Teletubbies Take The Lead In Fitness For Children by Len Saunders (NAPSA)—Experts agree that exercise and proper nutrition for children is more important than ever today with 25 percent of school age kids now overweight. Parents and caregivers every- where are exercising many options to keep their children fit. As the Surgeon General’s most recent Report on Physical Activity and Health states, “Parents can help their children maintain a physically active lifestyle by pro- viding encouragement and opportunities for physical activity.” Now, Teletubbies are helping to keep children on the move with four new exercise-related prod- ucts, available beginning March 2001. Go! Exercise with the Tele- tubbies ($12.95) is the first interactive video created to get the youngest of children movin’ and groovin’. The new video invites children—and the whole family!— Preschoolers will be up and about with Go! Exercise with the Teletubbies. of body parts and movements. For example, stand on one leg, bend, stretch, wave and shake. 2. Dance! Keep timeto the beat to dance with Dipsy, skip with with hands, feet and fingers. new board books from Scholastic, Teletubbies Follow the Leader and Teletubbies Touch Toes ($5.99 tions. Ask children to pretend they Laa-Laa, march with Tinky Winky and crawl with Po. Two each) are also available to encour- age exercise activity. Children can follow along with the Teletubbies as they touch their toes, stand on one leg and bump tummies in these two fun-filled books. The new Go! Exercise with the Teletubbies book and audiotape set from Kid Rhino ($7.98) invites children to dance, stretch and jump with the Teletubbies in more than ten interactive exercises! For a head start on the right track to fitness, parents and chil- dren can participate in these activities, inspired by the new 8. Have children act out parts of a story, imitating the movementsof their favorite character. 4. Create imaginative situa- are part of a marching band. 5. All children’s exercise should be supervised by a competent adult. Teletubbies was created by Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport of Ragdoll, Ltd. and is seen daily on PBS. PBS Kids Home Video titles are distributed by Warner Home Video, a division of An AOL Time Warner Company. Teletubbies is marketed in the Americas by The itsy bitsy Enter- tainment Company. Len Saunders, creator of Project ACEs(All Children Exercise Simultaneously) and an award-winning Teletubbies releases and recommended by the National Associa- physical education teacher, is tion and The Youth Fitness Coalition to help keep children Mr. Saunderslectures regularly at tion of Sports and Physical Educa- active year-round: 1. Invite children to participate in exercises that reinforce names nationally recognized for his innovative children’s fitness programs. state and national conventions and universities on the issue of children’s health andfitness.
