Celebrate Every Kid Healthy Week at Home or at School

Every Kid Healthy™ Week is an annual observance created in 2013 to celebrate school health and wellness
achievements. Recognized on the calendar of National Health Observances and observed the last full week
of April each year (April 22-26, 2024), each day of the week shines a spotlight on the great actions schools and
families are taking to improve the health and wellness of their kids and the link between nutrition, physical
activity, mental health, and learning – because healthy kids are better prepared to learn and thrive! We are
encouraging families to continue this week with scheduled activities to complete and have fun while staying
healthy and staying at home, but also provide schools with activities to do with their students safely!

That is why Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Family and Community Health; Parker County; Cooks Children’s
Healthy The Center for Children’s Health; Pecan Valley Center for Behavior & Development Healthcare,
Community Action Committee, HeadStart and others reminds everyone that it is so very important to keep
your family members and students healthy during this time which includes all health.

Here are the activities planned for Every Kid Healthy Week 2024:

Mindfulness Monday: Get your kids or students practicing social emotional health and mindfulness skills
to build resilience.

Tasty Tuesday: Build lifelong healthy eating habits by exposing kids to new foods, healthy cooking, and
growing their own produce.

Wellness Wednesday: Get moving! Physical activity fuels not only the body but the mind, too.

Thoughtful Thursday: Create a school or home culture that celebrates diversity and works progressively
towards creating a more equitable learning opportunity.

Family Friday: Bring families and schools together to support child health at school and home.
There is a Every Kid Healthy Bingo. Your challenge is to see how many of these activities can you and your
kids do.

If you need more resources on completing these activities, please visit our sites:
https://howdyhealth.tamu.edu/ekhw and https://www.actionforhealthykids.org/get-involved/every-kidhealthy-
week/