1. Connect with child care centers, schools, and family child care homes to provide information about what Be Active Kids can offer in their early childhood setting
2. Model activities from the Be Active Kids Movement Guide at child care centers, schools, and family child care homes as you provide technical assistance to providers
3. Share the Be Active Kids website link as a resource
4. Share Be Active Kids one-pagers as a resource with parents, providers, and early childhood professionals/students
5. Share Be Active Kids one pagers through social media
6. Share Be Active Kids one pagers in parent newsletters
7. Collaborate with local libraries to share one pagers
8. Share the importance of physical activity at community events
9. Connect with pediatricians to share Be Active Kids resources with patients and caregivers
10. Include Be Active Kids webinars in provider training events
11. Hold a health fair that includes information about physical activity and active play
12. Use Be Active Kids information in presentations and workshops
13. Hold a PlayDaze
14. Create a PlayPod
15. Utilize the PlayMobile
16. Work with childcare centers on the development of loose part play and the acquisition of materials
17. Share Be Active Kids social media posts
18. Hold a health fair to promote the health of young children
19. Work with centers to implement a center/school wellness policy
20. Include Be Active Kids lesson plans and activities at meetings
21. Educate teachers on ideas for indoor physical activity
22. Work with centers to create space for indoor physical activity
23. Collaborate with community organizations to educate and provide families in special programs with the importance of physical activity and how to use what they already have to be healthy
24. Work with centers to use what they have to provide opportunities for the children to be active
25. Educate providers to model healthy behaviors through healthy eating and physical activity
26. Share Movement Guide activities in weekly e-mails or mass communication efforts
27. Work with community college education students to gain understanding of the importance of physical activity in the classroom
28. Connect with preschools and childcare centers to help build their knowledge of available resources from Be Active Kids and beyond
29. Create follow-up information to extend the learning opportunities for providers that participate in a Be Active Kids training
30. Hold a Parent’s Day to inform and educate parents of the importance of active play
31. Work with your local fitness center to educate their childcare staff on getting young children active
32. Connect with the local YMCA and join in on their Healthy Kids Day
33. Turn story time into active play opportunities at local reading events with the use of Be Active Kids puppets and appropriate portable play equipment
34. Present at conferences/workshops on the importance of physical activity, motor skill and movement concept development, and/or active play in early childhood
35. Participate in our Early Childhood Physical Activity Institute (ECPAI) and share what you learned with others through staff meetings, in-services, technical assistance, etc.