SFC Newsletter 2013
The CATCH Program – CATCH stands for Coordinated Approach to Child Health
The Junior League of Summit has generously helped Santa Fe to become part of the CATCH Program which I thought was nationwide but apparently is now going international. This program is provided to us with the goal of improving the health of our children through education and planned gross motor activities. We have been given approximately $2000 of gym equipment which augments the activities suggested by the CATCH Program.
The curriculum guides — workbook and printed cards — takes the teacher and children through a variety of activities designed to help “catch” the enthusiasm of our children and to nurture their love of movement.
This vision is accomplished through:
- Offering a wide variety of movement experiences and opportunities
- Providing children a safe place to be themselves and develop skills at their own pace
- Promoting physical development by giving children opportunities to practice and refine their motor skills
- Developing fitness by engaging children in moderate to vigorous physical activity.
In addition to actively moving, the children will be actively learning about good nutrition and how to stay healthy with a good diet by identifying the GO and WHOA foods which are identified as such:
GO foods are nutritious and give us energy.
WHOA foods are not nutritious and will slow us down.
Activities and lessons are provided to teach to accomplish the above.
As we get this program started throughout the summer months we will be working to incorporate these activities into our monthly activity sheets starting in September.
Any questions, please contact Jane or Cindy who went to the CATCH training program. We want to thank Kristen deGrandpre for getting us in touch with the Jr. League and also a huge thank to the Jr. League for their generosity.
