Suggested Road Map
Healthy Children Healthy Futures
was created specifically for afterschool
programs, and it is designed
to be flexible and adaptable to a
variety of program settings and
program schedules. Whether your
group meets every day or once a
week, whether you are working in a
school or a community-based
setting, you can be successful using
this program guide and the
accompanying materials.
A sample daily agenda for Healthy Children Healthy
Futures might look like this:
Sample Session:
1) Distribute and eat healthy snacks (5 minutes). See list of snacks.
2) Play an Active Energizer-"Mingle, Mingle, Mingle" (10
minutes).
3) Develop a Radio Script (45 minutes).
4) Distribute parent participation postcards for kids to
take home to
their families (5 minutes).
What Each Session Includes
Each session includes the
following basic elements:
• Healthy snack
• Physical activity
• Media activity based on The 8
Habits of Healthy Kids®
• Parent participation activity
in the form of parent
postcards |