Resource Materials
- Walking and Bicycling to School: Community Presentation
- Train the Trainer
- Walk to School Programs Fact Sheet
- KidsWalk-to-School Brochure
- KidsWalk-to-School: A Guide to Promote Walking to School
- Download Max!
- Other Resources
Walking and Bicycling to School: Community Presentation
Walking
and Bicycling to School: Community Presentation1 (PPT–2.25Mb)
Information in the slide presentation may be presented to a neighborhood,
school, or community to increase knowledge and interest in participating
in a Walk & Bicycle to School program.
This presentation also in a
text-only version (PDF-884k).
Accompanying Presentation Materials
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- 28.8K – 15 minutes
- 56K – 5 minutes
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Train the Trainer
Train
the Trainer2 (PPT–1Mb)
Slide presentation developed to encourage state level promotion of walk
and bicycle to school programs, by building state level partnerships and
assisting local constituents to develop walk and bicycle to school
programs. Includes various reference links.
This presentation also available in a
text-only version (PDF-1Mb).
Accompanying Presentation Materials
2For best results, save this
PowerPoint to
your hard drive. Otherwise you may experience problems viewing the slides
and long waits between slides. To save the presentation,
"right-click" on the link above (click on the link using the
right-hand mouse button.) This will bring up a menu of options. Select
"Save Target As…" if you are using Microsoft Internet
Explorer, or "Save Link As…" if you're using Netscape. This
will allow you to put the file on your local hard drive. Remember where
you save it!
These slides may be used as is, please do not alter format. If format is
altered the CDC logo must be removed.
Approximate download times:
- 14.4K – 12 minutes
- 28.8K – 7 minutes
- 56K – 2 minutes
- ISDN or faster – less than 1 minute
Walk to School Programs—Fact Sheet
Walk to School Programs—Fact
Sheet
A Component of CDC's State-based Physical Activity Initiative. Also
available in Portable Document Format (135K–PDF)
The KidsWalk-to-School Brochure
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The KidsWalk-to-School brochure![]() |
KidsWalk-to-School: A Guide to Promote Walking to
School
KidsWalk-To-School: A Guide to Promote
Walking to School
(PDF–620k)
This guide is a resource to help communities develop and implement a
year-long walk-to-school initiative. The guide comes complete with
- A step-by-step checklist
- KidsWalk-to-School tools, including sample letters, surveys, evaluations, and a press release form
- Safety tips on walking, biking, school bus safety, and stranger danger tips
- Ideas to make walking to school an active and exciting part of a child's day.
To download only specific chapters of the guide, see the table of
contents below.
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KidsWalk-to-School: A Guide to Promote Walking to School
(PDF–311k)
Check out the introduction of the KidsWalk-to-School
guide to find out why children aren't walking as much as they used to,
why it is important for children to walk to school, and how
KidsWalk-to-School can help to make walking to school a safe, active,
and enjoyable part of a child’s day.
(This section also includes the guide cover, title page,
acknowledgements, and table of contents.)
Meet Max
(PDF–43k)
Your introduction to the friendly face of the
KidsWalk-to-School program. Come meet Max, he and his dad walk to
school each day with seven of his neighborhood friends.
Checklist: Organize a
KidsWalk-to-School Program in Your Neighborhood
(PDF–12k)
Download this 2-page step-by-step checklist and make
photocopies for other community members as an overview of the steps to
take when developing your KidsWalk-to-School program. Each step is
described in more detail in the next section of the guide.
Step-by-Step: How to Organize a
KidsWalk-to-School Program in Your Neighborhood
(PDF–319k)
This section guides you through the processes of developing a
safe, active, and fun KidsWalk-to-School program in your neighborhood.
The section is full of helpful suggestions and stories about how other
communities have been able to be successful in their neighborhoods. Be
creative and design the program to fit the particular needs of your
neighborhood.
Program Variations: Making
KidsWalk-to-School Fit in Your Community
(PDF–71k)
Check out this section for great ways to tailor the program to
fit the needs of your community. Also included are ideas to help
communities participate even when walking to school is not feasible
because the children live too far from school or the neighborhood is
not safe enough for children to walk.
Having Fun: Ideas to Generate
Children’s Enthusiasm
(PDF–103k)
Walking to school is a way for children to learn about the
environment, their health, and safety. You can encourage this learning
by incorporating fun activities into the journey to and from school
and into classroom activities.
Working with the Media
(PDF–41k)
The media is a great way to encourage more involvement in the
KidsWalk-to-School program. Check out this section to see how you can
get the media involved in your program.
Working With Elected Officials
(PDF–10k)
Elected officials such as congressman and school board members
can be helpful when planning your walk-to-school program and getting
policies in place to make walking to school safer and more accessible.
This section has helpful hints on working with elected officials.
Promoting KidsWalk-to-School through
Policies
(PDF–11k)
Policies that support the accommodation of pedestrians and
bicyclists will be useful in your community's efforts to make walking
and bicycling to school a safe and viable transportation option.
Funding for KidsWalk-to-School Programs
(PDF–8k)
KidsWalk-to-School is intended to be a cost-free program;
however, improving the pedestrian environment generally will require
funding.
Safety Tips
(PDF–73k)
- Walking Safety
- Bicycling Safety
- School Bus Safety
- Stranger Danger Safety
- Traffic Calming
Resources
(PDF–34k)
The Resources section of the KidsWalk-to-School guide is
an excellent directory of organizations that promote physical
activity, pedestrian and bicycle safety, healthy environments, crime
prevention, walking and biking, the design of healthy, walkable
communities, and walk-to-school programs.
Appendix: KidsWalk-to-School Tools
(PDF–36k)
No two schools or communities are alike. That’s why the
KidsWalk-to-School program encourages you to tailor the program to the
needs and resources of your neighborhood. Use these tools to help you
implement and evaluate your program; alter them to fit your
community's needs.
- Tool A: KidsWalk-to-School Introduction Letter
- Tool B: Walk-to-School Survey
- Tool C: Walkable Routes to School Survey
- Tool D: Parental Consent Form
- Tool E: Press Release
- Tool F: KidsWalk-to-School Participant Evaluation
Download Max!
You
may download this image of Max to use in your print materials. You will
need graphics editing software to view and use these images.
max.eps.zip
(213k)
Zip File (ZIP). This format contains one or more files within it and is
compressed to minimize the file's size. Use any zip utility to unzip these
archives. Read more about Zip
files
For use on the Web, just right click on the image and follow the
instructions to save on your computer!
Other Resources
KidsWalk: Then and Now — Barrier and
Solutions
Rates of walking to and from school have declined since first measured in
1969. This page explores the reported barriers to walking and bicycling
to/from school over time as a possible explanation, and offers potential
solutions to overcome barriers.
Walk-to-School Programs
Quick Start Resource
(PDF-65k)
This resource is intended to provide key references, tools, and components
for the planning, implementation, evaluation, and promotion of
walk-to-school programs. Nonfederal Web site addresses are provided for
informational purposes only, and this listing does not imply CDC
endorsement of these programs.
Barriers
to Children Walking and Biking to School — United States, 1999
MMWR August 16, vol 51
School
Transportation Modes — Georgia, 2000
MMWR August 16, vol 51
MMWR, August 16, 2002 (PDF-2,255k)
Contains both the Barriers
to Children Walking and Biking to School and School
Transportation Modes reports.
Barriers to Children Walking to or from School — United States, 2004
MMWR September 30, vol 54
Healthy
People 2010
NC Physical Activity Policy Research Center*
A partner within the Physical Activity Policy Research Network (PAPRN)
provides resources on school siting and walking and biking to school
initiatives as well as policies that relate to these programs.
Please note: Some of these publications are available for download only as *.pdf files. These files require Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to be viewed. Please review the information on downloading and using Acrobat Reader software.
* Links to non-Federal organizations found at this site are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links.
Page last updated: July 22, 2008
Content Source: Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion