The Fitness for Life program enables educators to:

• • Teach essential health-related fitness, activity, nutrition, and wellness concepts.• Meet local and state requirements for daily and weekly physical activity.
• • Implement wellness in the curriculum.• Implement easy-to-follow standards-based lessons.
• • Enhance academic performance and help fight childhood obesity.
• • Coordinate efforts with nonschool personnel, including before- and after-school program leaders and parents.
• • Meet recommendations and standards from CDC, USDA, and NASPE, among others.

Pack includes:

• • Classroom Guides: 7 guides (one for each grade K-6) with 140 total lesson plans and activities. Each guide includes DVD-ROM with plug-and-play activities and lesson plans.
• • Physical Education Lesson Plans: Book with activities and lessons, 2 DVD-ROMs with 140 plug-and-play activities and instructional videos, music CD, and CD-ROM with lesson plans.
• • Guide for Wellness Coordinators: Assessment tools and resources for school-wide special events and DVD-ROM with Wellness Week plans/program overview.
• • Print Media: Hundreds of full-color reproducibles on DVD/CD-ROMs, including signs, newsletters, and activity cards.
• • Program-Dedicated Website: www.fitnessforlife.org/elementary

Fitness for Life: Elementary School was developed by nationally and internationally recognized leaders Charles B. "Chuck" Corbin, Guy Le Masurier, Dolly Lambdin, and Meg Greiner. The program has been field-tested and is based on the most current research and standards regarding health-related fitness, activity, wellness, and nutrition.