Classroom Physical Activity Social Media and Newsletters

Use the information below to promote classroom physical activity resources through relevant social media outlets.

Hashtags

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Consider using this Classroom Physical Activity image with these social media posts

• Use #ClassroomPhysicalActivity.
• If character limits permit, use #CDCHealthySchools and tag @Springboard2AS.

Twitter

• Discover new resources for school staff to support #ClassroomPhysicalActivity. https://bit.ly/2IXcsLf
• Check out 10 strategies from @CDCChronic and @Springboard2AS to help students get #ClassroomPhysicalActivity. https://bit.ly/2IXcsLf
• #ClassroomPhysicalActivity helps kids stay healthy and ready to learn with the help of these new resources. https://bit.ly/2IXcsLf
• Schools can use these tools to add physical activity into the classroom.  https://bit.ly/2IXcsLf
• Parents, talk to your child’s teacher about the importance of #ClassroomPhysicalActivity. Get ideas here to start the conversation. https://bit.ly/2IXcsLf
• Add #ClassroomPhysicalActivity to your local school wellness policy. New resources from @CDCChronic and @Springboard2AS can show you how. https://bit.ly/2IXcsLf
• Students can learn better and be healthier when they get #ClassroomPhysicalActivity. Check out these new resources to learn more! https://bit.ly/2IXcsLf

Facebook

• Students can benefit when physical activity is a part of their classroom time. CDC Healthy Schools and Springboard to Active Schools have released new resources to help educators add physical activity into the classroom schedule. https://bit.ly/2IXcsLf
• Students can learn better and be healthier when they get physical activity in the classroom. Learn about the benefits of classroom physical activity for ALL students. Use new resources from CDC Healthy Schools and Springboard to Active Schools to implement strategies for classroom physical activity. https://bit.ly/2IXcsLf
• Parents can support their child’s learning and health by promoting classroom physical activity in their child’s school. Get a tip sheet here. https://bit.ly/2IXcsLf

LinkedIn

• Making physical activity part of classroom time benefits students. Check out new strategies and tools from CDC and Springboard to Active Schools to integrate classroom physical activity into the daily school schedule. https://bit.ly/2IXcsLf

Pinterest

• Pin the Classroom Physical Activity infographics from CDC Healthy Schools’ Pinterest board at www.pinterest.com/cdcgov/cdc-healthy-schools/.

Include the following text in a longer message for a newsletter, email, or blog. Add a personal or local story to your message. Think about why classroom physical activity is important to you, or share a classroom physical activity success story.

Sample Text:

CDC and Springboard to Active Schools have developed new resources for educators to help bring physical activity into the classroom. These resources will help schools use evidence-based strategies to incorporate classroom physical activity.

Schools can use these resources in the following ways:

• Use Strategies for Classroom Physical Activity in Schools [PDF – 9 MB] to identify the 10 evidence-based strategies for planning and providing classroom physical activity.
• Use Integrate Classroom Physical Activity in Schools: A Guide for Putting Strategies Into Practice [PDF – 4 MB]  to assess your ability to adopt, promote, enhance, and sustain strategies identified in Strategies for Classroom Physical Activity in Schools.
• Use Online Platform: Integrate Classroom Physical Activity in Schools to search for best practices and practical ideas for implementing each strategy identified in Strategies for Classroom Physical Activity in Schools.
• Use Data Brief: Integrate Classroom Physical Activity in Schools [PDF – 389 KB] to better understand the status of classroom physical activity in the United States, national guidance for classroom physical activity, and practical resources available to implement classroom physical activity.
• Use Ideas for Parents: Classroom Physical Activity [PDF – 1 MB] to share ideas with parents on how they can promote classroom physical activity in their child’s school.
• Use the Integrate Classroom Physical Activity: Getting Student Active During School [PPTX – 12 MB] PowerPoint presentation to explain the benefits and importance of classroom physical activity, as well as the resources available from CDC and Springboard to Active Schools.