Hancock County Cooperative Extension Nutrition Education Assistant (NEP) partnered with South Hancock Elementary school PE teacher.  Both the NEP and PE teachers agreed that this class was the perfect opportunity to teach the children about not only physical activities, but also healthy food choices.

Once the program began, it came to light quickly that this group of kindergarteners wasn’t getting the recommended one hour of physical activity time a day.  Most of them didn’t know what it meant to be active.  During the lessons it was discussed about what physical activity was, put simply for kindergarteners, moving the body.   Walking, riding a bike, jumping jakes, set ups, lots of indoor and outdoor activities were listed between the NEP and the children.  

By the end of the program 62% of the children had improved their knowledge of what it meant to be physically active.