Fitness Frankie's Week in Mrs. L's 5th Grade!

Hi everyone,
I had an amazing week in Mrs. L's fifth grade class! Mrs. L was at North Park a few years ago, and now is back with us! She did not know too much about me before this week, but now she is a fan! I had so much fun with the fifth grade boys and girls! Mrs. L has a healthy snack tree in her classroom! This is a picture of me in front of it!

I even went to Jazzercise with Mrs. L! She exercises too! I went to PE with the boys and girls and we played soccer and I also learned how to use a heart rate monitor! A heart rate monitor is a really cool piece of technology that helps the boys and girls learn about how hard their heart is working during exercise!





There is so much more to tell you! One of my new friends helped me with the rest of my blog! Read below!
I had a great time with all of my friends in Mrs. L's class. We did morning meeting everyday. I learned "good morning" in five different languages! One morning we played alphabet aerobics. The class didn't know how flexible I was! Also, we did "AHA" Math. They didn't realize how good I was at Math either! Mrs. L's students made me a throne and a crown! I loved them! Everyday I'd watch my friends work hard from my throne while I ate my favorite healthy snack, a pear. I also got to see their healthy snack tree. It was covered with a lot of healthy snacks! One day, I even got to read one of my favorite books, "Cinderella". I had a GREAT time in Mrs. L's classroom!

I LOVE Healthy Highway! I am staying with Mrs. L. this week because we are going on a field trip and I get to go too! I will tell you all about it soon! Love, Fitness Frankie

Fitness Frankie's Week in Mrs. O's 4th Grade!

Hi everyone,
I spent the week in Mrs. O's fourth grade! The boys and girls were very happy to see me and I was happy to see them too! My friends fed me healthy snacks on Wellness Wednesday! We ate pretzels, yogurt, carrots, and a yummy apple! I spent recess time playing outside with my friend Zac! Unfortunately it rained a lot this week so we had to play some board games inside. One of the great things about Healthy Highway is that it helps boys and girls "Slow down and think about it" when they are learning! My friends are learning to listen and follow directions and I told them that I would come back to check on how they are doing! I LOVE Healthy Highway! I wonder what my NEXT adventure will be! Love, Fitness Frankie

Exercise Ernie's Week in Mrs. C's Class!

Hi everyone,

I can't believe how much fun I am having at North Park! I have learned so much about eating healthy foods and exercising already! This week Mrs. C's kindergarten and first grade students took amazing care of me! They were so excited when I arrived! They promised that they would teach me about healthy snacks and they did! (more to come on that later.....) I was allowed to go to PE class with the students and Mrs. R. was teaching the boys and girls about different ways to go over and under o-b-s-t-a-c-l-e-s. That's a big word that means something in your way! This is a picture of me under one of them!

We had a great time! I got so much exercise during PE class that I needed a nap when I got back to the classroom! How do the boys and girls DO this so well? I guess they have had a lot of practice! On Fitness Friday we DANCED! Everyone at North Park loves to dance! I have learned that it is good exercise! We went to the gymnasium for Fitness Friday and Mrs. R. taught us how to do the Peanut Butter and Jelly Dance! If you don't know it I am sure that the boys and girls can teach you because they did an awesome job! I LOVE Healthy Highway! I wonder what my next adventure will be?

Love, Exercise Ernie

Fitness Frankie's Week in Mrs. E's 4th Grade!

Hi everyone,
I am SO happy to be back at North Park! I had a great summer, but I missed my friends! My friends in Mrs. E's class were very excited when Mrs. R. announced that I would be in their class and they took great care of me this week! My friends fed me healthy snacks on Wellness Wednesday! We ate yogurt with granola, carrot and pepper sticks with dip, apples, bananas, and applesauce! My friends and I exercised on Fitness Friday! We played outside even though it had rained. We ran around, jumped around, and played on the monkey bars! Funny, there were no actual "monkeys" on the bars.......I will have to ask Mrs. R. about that........Some of the class played kickball and many of us watched them. It was great! I LOVE Healthy Highway! I wonder what my next adventure will be! Love, Fitness Frankie

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

Hi everyone,
    I had an exciting week in Miss K's second grade class!  I even got to go to Meet the Staff Night and meet some parents!  We shared a healthy snack on Wellness Wednesday.  I also got to taste blueberries that one of my new friends brought in to share with the class after we read Blueberries for Sal!  The children wrote many stories about me during writer's workshop!  Miss K's is going to give them to Mrs. R. for my journal!  I spent time with Bono the monkey.  He is the mascot for Miss K's class.  Here we are at the Sneaker Center in PE.  This is where students go to find a safe place to tie their sneakers!

Bono is really nice!  He taught me so much this week!  We went to PE together with the students and we helped them learn about some healthy snacks too!  During PE class the students exercised and played a game called "Find My Color"!  It was a fun game! This picture shows us in the gym while the students played!




Fitness Frankie was right!  North Park is a great place and my adventures down the Healthy Highway have started just like his!  I can't wait to see where I go next week!  I LOVE Healthy Highway!  Love, Exercise Ernie

Fitness Frankie's and Exercise Ernie's First Days of the 2011-2012 School Year!

Hi everyone,
     We are back to school at North Park!  I am so excited because Mrs. R. has some new ideas for our Healthy Highway program this year!  My friend Exercise Ernie, who I met last year during Spring Break, has come to spend the year with us too!  He is from Colorado and loves to ski!  We are going to teach him all about how we use Healthy Highway at North Park!  The boys and girls are excited too!

     We had our first Healthy Highway assembly and everyone at North Park got a chance to learn about my summer adventure!  Mrs. F - that's our new librarian - read the book that Mrs. R. wrote about our trip to London and Dublin while Mrs. R. showed everyone the pictures.  Everyone thought it was a great adventure!  Me too!  Next, Exercise Ernie and I arrived at the assembly in our new car!  Well, it's not a real car, but it's very cool!  Mrs. R. introduced Exercise Ernie to everyone and the boys and girls are excited to have us in their classrooms this year!



   

     One of the new activities that we are going to do for Healthy Highway this year is take the Healthy Highway Pledge each day.  The HH Pledge says:
"I promise to make ONE healthy choice EVERY day to keep my engine strong!"
All of the boys and girls are signing class pledge cards during PE class and Mrs. R. is making a bulletin board with all of them!  Exercise Ernie and I watched while the boys and girls signed the pledge cards.  We are very proud of them!


     Well, it's time for Exercise Ernie and I to rest up!  We have a busy week ahead of us at North Park because we are going to start spending time in each classroom learning about Healthy Highway!
I LOVE Healthy Highway!  Love, Fitness Frankie.

Fitness Frankie's Summer Adventures!

Hi everyone,

It has been an incredible summer! I have had so many wonderful adventures I don't know where to begin! I started the summer with a trip to London, England and Dublin, Ireland! Can you

believe it! Mrs. R. took so many pictures of me as we walked for exercise and saw all of the sites! We used a pedometer to check our steps and we walked between 10 and 14 miles a day! She is making a book about it and will show all of the boys and girls at North Park when we get back to school!

This picture is of me with "Big Ben", which is a famous clock in London, in the background!

Next, I had the chance to play golf with a friend of Mrs. R. who is a PE teacher too! Mrs. C. brought her friend "Exercise Eddie" and now we are friends too!

I also had a chance to take my new friend from Ireland - PE Paddy - on Mrs. R's kayak! We went for a ride on the Great Sacandaga Lake! It was pretty windy, but we had a terrific ride! Did you know that kayaking is good exercise for your upper body? It is hard work to keep the kayak paddles going!

Mrs. R. kept us safe by wearing a life jacket!

It has been a wonderful summer! I am looking forward to school starting in a few weeks! I miss my friends at North Park!

I LOVE Healthy Highway!

Love, Fitness Frankie