CATCH After School

With millions of kids across the country attending after-school sites such as YMCAs, Parks and Recs and Boys and Girls Clubs, it is only natural they are searching for a proven activity based program to keep their kids moving. CATCH Kids Club (CKC) was designed specifically for these after-school and summer settings with an easy-to-use CKC Physical Activity component and CKC Nutrition Manual that both children and staff enjoy. Similar to the CATCH school based program, these two components equip children with the knowledge and skills to make healthy dietary and physical activity decisions.

Why After-School Organizations are Adopting CKC

There are thousands of after-school sites across the country and many of them have recognized the role they can play in fighting childhood obesity by teaching kids how to make healthy choices in their lives. While all of these settings are different in nature, they do have one thing in common – the children. Hundreds of these organizations have discovered that instead of reinventing the wheel they can implement a program that is both cost-effective and proven to be effective, CATCH Kids Club. For some, CKC has become the centerpiece of the programs they offer and these organizations have become an important voice in delivering a coordinated message to children about the importance of physical activity and nutrition.

CATCH “strongly aligns” with the National Afterschool Association (NAA) Program Standards, designed to describe best practices in out-of-school youth ages 5-14.
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The Key to Success-Training

What does a large after-school organization like YMCA do to keep their staff trained? For many, the answer is having trainers on staff who conduct regular sessions to keep everyone up to date and train new hires in CATCH. The CATCH Training Team specializes in training staff to be trainers themselves for their organization, which not only maintains coordination throughout the group but ensures its success through sustainability. With training being such an important part of implementing the CATCH Program, keeping these CATCH Champion Trainers on staff only enhances the overall commitment made by after-school organizations.

CATCH KIDS CLUB

CATCH Kids Club Nutrition Manuals are designed for after-school or summer enrichment programs for children in grades K-8. The manuals incorporate scripted teaching sessions for professional and non-professional instructors and include stories, games, songs, handouts, nutritional facts, healthy snack recipes, and home letters in English and Spanish.

CATCH Kid Club Activity Boxes include activity cards for grades K-8.  Each card gives detailed instruction for fun activities that keep kids moving. All games are non- elimination.and the activity boxes include a section with adapted activities. CATCH Kids Club equipment sets are available to coordinate with the activity cards.