Classroom teachers are nothing if not flexible, adapting year after year to ever-changing standards and expectations, data gathering and reporting requirements, and more. Now, with this school year’s ever-shifting schedule modifications and new requirements, many classroom teachers are also adding physical activity to their lists of teaching duties. If you are one of these teachers, never fear – Marathon Kids has you covered!
Marathon Kids Connect is our all-new, completely FREE physical activity-tracking app and reporting platform that includes access to free lesson plans and resources to help you get your students moving in the classroom, or out in the schoolyard, safely. Getting started is easy: Just head over here. Once you’re registered, you’ll have instant access to Marathon Kids Connect along with all sorts of games, activities and lesson plans to help you hit the ground running – and again, all of it is completely free.
GETTING KIDS MOVING, EVEN DURING DISTANCE LEARNING
The Marathon Kids Connect app and platform make it easy to get kids moving, and track their progress towards physical activity goals. Teachers can print runner ID cards with unique QR codes for each student. Then, as students complete laps or minutes of physical activity, teachers scan the ID cards with a phone or tablet to capture the data. That data automatically uploads to the cloud-based platform, where teachers can view leaderboards and show students their progress.
Marathon Kids Connect also bridges the gap between school and home, helping students continue to meet their physical education requirements and activity goals during periods of distance learning. If your school must close periodically, you can use the platform to stay connected with your students’ parents. Parents can submit miles their kids have run at home through the platform, for your approval.
USING MARATHON KIDS CONNECT TO INSPIRE STUDENTS
Regular, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity is incredibly important for kids’ health and wellbeing – not just physical, but mental and emotional as well. There are new challenges with getting kids moving at school in this time of COVID-19, but the Marathon Kids Connect app makes contact-free activity tracking possible. Your smartphone or tablet can be set up at a self-scan station where students scan their runner ID cards as they complete their physical activity, or you can enter the data manually. Guide your students in keeping a safe distance from one another, washing hands before and after active time, and sanitizing their ID cards, and you’ve got a healthy group that can work together toward physical activity goals.
ABOUT MARATHON KIDS
Marathon Kids is on a mission to get kids moving. The nonprofit organization offers free physical education programming through Marathon Kids Connect, a cloud-based PE and run club management platform that includes a mobile app for digital activity-tracking.