Fitness Frankie and Exercise Ernie Dance at the Sock Hop!

Hi everyone,
    It was a short week last week but it sure was a fun one!  Monday was the 50th Day of School!  Some of the primary classes celebrated by dressing up as if they were living in the 1950's and Mrs. R invited everyone to the gymnasium for a "Sock  Hop"!  We did not know what a "Sock Hop" was so Mrs. R explained that it is a dance!  In the 50's, boys and girls would go to the gymnasium for a dance, but they had to take off their shoes so that they would not scratch the floor.....so that's why it's called a "Sock Hop"!  We left our shoes on......wait.....we don't have any shoes so I guess we don't have to worry!  Mrs. R taught us to do the Hand Jive, The Stroll, and the Twist!  Everyone looked great and we met Sandy!  Sandy is Mrs. R's 1950's bear.  She wears a poodle skirt and sings too!
All of the classes earned a mile for Healthy Highway because dancing is great exercise!
We've said it before but we will say it again......
WE LOVE HEALTHY HIGHWAY!
Love, Fitness Frankie and Exercise Ernie

Fitness Frankie and Exercise Ernie Attend the NYS AHPERD Conference!

Hi everyone,

We have been with Mrs. R. lately going to some different Physical Education Conferences!  We had a great time and met so many new friends!  The biggest one we went to was the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance annual conference!  There were so many people there!  Most of them were PE teachers just like Mrs. R.  Guess what? Mrs. C. from Healthy Highway was there too and she brought Baking Bella with her!  Mrs. R. and Mrs. C. presented a session together about Healthy Highway and she introduced us!  We spent some time with Baking Bella at the Healthy Highway booth and many people came by to learn

about the program.  We were happy to help!
Mrs. R. also took us to some of the activity sessions!  You see, at this conference, teachers come together to share ideas so that they can become better teachers!  I guess adults learn even when they are finished with school!  We learned some new parachute ideas, some new dance steps, and even a few new games!  You'll never believe who else was at the conference!  Peter and Paul from Homespun Dance!  George was busy so there was another terrific musician playing the banjo instead!  They were happy to see us at their session!  They actually remembered us!

On Friday morning, we went to a special Jump Rope for Heart meeting. It was a very important meeting and we got to be "Heart Ambassadors"!  "Heart Ambassadors" help others learn about how to have healthy hearts and how to participate in Jump Rope for Heart!  I think we are up to the task!  

Friday night was VERY special because we got to go to the Jay B. Nash Awards dinner.  Mrs. R.'s family and friends were there to help her celebrate an award that she was getting!  We had silver ribbons on to celebrate!  We had a great time!  You can view a slideshow of our adventure by clicking here.  
We are ready to get back to North Park and continue along the Healthy Highway!  We are having just one terrific adventure after another!

We LOVE Healthy Highway!  

Love, Fitness Frankie and Exercise Ernie

Fitness Frankie's Week in Mrs. F's and Mrs. B's Class!

Hi everyone,
     I spent the week in Mrs. B's and Mrs. F's class.  My friends fed me healthy snacks on Wellness Wednesday!  We ate pretzels, applesauce, carrots, mandarin oranges, cheese, crackers, and goldfish.  We also drank water and juice!  My friends and I exercised on Fitness Friday!  We danced with Mrs. S-J to a fun Kidz Bob CD.  It was silly and fun!  It was a crazy week and I met a lot of new adults because Mrs. B and Mrs. F were out learning about new things for the classroom  We also had our first snow delay - YIKES!  I was nervous because there were no lights and the building was chilly!  Thank goodness I have my fur to keep me warm!  I LOVE Healthy Highway!  I am going to be spending some time going to conferences with Exercise Ernie and Mrs. R.  I think that we are going to have a great adventure!
Love, Fitness Frankie

Exercise Ernie's Week in Miss V's Class!

Hi everyone,

I met some new friends in Miss V's class last week! They were so kind to me and took great care of me! My friends fed me healthy snacks on Wellness Wednesday! I am learning all about healthy snacks! We ate apples, carrots, crackers, and other vegetables at snack AND at lunch! I learned that these are "Green Light Foods"! My friends and I exercised this week too! We played Peek-A-Who in PE class. We had to figure out who was missing! It was a great way to get to know each other! That's me in the picture!
We did jumping jacks last week too and one day during a game in PE class I got to be a Wizard! In Music class, I saw my friends exercise their lungs and play the recorder! What a great week!
Fitness Frankie and I are taking two weeks off from being in the classroom. I will miss my new friends, but Mrs. R. is taking us on an adventure to some PE conferences! We are going to get to meet some other PE teachers and Mrs. R. is going to teach them about us! Can you believe it!
I LOVE Healthy Highway!
Love, Exercise Ernie

Fitness Frankie's Week in Mrs. S's Class!

Hi everyone,

I spent the week in Mrs. S's class! We had a great time together! Many of my friends were happy to see me back in their classroom! My friends fed me healthy snacks for Wellness Wednesday! We ate pumpkin muffins and apples! Yummy! It was double miles week so we earned more miles for Healthy Highway! I exercised with my friends too! One day, two of my friends took me out for recess. We ran and played on the monkey bars!  During PE we learned about cooperation and played "Scrunchie Tag." It was fun helping classmates get free! We had to donate - that means give away - one of our scrunchies to our friends who did not have any! I am wearing a scrunchie in the picture that one of my friends gave to me!  The best part of the week was the snow over the weekend! It was a surprise because it was still October! I got to go outside and build a snowman!
I LOVE Healthy Highway!
I am spending this week in Mrs. F's and Mrs. B's class!
Love, Fitness Frankie