The 6 Secrets To A Healthy You Program

Educating communities and families to make healthy lifestyle choices, as a foundation for raising school-ready children.

 

Mother & Daughter with 6 Secrets Class Materials; Totebag, Workbook, 2 Music CD's and Dancing Scarves.

Good eating habits, physical activity, and a calm supportive environment are key to a child’s healthy growth and development. Let’s Dance Together knows the valuable role parents, care givers play in providing healthy living choices that shape children’s habits for life.  Poor food choices, excess stress in the home, large portion sizes, and lack of exercise contribute to the increase in obesity and behavioral problems among children.

This program provides education to combat these specific issues, which helps mother’s to raise children who are …

• Born healthy

• Maintain a healthy weight

• Are safe from abuse and neglect

• Are ready for kindergarten

• HEALTHY PARENTS – We provide training, support, and access to education about proper prenatal care, nutrition, physical activity and health care that that allows parents to be their child’s first teacher and promotes healthy functioning families.
• HEALTHY CHILDREN – We Provide activities and education that supports language and literacy skills (vocabulary, comprehension, listening, expression). Social and emotional development, and physical coordination that children need to arrive at school with healthy minds and bodies and to maintain mental alertness.
• CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS – The 6 weeks to a healthy you program is most often offered to parents and care-givers as 6 week program. With classes offered once a week lasting 90 to 120 minutes. It can also be offered as a 3 hour workshop intensive.
• TRAINING EDUCATORS – We offer teacher training’s to certify faculty  in “The 6 Secrets To A Healthy You” Program Curriculum.

Let’s Dance Together provides the “6 Secrets to a Healthy You Program” – teaching parents, care givers, educators and families how to model good eating, physical activity, and stress management  habits during these early years. These healthy habits and coping skills lay the foundation for children to follow a healthy lifestyle in later years.

 

Watch a LIVE VIDEO of this class (Stress Reduction Focus)

 

 

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A DEMO OF THE MOVEMENT AND NUTRITION CLASS

The 6 Secrets To a healthy You Curriculum Covers 6 Areas of Health

Secret #1 – Healthy Eating

Secret #2 – Exercise & Movement

Secret #3 – Proper Sleep & Rest

Secret #4 – Safety First

Secret #5 – Stress Management & Self Care

Secret #6 – Drugs and Alcohol Prevention

 

LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION -

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I have observed Jennifer working with a range of people from corporate professionals to recent immigrants and she engages all in the learning process with grace and ease.  RFS site coordinators reported that Jennifer’s classes were very popular and well attended and that if they could only fund one class, it would be hers. I highly recommend Jennifer Jimenez’s program.”

READ FULL LETTER HERE – From Karen Timko LAUSD

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“Incorporating exercise and movement is such a vital and beneficial element to maintaining healthy bodies so the childre can grow up and have healthy, successful, happy and productive lives. I am so thankful for Jennifer and all the work she has done for our families.” ~ Sherro Jaye, LMFT, PSA,(First 5 LA Program Coordinator)

READ FULL LETTER HERE - Sherri Jaye Recommendation Letter

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Let’s Dance Together and The 6 Secrets to a Healthy You Target …

Low-income populations and communities.

In the Spring of 2011 the staff of Let’s Dance Together launched The “6 Secrets To a Healthy You” Program providing classes and workshops for children 0-5 and their families within Greater Los Angeles at “Ready For School Centers”,  in the communities of Broadous, Tenth Street, Wilmington Park/Gulf, Cudahy, and Queen Anne. These services were conducted in accordance with the goals and objectives of First 5 LA and Ready For School and with LAUSD policies and procedures.

Program Materials: Each parent/guardian receives a tote-bag complete with all program materials geared to support the continued growth, education and re-patterning of the old unhealthy habits into new healthy habits for each family.

• 6 Secrets To A Healthy You Workbook (includes weekly home exercises)
• Prenatal Dance Fitness DVD
• De-Stress With Yoga And Dance Audio CD
• Mommy and Me Music and Movement Audio CD
• Creative Movement Dance Scarf (Parent/Child)

The Program Workbook – Bilingual in English and Spanish this is an interactive workbook for learning in the class room with the program facilitator, and also contains home study guides, exercises and activities to support continued growth from home in between classes each week.

Program Workbook Provides an Interactive Guide With Exercises and Coloring Pages For the Children.

Flip through the Curriculum Workbook