Partners: Planning Guides and Activity Tips
The more you encourage activity and active play to happen, the more kids will
want to GO. You can work with the VERB campaign on a small scale: use the
campaign materials once or twice to keep the message fresh. You can work with
the VERB campaign on a grander scale:
organize community-wide events for tweens to try new physical activities.
VERB in Your Community
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Designing a Successful VERB Scorecard Campaign in Your Community
[pdf 1.7M]. This publication guides the reader through the process of designing
a program that gets their community (including businesses,
non-profits, and schools) involved in promoting physical
activity among 9 to 13 year olds. This 22-page, easy-to-read
guide provides background on VERB, explains the scorecard
program, and provides suggestions that assist the reader in
modifying the program to fit their particular community.
Also available as HTML.
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Use Campaign Research in Your Programs
Make physical activity more fun and appealing to tweens by using some of
the campaign’s research findings
in your existing programs and classrooms:
- Help tweens discover new activities they enjoy. Children this age respond to
the spirit of adventure, discovery and finding their own thing.
- Prizes are great incentives for kids! Give away small prizes such as stickers
or water bottles to reward kids for their efforts.
- Design activities with input from the kids. They will be more inclined to
participate because they want to, not because they have to.
- Some tweens prefer activities with a competitive edge, while others simply
like playing a game with friends. Find out their preferences. All tweens will
experience the rewards of being active if it is enjoyable for them.
- Tweens, especially girls, like social interaction with friends. It makes
playing actively more fun and offers opportunities for peer recognition and
praise.
- Praise kids just for trying something new and getting active. Your
encouragement means a lot to them.
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Page last reviewed: September 07, 2007
Page last modified: September 07, 2007
Content source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
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