Our September Fitness Challenge Calendar is here!
Back to School is just around the corner, and our printable calendar is a great resource that teachers can share with students in the classroom. It can also be shared with parents to encourage their kids to stay active at home during the school year.
We teamed up with the Alliance For A Healthier Generation to create this fitness calendar for the month of September 2023. Here is the link to the download:
Printable Fitness Calendar September 2023
Students are challenged each day to participate in the activities listed on the calendar. The month of September is officially Back to School time, and we’ve included some basic fitness exercises, yoga poses, plus some brain boost break ideas. Each week, the number of repetitions for each fitness exercise increases. Please keep in mind the number of repetitions is meant as a guide, and can be adapted as needed based on age group and skill level.
On Saturdays, we encourage some outdoor activities to keep kids active over the weekend. As the fall season approaches, have kids toss a football and practice throwing skills, or visit a local orchard and walk through a cornmaze.
Descriptions for Exercises
Butterfly Kicks: Lie on your back. Keep your abs tight and raise your feet just barely off the floor and flutter kick them.
Tuck Jumps: Bend your knees and lift your heels high while jumping.
Mountain Climbers: Start in a push-up position, then alternate bringing one foot at a time forward toward your armpit and then extend it back out.
Sky Reaches: Raise your arms up to the sky. Then rise up on your tippy toes, continuing to reach for the sky while keeping your body tight. Hold for a set amount of time, then lower your heels and arms slowly.
Back to School Brain Breaks
We’ve included some fitness activity ideas that are great for classroom or home brain breaks! Students can use their desks, textbooks, and the classroom space to get active and take a break from their work, or they can use their home learning area. On Wednesdays, refer to the two Task Cards on page 2 of the calendar download for a total of 10 ideas.
September is National Yoga Month
The month of September is a great time to introduce yoga to your classroom or program, or if you already have a yoga unit established, you can create even more hype and excitement during National Yoga Month! Teach students the benefits of yoga, as well as some basic poses. Refer to the Yoga Task Card on Fridays on page 3, which includes 5 poses. You can choose to continue with these all month, or choose new poses each week.
Task Sheet
Download our printable Fitness Challenge Task Sheet for your participants to fill out each day. They will record what exercises they did and put a check mark in the completed box if they completed the number of reps on the calendar. There is also a self-assessment section which is great for social emotional learning. Kids will circle the emoji that best describes how they felt after doing the exercises. The notes section is a place where they can jot down anything related to the activities, and also a great place to record their hobbies they did each Saturday this month.
Get the printable Task Sheet here.
Certificate of Completion
Reward your students for completing the Fitness Challenge! View our printable Certificate of Completion below specifically designed for the month of July. It will open up a Word Document with the template – you just have to fill in the names of your students where it says Enter Name Here.
Get the printable Certificate here.
Additional Resources:
Here are some additional resources to help you celebrate these observances!
- 16 Educational Resources and Activities
- Simple Fitness Ideas & Brain Breaks for the Classroom
- Why Teachers are Incorporating Yoga in the Classroom
- Athletes for Healthy Schools – Fitness Break Videos
We would love to hear your feedback in the comment section below!
These are great!!! Are there editable versions of these resources for 2023-2024? THANKS BUNCHES!
I would love an editable version of the calendars and task cards too, please.
Hi! I love THIS!! Any chance I could get an editable calendar as well? I would greatly appreciate it!
These calendars are fantastic! May I have the editable version, as well, please?
Love your calendars. Would love editable versions for 22-23 school year. Thanks!
Hi! could I get editable versions of the calendars for the next few months as well?! they are great for the kids!
May I have a editable version of the calendar and task cards as well?
Can I have an editable calender as well please?
Hi,
I would love editable monthly calendars for 20/21 school year and editable task card sheets, such a great idea to keep students moving!
Hello, I would like an editable version for the rest of the school year as well. I teach at a secondary school in NYC.
Thank you so much!
Hi, can I get an editable version too?
Hi,
I would love an editable version of the calendars. They look great.
Thanks
Would like editable calendars for the rest of 2020. Thank you
Hi,
Can I get the editable version of the calendars?
Thank you!
Hi Michelle, I send you an email!
I would love an edible version ,
thank you very much,
Jeana
Great stuff!
May I get an editable version of the September 2020 calendar. Thanks.
Tom
Hi Tom, glad you like the calendars! I sent you an email.
Hi Jeana, I sent you an email!
Yes, can we get an editable version also? Also, where are the yoga cards?
Hi there. These look they will be a huge help this fall! Can I get an editable version as well? Thanks.
Hello Michele, please send me the editable version of the Sept through December of the editable versions of the calendars. Thank you so much
I would like an editable version too, please.
Hi Andrea, I sent you an email!
These calendars are fantastic, I really started using them just last Spring when we went virtual.
AS I have Seen, it would be beneficial to receive a copy that is Editable where we could customize it a bit.
Hi Michele, so great to hear you love the calendars! I am emailing an editable copy to everyone who comments on the blog. We would prefer to only offer this non-publicly, only to those who request it. I can email you the calendars now!
Would I be able to get an editable version?
Hi Tim, I have sent you an email with the calendars. Thanks!
Great calendars, could I also get a version I can edit.
Thank you,
Hi Diane, I have emailed you the calendars. Thanks!
The calendar and task sheet are great. Would it be possible to get the calendars at task card in an editable copy? Can I also get the October calendar. Great resources for kids being home. Thanks
Hi Paul, I have sent you an email with details and the editable calendars. Glad these are helpful for your program!
I was wondering if I could get an editable version of this? These are awesome and my students would really benefit from this during e-learning.
Hi Rick, so glad your students benefit from our fitness calendars. I will send you an email!
Any chance I can get an editable version as well? Thank you
Hi Mindy, I sent you an email but did not hear back, just making sure you received it?
I love your fitness calendars and they have been a remote teaching lifesaver! Would it be possible for you to send me editable versions of this year’s calendars for September – December 2020?
Also, could you explain how to do the butterfly kick? Is it a variation of the flutter kick but done lying on your stomach?
Thank you SO much
Hi Andrea! So great to hear the calendars are useful and especially during this difficult time! I will send you an email with September & October calendars. We are working on getting November & December done soon.
yes, i need the spanish calendars for the 2020 year also please
Hi Danielle, unfortunately we do not currently have the resources to create any calendars in additional languages. If you would like me to send you the template so you can edit it, I would be happy to do so.
Can you please send me an editable version for August and September please?
Also, do you have a Spanish version for August and September ?
Thanks so much. These are great ! 👍
Hi, I sent you an email. So glad you like the calendars!
I too would like editable versions of the calendars AND Task Sheets! Can I get them for each month starting with September? This would be very helpful for my virtual students!
Is there a certificate of completion for the month of October?
Hi Katie, yes we just updated the blog post now to include that certificate. Here is the link to the post: https://www.ssww.com/blog/october-printable-fitness-challenge-calendar/. There was not one for September, we apologize for that!
Hi! I am starting to use these this year as well! My K-6 kiddos are super excited and already enjoy them! Can I get an editable version?? Thank you!
I still would LOVE an editable version of these calendars, but never got a reply or email! I love the calendars, but when I copy them they do not copy well at all because they are colored. If I had an editable version or a black and white version it would be very helpful! Thank you!
Super stoked to be using these again! Can I get the editable versions for the 19-20 school year? Also, do you have task cards or movement descriptions for the days? Not the Yoga Task cards or the brain breaks, I want to make sure I understand what the other movements. I make videos for the kids to access so they don’t “forget” how to do the movement at home.
Thank you
Can you make the calendars editable or are they going to update for 2019-2020
Hi Abby, the September Fitness Challenge calendar has been updated for 2019 and posted, it is the same blog link: https://www.ssww.com/blog/september-printable-fitness-challenge-calendar/
I would love an editable copy for my k-5 kids! Thanks!
Hi Madi, the September Fitness Challenge calendar has been updated for 2019 and posted, it is the same blog link: https://www.ssww.com/blog/september-printable-fitness-challenge-calendar/. Let us know if you still need an editable copy. Thanks!
Hi! I see that people are requesting a French calendar and an editable one! Would I be able to get French and English editable calendars sent to me? I work in a dual track school and would need both!
Thanks!
Hi – I had this same idea! Great minds think alike… I too need an editable copy. I work in a french immersion school and need to write everything in french. Can you send me one?
Thanks
Sabine
Hi Sabine, sure we will email you the calendar!
Hi Sabine,
I too work in a French Immersion School.
Would you be willing to share your translations when you make them?
Thanks in advance,
Andrea
Sure Andrea – email me [email protected]
Hi, I love the fitness calendars but would like to modify some of the activities or change them to better suit our school. Can you make the calendar “editable?”
Hi Julie, glad to hear you love the calendar! I will email you an editable version so you can make changes.
I too would love to have an editable version to make changes and hopefully get the whole school on board with the challenge.
thank you!
where can I get the yoga task cards and the back to school task cards?
Hi Lucy, the task cards are on pages 2 and 3 of the download. Here is the PDF link, just scroll down to find them: http://www.ssww.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Fitness-Challenge-Calendar-September-2018.pdf