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DAKOTA KIDS PROGRAM |
Program
- We focus on teaching our students "life skills"
- Each class involves interactive learning, teaching children the basics of nutrition, exercise,
teamwork, and building self-esteem through goal setting
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Length of Program
- We offer a 6 or 12 week schedule
- We meet 1 or 2 times per week
- Each class is approximately 45 minutes
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Primary MarketS
- Children: 1st - 12th Grade
- After school programs
- Lower income/disadvantaged areas
- Native American Reservations
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Our Goals
- Teach students basic life skills that they can effectively use throughout their lives
- Increase self-esteem
- Increase knowledge on nutrition, exercise, and the importance of working as a team
- Decrease the obesity rate in the areas that the Dakota Kids Program is offered
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CLASSES |
Topics
- A different nutritional topic is discussed each week
- A recap sheet is handed out at the end of each class to help ensure content retention
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Exercise
- Students set and achieve goals as they exercise during each class
- Weekly exercise sheets are given to students to perform during the week
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Parents/Custodians
- Tip sheets on the topic of the week are provided to the parents/custodians on a weekly basis
- We encourage the parents/custodians to be involved in the learning/teaching process
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WEEKLY CLASS TOPICS |
Classes 1-4
- Why is eating healthy important?
- Why is exercising important?
- Food basics
- How to read a label
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Classes 5-8
- What does salt do to your body?
- What does sugar do to your body?
- What does fat do to your body?
- Eating out - part one
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Classes 9-12
- Eating out - part two
- Snacks - good/not so good
- Drinks - good/not so good
- Recap of 12 weeks!
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TESTING/RESEARCH |
President's Challenge
- Shuttle Run
- Curl-ups
- Tested during weeks 1 and 12
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Curriculum TEST
BOD POD Test
- Tested during weeks 1 & 12
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Parents/Custodians
- Feedback questionnaire on knowledge, activity, and self-esteem are given to the
parents/custodians during week 12
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The Dakota Kids program is designed to reach more than just the students we teach directly. We will strive to educate
our students' siblings, parents/custodians, and classmates. We will encourage our students to present what they have
learned to their fellow students in their own classrooms.
Below are some of the artificial products we
intend on using with the children. We believe
that the children will learn more effectively by
being able to see and touch the foods and
visualize how much sugar, salt, and fat are in
some of the foods they currently eat.
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