action step, and ready tips for teaching nutrition and/or adding physical activity to the day!
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Wonderful Opportunities With Schools
- An E-newsletter designed for youth leaders and school staff
During the school year, WOWS provides weekly, quick, simple ideas for KidLinks™ working with kids K-8. Healthy Kids Challenge encourages KidLinks™ to use the ideas for easy actions each week or keep on file for another time.
Action Ideas for Healthy Kids Challenge’s Six Healthy Messages
Each week there will be action tips targeting a specific healthy behavior to help kids with wellness and greater academic potential!
Ideas spotlight fruits and vegetables— breakfast—healthy snacks—active play and less screen time—smart servings—beverage choices.
Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas, Parent Tips and More
Along with suggestions for group activities, bulletin boards, and more, WOWS provides grant updates from organizations across the country and Web site resource links. Cut-and-paste parent tips can be easily inserted into your own newsletters.
Ideas in WOWS E-newsletter ideas employ recommended behavior change strategies
HKC calls this HEAR – SEE –DO to put best practices into motion!
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Help people hear the message (increase awareness or knowledge/skills) Help people see how to make healthy change Help people do what is suggested (practice making healthy changes) |
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What others have said about WOWS
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High School Principal
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Elementary Principal
“Wednesday WOWS has been very important and helpful…. WOWS, Healthy Tips to Go, Setting Up for Success were used for newsletter and announcement tips…. Keep the information coming (i.e. newsletters, etc.)! With our busy schedules, we need the information given to us.”
Elementary School Nurse
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