Healthy Heart Fun with Big Bird {Week 4}

Make heart health fun with Big Bird! This Healthy Heart Fun activity teaches kids the importance of staying active with engaging Sesame Street-themed games and movement ideas.

We have been working hard all month long as we joined Go Red for Women!  This is the last week for us to share our Healthy Heart Fun with you for Week 4. This week as we focused also on The Great Backyard Bird Count we ventured out for our exercise and counting. However, we couldn’t help but think of a bird who’s always at our home… BIG BIRD.

How Can you Jog, Jump and Dance with Big Bird?

I opened up my email from Let’s Move to discover that Mrs. Obama has teamed up with Big Bird to talk about a healthy lifestyle. Here’s an adorable video of the two of them as she coaches Big Bird to “Get Moving Every Single Day”!

Here’s the Thank you letter from Big Bird to Mrs. Obama that your kids might enjoy too!

“Get Moving! It’s Good for You!” Mrs. Michelle Obama

We were motivated to get moving and decided to start off with a Sesame Street Style Dance Party.  We found some of our favorite songs here. An afternoon dance session really can get your heart moving! 

• Elmo’s Dance Party from Sesame Street .org
• Sesame Street Dance Music from Spotify
• Exercise Fun Videos with Sesame Street on Sesame Street.org

We made a big bird craft to go along with our exercise, it just make it more fun to have him with us! We even did a little relay race with him outside one day like we did with our hearts. We also had a little fit club of Sesame Street Characters come join us at the Get Moving Club!

I was researching ways to create some visual games for my kids to go along with this and discovered the160 Pages of Healthy Habits for Life Free Printable Packet provided from Sesame Street. We have printed several pages from it for our workouts and fun this week! I really encourage you to use it with your child. 

We were researching we also found some more fun Healthy Sesame Street Printables Resources. 

• Healthy Habits Main page with Resources from Sesame Street
• Move Together Anywhere Printables from Sesame Street
• Printables for Sesame Street on PBS Kids.org
• Fit for Kids at WebMD

Sesame Street Movement Games for Mommy and Me

• Play Elmo Says
• Parachute fun with Sesame Street Characters..sheets work too
• Let’s Move
• Sesame Street Character Bowling- use the printables from pbskids.org
• Big Bird Tummy Time-lay on your belly and then hold up her arms and legs like superman or “a bird that’s flying” for one minute

Let’s Move Hangout with Mrs. Obama

On March 4th, the First Lady will join her first-ever +Google+ Hangout to discuss Let’s Move!, her initiative to ensure that all our children grow up healthy and reach their full potential. Mrs. Obama will join families from around the country in a virtual conversation moderated by Kelly Ripa,

Of course a day is not complete without a big bird snack!

Kitchen fun with My 3 Sons

Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons share her recipe for a delicious healthy a Big Bird Snack

We’ve completed 4 Weeks of Mommy and Me Workouts! We hope you’ll continue to use them and you never know we might surprise you with more circuits as spring arrives.

Bunnies can be very inspiring too.

Heart Healthy Fun Workouts with Mommy and Me

• Week 1
• Week 2
• Week 3 
• Week 4 {this week} 

Disclaimer: When exercising please consult your physician first and do at your own risk and stop if anything feels painful. I am not a doctor or trainer, just a mom trying to get active and heart healthy with my own kids.