The bilingual Fit Families Novela Series kit helps nutrition educators encourage discussion and provide guidance to families about maintaining a healthy weight by developing healthy eating and physical activity habits. The kit includes two videos, a DVD, three fotonovelas (each in sets of 10), and a leader’s guide, all in English and Spanish. The materials center around stories on choosing and preparing healthy snacks, planning new ways to exercise, and providing creative activities to reduce time spent watching TV and playing video games. A set of 30 fotonovelas (10 copies of each) is also sold separately.

Publication 3496

Full kit, $65; set of 30 fotonovelas, $30

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 Let’s Get Moving! Working Together to Promote Active Lifestyles in Young Children encourages childcare providers and parents with children ages 2 to 7 to incorporate physical activity into their children’s daily routine. Contents include a video, also on DVD, with interviews of childcare providers, children’s health experts, and parents on how adults have successfully incorporated physical activity into their children’s daily lives. Also included are seven colorful cards that highlight physical activity ideas introduced in the video, and 10 copies of a pamphlet to hand out to parents and staff that summarize the physical activity ideas. Sets of 80 extra color activity cards and 10 pamphlets are sold separately.

Publication 3494

Full kit, $55; set of 80 cards, $15; set of 10 pamphlets, $5