HEALTHY HEART CLUB WALKERS WELCOME YOU TO OUR PAGE!!!! Earlier this school year, we had a visitor who will be traveling around the United States. (Depending on your server and the speed of your machine and modem, these pictures may take awhile to load. You can access each picture more quickly by simply clicking on the space marked. This will also show a bigger picture.)

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with a few of his Edgewood friends... and a bigger group of buddies.

Our buddy, Healthy Heart, stayed with us for 10 school days. While here, Healthy had a chance to work with us as we used heart monitors to check how exercise effects our heart. click for big picture click for big picture:

We wear the heart monitors to help keep track of the speed of our heart. If you do not have a heart monitor, you can also check your pulse by putting two fingers gently on your throat. These heart rate monitors are neat computers that can show you the rate anytime you look at the "watch" receiver while you play or take a rest.

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This picture is everyone showing Mr."G", our Physical Education teacher, our heart rates.

Healthy also visited with our Music classes, they even made up a special song to sing. All the kids seemed to love it and so did Healthy!! Mrs. "M" made it up, it was called...

"I've Been Working On a Healthy Heart."

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Healthy also wanted to go to the Library to find some books about exercise and keeping your heart running its best. We found lots of great books to help us. There were books about all kinds of sports, books about exercises to try, even books that told about all the parts of the heart. This really made Healthy feel at home as he began his long journey.

Mrs."B" one of our third grade teachers and the other Mrs "M", our librarian, read withHealthy click for big picture:
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After a nice visit to the library, the kids took Healthy to the Computer room. Mrs. "P" and the kids had been working to make this a special visit for Healthy, so they had made some special changes in the lab. The 3rd graders had made screen scenes to remind everyone how important it is to take care of special friends like Healthy and our own very special hearts. We learned that you only get one and you have to take good care of it.

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If you look close you can see Healthy and some of his heart friends playing soccer, running, and lots of great reminders about how to eat the right things and exercise on a daily basis. We could not stop there so the kids took Healthy outside next.

This is a part of our really great playground. We have lots of kickball fields, soccer fields, hopscotch, four square, basketball nets, grass to play in and these swings.

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Healthy

While Healthy was visiting, we started our "Drug Free is the way to be !!" events. Here Mrs "N"s class show off the Red Ribbons we all wore to show our support, they even gave our visitor one of his own, even though we knew Healthy would NEVER DO DRUGS!!!

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We had lots of talks about our heart and what we can do to make it strong and those things which can hurt it. Healthy was glad to see us working so hard learning about our hearts. Take a look, we thought this might be neat to think about...

A map of Edgewood Elementary School ???

click for big picture You see, your heart is inside your body and we thought we would show you the inside of our school as a comparison. The rooms are kind of like all the parts of your body. You have arms, legs, mouth, ears, and so on. Hallways are kind of like the veins and arteries in your body taking blood to and from the heart; just like the kids go to and from classes. During the visit, the 3rd graders helped Healthy find where to go while at our school.

Can you guess which part of the school Mr. "G" , our Physical Education teacher, thinks is most like your heart? Here's a hint, it is the most IMPORTANT part of the body and of your school. Hint # 2 No, it's not the principals office,although that is very important part too.
Hint # 3 If you still need help... it is great place to have lots of fun and work all the muscles, including some of Healthy's relatives.

The Gymnasium and Physical Education Class of course !!!!

This is our school Principal, some students and the guest of honor. Healthy even had a chance to visit with the big guy during the time at Edgewood. Mr. "N" is a great guy, he a has a good sense of humor, likes kids lots, and enjoyed having a special visit from our buddy Healthy. One of the trinkets sent with our traveler was even given to Healthy by Mr."N" and he also asked the P.T.O. to give Healthy one of the school license plates too, pretty cool! Huh!

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Before the trip was over a few 3rd graders had a chance to say a special so long to Healthy, wave goodbye, and pass on the school trinkets and license plate. We hope you have fun on the rest of your trip Healthy ! Make sure to stay in touch and write as whenever you can. We will always remember you and the important things we talked about to take care of our hearts. Maybe you can come back and visit some time... BYE !!!

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