Make It Happen Understand the Program

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Make It Happen Understand the Program

• Through education and activities the program will
  teach K-4th grades
• Encourage exercise and good nutrition.
• Encourage positive hygiene practices.
• Assist needy youth in receiving new tennis shoes
  for physical education.
• Decrease childhood obesity.
• Provide an educational and meaningful Service
  Learning Program for teens.

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Make It Happen The Role of Participants

• Community donors, elementary schools, and youth
  serving organizations will partner to provide
  tennis shoes for needy children and promote
  educational efforts related to physical
  education, nutrition and good hygiene for grades
  K-4.

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Make It Happen Role of Youth Organization

• This program is to be promoted and used by any
  youth serving organization Scouts, 4-H, etc.
• Accepts the responsibility to plan, conduct and
  evaluate Kicks4Kids.
• Contacts donors, secures school support, conducts
  programming with children.
• Secures shoes and delivers them to the school
  upon request.
• Collects, compiles and reports evaluation
  material.

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Make It Happen Role of Donors and School

• Donor
• Community donors provide the shoes or funds for
  purchasing shoes.
• School
• Provides time and opportunities for the youth
  group to conduct the six lessons.
• Identifies youth in need of shoes for physical
  education.
• Provides the youth organization with a request
  for shoes.

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Make It Happen Strong Youth-Adult Partnership

• The youth will develop leadership and citizenship
  skills by planning, conducting, and evaluating
  the project.
• Adults will serve as educators and mentors to the
  youth.

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Make It Happen Securing Donors

• Before you begin Kicks4Kids, secure donors for
  shoes, and make sure you are capable of providing
  the shoes upon request.
• Youth of participating organizations are
  responsible for securing donors for tennis shoes.
  Donors may be local shoe distributors,
  retailers, or anyone who feels they would like to
  donate funds to purchase tennis shoes.  
• Make sure potential donors know what you are
  asking for and why you are asking for it.
  Practice your request a few times before talking
  to a potential donor.

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Make It Happen School Involvement

• Once donors are secured, contact local elementary
  schools. Make an appointment to meet with the
  superintendent, principal, counselor, and/or
  physical education instructor(s).
• Explain the program in detail and inform them
  that you have donor support in place. Ask for
  their support and permission to conduct the
  program.  

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Make It Happen School Involvement

• When a school chooses to participate, set dates
  and times to meet with the children. Keep in
  mind these times are at the discretion of the
  school. Three meeting dates, approximately 30 to
  45 minutes each, will be needed.
• When a child is identified as needing tennis
  shoes, the counselor, P.E. instructor, or
  principal will need to speak to the childs
  parents or guardians to make them aware of the
  Kicks4Kids project. It will be the
  parent/guardians choice as to whether or not to
  allow the child to receive donated shoes.

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Make It Happen School Involvement

• The school will prepare a request for physical
  education tennis shoes.
• This list should be made available at the time of
  the first lesson. This will allow the service
  group time to collect shoes and deliver them
  before the final lesson is presented.
• It is imperative that everything be kept
  confidential when getting shoe sizes, collecting
  shoes, and delivering shoes. Only school
  representatives will have the name(s) of
  recipients and deliver the shoes in the manner
  requested by the participating family.

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Make It Happen Curriculum

• Three parts
• Hygiene Being Clean and Cool
• Physical Fitness Feeling Fit
• Nutrition Eating Smart from the Start
• There are two activities in each of these three
  sections.

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Make It Happen Curriculum Format

• Overview - Familiarizes the volunteer/teacher
  with what is to be taught.
• Key Concepts Volunteer/teacher needs to make
  sure each concept is addressed and explained
  during the lesson.
• Supplies Things needed.
• Suggested Activities - Fun hands-on activities
  for reinforcing and teaching the key concepts.
  After you have done the activity, review the Key
  Concepts one more time!
• Evaluation - Complete the appropriate section of
  the evaluation form following each lesson.

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Make It Happen Teaching Lessons

• In preparation for teaching a lesson, teens are
  responsible for thoroughly reading and reviewing
  the lessons.
• They should gather supplies and prepare materials
  in advance.
• To further enhance knowledge, additional research
  on the subject is suggested.
• As a simple rule it takes a minimum of two
  hours of preparation and planning for every half
  hour of teaching.

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Make It Happen Teaching Lessons

• Be creative when presenting the information.
• Think about what makes learning fun and what
  makes it boring. A good teacher presents the
  same information in a variety of ways for
  different learning styles.
• There are three types of learners
• auditory (hearing),
• visual (seeing), and
• kinesthetic (touching/action).
• Design a program for all three types of learners.

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Make It Happen Teaching Lessons

• A good teacher does not do all the talking.
• A good teacher asks questions and gets the
  students to think and apply the information.
• This method lets the teacher know what the
  student is learning and if they are catching on
  to what is being said.

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Make It Happen Evaluation

• Evaluation is very important to the continued
  support and funding of this project. Please be
  very conscientious about collecting, completing,
  and turning in the requested information. The
  report forms are attached. Complete and return
  the forms to your county Oklahoma Cooperative
  Extension Service (OCES) office by the necessary
  date.

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Make It Happen Evaluation

• Data being collected
• Information about the participating school.
• Number of youth reached through lessons
  presented.
• Number of shoes requested and placed with youth.
• Change in participants behavior with regard to
  hygiene, physical education, and nutrition.
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• County OCES offices will compile the information
  and turn it in to the state 4-H office.

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Make It Happen Media Information

• News Release ready for you to fill in the blanks
  and send to local newspapers for publicity.

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Being Clean and Cool Lessons One Overview

• Teach children what hygiene is and why it is
  important.
• Children will learn how to properly brush and
  floss their teeth, effectively wash their bodies,
  and take care of their physical appearance.
• They should know why it is important to visit the
  dentist and bathe regularly after physical
  activity.
• Teach them why it is important to be clean for
  their health and from a social stand point.

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Being Clean and Cool Activities

• See Those Germs

Dental Tag Game
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Feeling Fit Lessons Two Overview

• Introduce the five components of fitness
  muscular strength, muscular endurance,
  flexibility, body composition, and
  cardio-respiratory endurance.
• Introduce physical activities and the benefits of
  maintaining fitness.
• Identify proper and improper stretching
  exercises, demonstrating proper technique.
• Demonstrate that exercise causes an increase in
  heart rate and why that is important to good
  health.
• Locate various pulse points, and explain what
  they mean.

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Feeling Fit Activities

• Pulse Points

Fitness Busters
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Eating Smart from the Start Lessons Three
Overview

• Teach children the six food groups - grain,
  vegetable, fruit, dairy, meat, and other (sweet,
  fats, etc.).
• Describe serving sizes, and explain how much to
  eat from each food group.
• Teach preventing and killing harmful bacteria and
  germs for food safety.

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Eating Smart from the Start Activities

• Food Group Flash

Serving Fun
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Evaluation Part One
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Evaluation Part Two

• Ask the children the following questions
  following the series of lessons. Briefly
  highlight their comments below or on a separate
  piece of paper.
• What two things will you do to keep your body and
  teeth cleaner?
• What two things will you do to stay more
  physically fit?
• How many servings of fruits and vegetables should
  you eat every day?
• Which food group should you limit what is eaten?

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