Here are a variety of low-cost and free opportunities you could incorporate into your program, or you could encourage children and youth to incorporate into their home-use devices to get them excited about moving.

Pedometers
Provide pedometers for your students to wear all day long. Track their daily footsteps. Calculate their personal accomplishments over a week, a month, a semester. Students can practice math skills and challenge themselves to walk and move more.

Interactive Video Games
If your children enjoy video games, get them moving with Wii Fit/Wii Sports or Just Dance games. Challenge them for time, accuracy and points. Each child can track his or her own progress and skills.

Walking Programs
All you need is a good pair of walking shoes. Sign up your program and your students on the American Heart Association's online activity tracker at www.startwalkingnow.org.

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