Head Start Showcased in National Fitness Video

Our Head Start and Early Head Start programs were among several programs in the country chosen to participate in a project designed by the National Head Start Association and NIKE to create video APPS (applications) demonstrating physical play and interactions with caregivers.

Go Smart, created by NHSA and NIKE, guides teachers and families to integrate physical activity across the curriculum in all areas of learning and gets families actively involved in their children’s health and fitness. Our Early Head Start and Head Start children and teachers have been participating in the creation of these apps.  A videographer has been to some of our Head Start Classrooms and to all of our EHS-SafeStart classrooms filming our children performing various scripted activities to create a FREE online resource available to all families across the USA.

The Go Smart online version includes approximately 134 simple developmentally appropriate games and activities aimed at children from 0-5 years of age.  There are brief video clips accompanying each of these activities to capture the physical play and activity as children and their caregivers interact together.

Take a moment and access the demo of these apps.  There are still more to come, and the videographer will be returning to our campus to do more taping in the next few months.  However, the first group of free apps were released last week and we are very proud of our children and teachers and wanted to share this with you.

For some great video clips of our children and teachers please go to www.gosmart.nhsa.org   Not all of the apps are up and working so you may need to click around until  you find one, but it is well worth a look.

They are fun to view and remember, we have a lot to be proud of, we are an excellent program producing excellent outcomes thank to our staff and our fabulous children and families.  Please share the information with your families, especially as more and more apps are created.