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Celebrate the Holidays with Mario (And Friends)!

Celebrate the Holidays with Mario (And Friends)!

Spread extra joy this holiday season by engaging your whole family in movement, games, and activities featuring Mario and friends!

Art from the Heart

Art from the Heart

With his colorful bib and paintbrush, Bowser Jr. has quite an eye for art. Here are a few helpful tips and tricks inspired by Bowser’s son! This Paint-by-number activity features Bowser Jr., and you can check out Bowser Jr.’s Friend page to learn more about him!

 Mushroom Kingdom Friends

Mushroom Kingdom Friends

Have you met our Mushroom Kingdom friends?

Transforming Teacher Burnout!

Transforming Teacher Burnout!

5 Tips To Keep Your Mental Wellness in Check Outside of The Classroom

Spreading the Love - How to Share GoNoodle with Families to Keep Kids Moving at Home

Spreading the Love - How to Share GoNoodle with Families to Keep Kids Moving at Home

As educators and parents, we all know the importance of keeping kids active, especially during extended breaks or times when they are home more often. Physical activity is crucial for children's physical health, mental well-being, and overall development. One fantastic tool to help keep kids moving at home is GoNoodle. Here's why you should share GoNoodle with families and how it can make a difference in their daily routines.

Schools Out! Teacher and Student Tips for Staying Active During Summer Break

Schools Out! Teacher and Student Tips for Staying Active During Summer Break

Summer break is a much-anticipated time for students and teachers alike, offering a well-deserved respite from the rigors of the academic year. However, it's also crucial to stay active during this period to maintain physical health and mental well-being. Here are some practical tips for both teachers and students to stay active and make the most of the summer break.

Burnout Busters! Tips for Beating Burnout With Movement

Burnout Busters! Tips for Beating Burnout With Movement

“I am so burned out! I don’t think I’m going to make it to (insert date of next break)”! Can you relate? According to the World Health Organization (2019), “burnout” is characterized by “feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion; increased feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one’s job and reduced professional efficacy”. Here are 3 ways to beat burnout with movement!

Taking a Few Minutes to Boost Children’s Mental Health

Taking a Few Minutes to Boost Children’s Mental Health

Spending any time with your child is important. However, learning to spend intentional child time is different. It is an excellent way to build a strong relationship with your child and can pay off by providing early support for your child’s mental health. Check out these tips from our partners at The Kids Mental Health Foundation on intentional child time!

Heart-Healthy Habits for Busy Teachers: Tips for Incorporating Wellness into Your Daily GoNoodle Routine

Heart-Healthy Habits for Busy Teachers: Tips for Incorporating Wellness into Your Daily GoNoodle Routine

Are you ready to sprinkle some wellness into your daily routine? We know that teaching can be a whirlwind of excitement, laughter, and sometimes a dash of chaos. But amidst the joyful chaos of the classroom, it's important to take a moment for yourself and prioritize your well-being.

5 Summer Safety Tips For Your Kids

5 Summer Safety Tips For Your Kids

You can have a fun AND safe summer. All it takes is some planning and a commitment from all adults to keep the children in their care safe.

Thank You Teachers!

Thank You Teachers!

While we like to think of every week as Teacher Appreciation Week here at GoNoodle, we can't shy away from the opportunity to express our gratitude for all that teachers do. That's exactly why we're excited to launch a week of giving here at GoNoodle!

How to Help Your Kids Practice Mindfulness

How to Help Your Kids Practice Mindfulness

Did you know that mindfulness can help us cope with these big emotions, staying more in control, and enjoying the present moment? Mindfulness means being aware of the present moment without any judgment - like our surroundings, our thoughts and our feelings.

3 Ways to Inspire Creative Thinking

3 Ways to Inspire Creative Thinking

Kids are naturally creative and rarely encounter difficulty generating new ideas. Unfortunately, however, as we grow into adulthood our minds swirl with life, chores, work, and everything in between, which often squashes our opportunities for creative thinking. It even can seem that we’ve lost our natural ability to be creative. The good news is that your mind remains fully capable of fresh creative thinking — you just have to give it the right opportunities.

Making Nutrition Education Fun

Making Nutrition Education Fun

Did you know that our taste palate changes every two weeks? We are born with approximately 10,000 taste buds that are replaced and grow consistently. This may be why you find yourself wondering how a kiddo may love broccoli one day, but despise it the next.

Celebrate Earth Month With These 5 Ways To Appreciate Our Planet

Celebrate Earth Month With These 5 Ways To Appreciate Our Planet

Help your students understand their impact with these five ways during Earth Month!

Spring Has Sprung: Focus On Growing A Better You

Spring Has Sprung: Focus On Growing A Better You

Spring is here! It’s a season when most of us get an extra kick in our step and our productivity soars. Whether it’s the extra daylight we get or the fact that everything around us is in bloom, spring has been proven to have positive effects on our wellbeing.

Fuel Up for a Healthy Life with Fuel Up to Play 60 and GoNoodle!

Fuel Up for a Healthy Life with Fuel Up to Play 60 and GoNoodle!

If you are what you eat, why not fuel your body with the best of the best? Wondering how to get started? We’ve got your plate covered with help from our friends at Fuel Up to Play 60, a leading national, school health and wellness program!

What Is New At GoNoodle

What Is New At GoNoodle

Curious about new, awesome ways to explore GoNoodle? Find out how to navigate new features in the classroom and at home like leveling up Champs, gaining Champ points, and so much more!

Re-sync Your Routine for the New Year

Re-sync Your Routine for the New Year

Do you find yourself asking where the time has gone this school year? As we all get back into the swing of things, here are FOUR of our favorite ways we’ve heard from our community of educators on ways they are resetting their classroom routine as we lean into the New Year!

Empowering Inclusion in Your Classroom

Empowering Inclusion in Your Classroom

All teachers understand the value of creating a classroom community where all students feel safe and a sense of belonging - but many teachers may not have the time to search for resources or know where to get started. We’re here to help! Join us in reigniting the power of inclusivity in your classroom with our friends at Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools®.

Get Your Classroom Excited About Artemis I Launch

Get Your Classroom Excited About Artemis I Launch

3-2-1 BLAST OFF! We are here for all things space to celebrate the Artemis I launch! Help your class channel their inner space explorer to the moon by learning more about the Artemis I launch and completing any of the activities below.

Create Art In Action Outside

Create Art In Action Outside

It’s the season of forest greens, maple reds, and pumpkin oranges! And what better way to celebrate the season then use nature as your inspiration to create the perfect art piece!

All Treats, No Tricks! GoNoodleween is HERE!

All Treats, No Tricks! GoNoodleween is HERE!

Grab your ghoulfriends and get ready for a spooky good time, we can’t wait to see your creativity shine!

Three Ways to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in the Classroom

Three Ways to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in the Classroom

Hispanic Heritage Month is in full effect and celebrates the achievements and contributions of Latinx American champions who have inspired others to achieve success. It’s an exciting time and la oportunidad perfecta to help your students broaden their horizons while connecting with cultures outside of their own.

Supporting Immigrant Children's Mental Health

Supporting Immigrant Children's Mental Health

Even though the process of immigration can bring a lot of stress for the person navigating the new change and challenges, it is actually the children born in the US, from immigrant parents (second-generation immigrants), or those who arrived at an early age (1.5 generation immigrant) that show the worst mental and physical health outcomes. For example, research shows that second-generation Latines are almost three times more likely to attempt suicide and over two times more likely to engage in repeated marijuana use. This has been called the immigrant paradox.

Obstacles Latinx Children Face and How to Help

Obstacles Latinx Children Face and How to Help

Latinx children show higher rates of mental illness and suicidal thoughts than other children their age. As parents and caregivers, to help and support them, we first must understand some of the reasons Latinx children are impacted at higher rates than other groups.

New Year, New You

New Year, New You

Transitioning into a new school year can be hard, scary, and overwhelming. Enjoy these four ways to get your kids excited for this big transition with Peanuts and GoNoodle.

Indoor Recess to the Rescue

Indoor Recess to the Rescue

Looking for tips on how to have a successful indoor recess? Find a series of low to high-energy ideas alongside tips for impromptu indoor recess days from one of our teacher ambassadors. Sponsored by Nicklaus Children’s Hospital

Using Movement to Break Barriers

Using Movement to Break Barriers

Discover how movement and brain boosts help students break invisible barriers that might otherwise keep them from making genuine connections with one another. Brought to you by Nicklaus Children’s Hospital

How to Foster a Child's Emotional Development

How to Foster a Child's Emotional Development

One of the most important parts of the human experience is feeling the range of emotions we go through in our lifetime. Even at a young age, the emotions children experience, from happiness to sadness, can lead to enriched life experiences and improved relationships on the journey to adulthood.

Let’s Get Moving:  Join The GoNoodle Movement Minute Challenge

Let’s Get Moving: Join The GoNoodle Movement Minute Challenge

Pump up your classroom energy week over week as we aim to hit 17 million movement minutes by September 10th! Every Wednesday, we will update our community of teachers, parents, and kids with our updated movement minutes number as we move to hit our goal to release a HUGE SURPRISE!!

Ways to Prioritize Movement In Your Classroom at the Beginning of the Year

Ways to Prioritize Movement In Your Classroom at the Beginning of the Year

Those first days back to school are full of learning routines and setting expectations. You are talking a lot, and your class may be struggling to hear. What they need, and what you need is time to move.

Ease Back Into School With The Mooderators

Ease Back Into School With The Mooderators

Thoughts of summer fill our heads and calendars with fun activities, sunshine, and a mix of a few kids’ complaints about being bored with nothing to do. When summer offers less routine and more freedom for kids, it’s easy to have a tough time making the back-to-school transition. Going back to school can also stir up a lot of emotions for kids and you can help them handle those feelings.

Join the GoNoodle Ambassador Program!

Join the GoNoodle Ambassador Program!

Our teachers are the nucleus of our existence and purpose. Our ambassadors are an extension of everything that GoNoodle represents: being a force of joy, health, and self-discovery for kids. Ready to level up and join the GoNoodle Ambassador program? Keep reading!

Ready for S’more? Welcome to Camp GoNoodle!

Ready for S’more? Welcome to Camp GoNoodle!

Spark up memories with classic camp songs and tasty s’mores as you and your loved ones gather ‘round for a week of fun. GoNoodle plus camping? Talk about a perfect match!

Spatulas Up! It’s Cooking Week

Spatulas Up! It’s Cooking Week

Prepare your little Sous Chefs with fundamental skills through endless activities that teach math, science, and so much more during GoNoodle GoSummer's Cooking Week!

TOUCHDOWN! It’s Sports Week!

TOUCHDOWN! It’s Sports Week!

Did you know that participation in sports has been linked to an increase in confidence and a decrease in anxiety, depression, and stress? That’s worth cheering for!

Destination: GoNoodle GoSummer Road Trip

Destination: GoNoodle GoSummer Road Trip

Trains, planes, and automobiles! Enjoy GoNoodle on all your Summer road trips this season.

Gravitate Towards Space Week!

Gravitate Towards Space Week!

It’s official, this week’s GoNoodle GoSummer plans are out of this world! Explore new frontiers with GoNoodle Games, Unicorns Noodles, and your very own sundial!

Let’s Get Crafty: It’s Arts & Crafts Week!

Let’s Get Crafty: It’s Arts & Crafts Week!

Explore all of the elements of art through outside fun, themed art in preparation of some of our favorite holidays, or easy crafts ready for a late night family activity during Arts & Crafts week during GoNoodle GoSummer!

Get Up And Atom: It’s Science Week!

Get Up And Atom: It’s Science Week!

Grab the time machine and get ready for a week full of investigation, movement, and discovery - sans lab coats and beakers! Get in the right element and join us as we amp up your plans during GoNoodle GoSummer Science Week.

Every Day We’re Guzzlin’: It’s Water Week!

Every Day We’re Guzzlin’: It’s Water Week!

Feeling cool this summer? Kickoff the week with a splash and dive into our water filled fun!

It’s GoNoodle GoSummer Time!

It’s GoNoodle GoSummer Time!

Whether you are hosting your own Summer Camp, a parent looking for a little bit of relief, or a teacher looking for some amazing summertime flared resources - it's GoNoodle GoSummer time!

GoNoodle Is Mobile!

GoNoodle Is Mobile!

GoNoodle is everywhere kids are! Download the GoNoodle app on your iOS and Android devices!

Meet The Mooderators

Meet The Mooderators

Meet The Mooderators. A new SEL series that teach us how to recognize, resolve, and react to our emotions and feelings.

STEAM Education Is Now Delicious at Home and at School!

STEAM Education Is Now Delicious at Home and at School!

We have a new channel with our partner America’s Test Kitchen Kids that is dedicated to making science fun and delicious! Whether in the classroom or at home, inspire your kiddos through a series of different topics.

Happy Arbor Day!

Happy Arbor Day!

Arbor Day is on April 29th this year. Do you know what it’s about? Why it started? Why it’s important? Well, luckily your friends at GoNoodle and Peanuts are here to cast a little light on this tree-centric annual celebration if you’re not already in the know… and if you happen to be an expert, we definitely con”seed” to your impressive holiday knowledge!

How Do You Use GoNoodle? Autism Awareness Month Edition

How Do You Use GoNoodle? Autism Awareness Month Edition

The GoNoodle team has partnered with our amazing Teacher Ambassadors to share their stories and experiences in the classroom to increase understanding and acceptance of people with autism.

Tackling Tough Topics: Teacher Feature

Tackling Tough Topics: Teacher Feature

Searching for actionable advice on how to thoughtfully and appropriately tackle tough topics in your classroom? Keep reading to learn how a second-grade teacher from Massachusetts discusses current events with her students.

Enjoy Spring No Matter The Weather

Enjoy Spring No Matter The Weather

What’s one memory that stands out to you as a kid when the weather started to warm, the trees started to blossom, and the days seemed to get a little bit longer? Did you have an interest in what the seasonal shift meant for animals or did you get inspired with a green thumb? No matter where you are in the world, create a memory that will last for your kiddos with a few fun ideas below—they’re perfect for the classroom or something you can enjoy with your family at home!

Inclusivity in the Classroom

Inclusivity in the Classroom

That’s one of the most important lessons in the classroom. We are all different, we are all beautiful, and we all deserve to be included, and made to feel welcome—no matter who we are, or how we might be different from the next kid.

Supporting our Teachers

Supporting our Teachers

We can all agree that teachers should be voted Time’s People of the Year. The unsung heroes of our world, teachers have been facing overwhelming challenges for the past couple of years and it’s not like they didn’t have challenges prior to March 2020 and the onset of the pandemic! Outdated textbooks, long hours, and paying out of their pockets for class supplies are just a few of the hurdles teachers had to jump over in the past.

Facing Hard Conversations With Our Kids

Facing Hard Conversations With Our Kids

One of the toughest jobs of parenting is talking to our kids about hard, but very real topics like racism, or war, for example. How do we find the right words? Here's some help.

Celebrate Women’s History Month with the GoNoodle Champs!

Celebrate Women’s History Month with the GoNoodle Champs!

This Women’s History Month, we’re spotlighting three of our beloved Champs to help you better understand their story, personality, and favorite female-authored books. Stay tuned for even more opportunities to learn more about our Champs!

Put a SPRING in Your Step With NFL PLAY 60

Put a SPRING in Your Step With NFL PLAY 60

Coaches Terry and Sherry worked closely with the NFL and the American Heart Association to put together exercises that would benefit kiddos’ bodies as a whole, by breaking down the movements into upper body, lower body, and core strength workouts.

Totally Terrific Fitness Fantasy Powered By Verizon

Totally Terrific Fitness Fantasy Powered By Verizon

Join the party with our live event, Totally Terrific Fitness Fantasy, for our football-inspired virtual event with Coach Terry and NFL Quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa, on February 16th at 1:30 EST, powered by Verizon 5G Labs. Get your students moving with performances and interactive fun right from your classroom!

Live A Healthy Lifestyle

Live A Healthy Lifestyle

Looking for ways to get your kids off the sidelines and into physical activity? Fitness should always be a priority in your family’s daily schedule, but sometimes it’s hard to work in. Finding fun ways to get active as a family can help change up your routine and bring everyone together.

Sharing the Winter Olympics with Kids Everywhere

Sharing the Winter Olympics with Kids Everywhere

The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. Nothing describes the sincere excitement, anticipation, and heartbreak of the Winter Olympics. February 3rd through the 20th, millions of people all over the world will be glued to their televisions, cheering on their favorite Olympic athletes. Flags will be flown, tears of joy and disappointment will be shed, and the world will have a front row seat as we revel in the hard work, dedication, and sacrifice of these amazing human beings who have dedicated their lives to their sport.

Fitness Ideas for the Whole Family

Fitness Ideas for the Whole Family

Exercise. Some of us are born loving it. And for some of us, it’s an acquired taste. No matter how you feel about it, it’s important for us to get exercise, as well as our little ones.

Sharing the Significance of  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Sharing the Significance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Today at GoNoodle, we had a two-hour meeting on allyship. Allyship is an active and consistent effort to use your privilege and power to support and advocate for people with less privilege. We have been focusing over the past year and a half on diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workplace.

Building Teamwork at Home

Building Teamwork at Home

Teamwork is on our minds lately because the NFL Playoffs are coming up, and Super Wild Card weekend will be televised on Nickelodeon as only it can—bigger, slimier, and wilder than ever!

Resetting routines: Getting your kid back into the groove

Resetting routines: Getting your kid back into the groove

Have you ever noticed that the time between Christmas and New Years is a lovely, dream-like time when you can lose track of the days and the family can loll around in their jammies? School is out and many businesses shut down. Time slows down, and movies and hot chocolate become the standard, along with sleeping in, card games and staying up later. What a lovely little respite from the hustle and bustle of pre-Christmas anxiety.

Countdown to Family Fun!

Countdown to Family Fun!

There’s always a ton of excitement with the start of a new year and this year is definitely no exception! With a year as wild as this one has been, we are all more than ready to say goodbye to 2021 and celebrate a fresh start in 2022. Here are a few fun, budget-friendly ways to ring in 2022 as a family.

Making Healthier Choices Easier

Making Healthier Choices Easier

As a parent, you know the struggle: there’s so much to do, and never enough time. Often, nutrition falls by the wayside in favor of faster, more convenient, and oftentimes less nutritious meals.

Battling Wintertime Blues?

Battling Wintertime Blues?

Daylight Saving Time is the worst! It’s dark by 5:00 and gray, dreary, overcast skies don’t help your mood any. Plus holidays can be hard! Money is tight, you are missing loved ones no longer here or far away, and work is overwhelming. How can you find some peace and light during this time of year?

Tackling Sentence Types with Nickelodeon NFL Slimetime!

Tackling Sentence Types with Nickelodeon NFL Slimetime!

Player: What do you want me to do coach? (interrogative) Do your students know their sentence types? Well that right there was an interrogative—the sentence was a question, ending with a question mark.

Exploring Holidays Around the World

Exploring Holidays Around the World

From Chicago to Shanghai, the holidays are a special time for people all over the world. And different people celebrate in different ways for different reasons.

Sharing GoNoodle Videos with Parents and Teachers

Sharing GoNoodle Videos with Parents and Teachers

Teachers are always happy to share all the different ways they use GoNoodle in their classrooms—from getting the wiggles out, to anchoring academic concepts, GoNoodle has been a valuable resource for educators all over the world. BUT TEACHERS, did you know that you can actually SHARE GoNoodle videos with other teachers and parents? There is a SHARE button in the lower right corner of every single video tile on GoNoodle. We created this functionality so that you can share specific pieces of content with parents and teachers.

Top Ways to Use GoNoodle When Traveling

Top Ways to Use GoNoodle When Traveling

Over the river, and through the wood, To Grandfather's house we go; the horse knows the way to carry the sleigh through the white and drifted snow. Thank goodness you aren’t traveling to Grandfather’s house by sleigh this year! You’ll most likely be in your reliable SUV or minivan with heated seats and cup holders. Or maybe you are flying to your vacation destination. Nonetheless, you will be on the road going somewhere to visit friends and family, hither and yon.

Come Together, Right Now, Over A Meal

Come Together, Right Now, Over A Meal

We are big believers in eating together as a family. It has tons of benefits.

GoNoodle Gift Guide 2021

GoNoodle Gift Guide 2021

Happy merry everything from everyone here at GoNoodle! Once again, we’ve searched far and wide for the season’s best of the best and budget-friendly gift ideas, all hand-picked from our family to yours.

Snoopy’s Space Week: A Golden Opportunity for Kids to Explore the Cosmos

Snoopy’s Space Week: A Golden Opportunity for Kids to Explore the Cosmos

As humans explore space, we make astounding discoveries—and those discoveries inspire children and adults alike. Children learn about our solar system, and they thirst for more… How does gravity work? How do astronauts survive for days in space? What is the sun made of? With access to information like never before via the internet, space is truly the limit for their imaginations.

Giving Back: Fostering a Heart for Others in Our Kids

Giving Back: Fostering a Heart for Others in Our Kids

As parents, teachers, and caregivers we all strive to foster a heart for others in our children. But what does that mean? How are we modeling that? Let’s get real here, many of us are just barely hanging by a thread sometimes. We are overworked, pulled in a million directions, and can barely get it together to get the kids to school on time! So shut the TV off for a minute, put your phone down, and let’s focus together on what giving back looks like in a busy, cacophonous world that often seems broken. How can we model for our kiddos what it looks like to have a heart for others?

2020 - The Year of Change aka stop it already 2020, we’re tired aka, is it 2021 yet?

2020 - The Year of Change aka stop it already 2020, we’re tired aka, is it 2021 yet?

This year we kicked things off with a list of expectations, goals, and pre-made plans, as most of us do at the start of a new year. And, just like your personal plans, we were sideswiped by 2020. No one could have foreseen all of the unexpected “hits” that have taken place within the last six months around the world.

Who's Ready to get Cooking? Breaking Bread to Make Lasting Connections!

Who's Ready to get Cooking? Breaking Bread to Make Lasting Connections!

“The way to his heart is through his stomach.” Have you ever heard that said about someone? Sure—who doesn’t love a well-cooked meal prepared with love? But for some, food isn’t just a treat, or a pick-me-up. It’s a love language. As it turns out, there might be a scientific reason for that.

Mindfulness and Sportsmanship

Mindfulness and Sportsmanship

Nickelodeon NFL Slimetime is not only a big fan of football, but all sports. Why? Because sports offer the opportunity to have fun, work together with others toward a common goal, and ultimately, learn some of the most important lessons of our lives. It’s so important for us as parents and teachers, to not only encourage our little ones to participate in sports if they’re so inclined, but also to echo and reinforce some of the great takeaways found therein.

All About Question Sets for GoNoodle Educator

All About Question Sets for GoNoodle Educator

Are you familiar with Questions Sets in GoNoodle Educator? We have pre-populated 100+ academically aligned sets of questions, organized by grade and subject for teachers to use with our Educator Games found in the Game On! channel. You can also customize your own question sets.

Self-Care A-Z Guide GoNoodle Style!

Self-Care A-Z Guide GoNoodle Style!

Parents and teachers! You work so incredibly hard to make the lives of the kiddos you care about better in every way. Every day you pour your hearts and souls into everything you do, and often you put your needs on the back burner and place the needs of others ahead of your own. We see you moms, working two jobs to make ends meet! We see you dads, coaching your little one’s soccer team and putting in the extra time to show all the kiddos on your team love and support. We see you teachers, up late every night, grading papers and buying supplies with your own money.

Nickelodeon NFL Slimetime Tabletop Football League

Nickelodeon NFL Slimetime Tabletop Football League

The traditional school yard paper football game gets a Slimetime makeover! Nickelodeon NFL Slimetime Tabletop Football League creates hands-on learning opportunities around measurement, with the excitement and enthusiasm of an NFL game! Your class will love combining learning and sports, in an epic battle of finger flicking field goals! Are you ready to measure? Let’s do this!

A Family-Friendly Halloween Movie Night for All Your Little Ghosts and Goblins!

A Family-Friendly Halloween Movie Night for All Your Little Ghosts and Goblins!

Fall is here and the nights are a little chillier. What better way to celebrate the season then have a family movie night!? Whether you’re snuggling in your jammies on the couch, or in the backyard with a firepit, a sheet, and a projector, we have scared up some fun ideas for all you ghouls and boys! From Halloween movie recommendations to tasty treats, we got you BOO!

Back to School and Back to Football with NFL Player, Cam Heyward!

Back to School and Back to Football with NFL Player, Cam Heyward!

A lot of people think January 1 is the time to start fresh. For me and what I do, it’s September. Not just because it’s the start of football and time for me to get back to work, but also because it’s back-to-school season.

Ten Ways to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Ten Ways to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

This may be the first year your family celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month or it may be a time honored tradition. We can all agree learning more about our ancestry, and that of our friends and loved ones, helps our children grow intellectually, socially, and emotionally.

Rail Safety Is Traintastic!

Rail Safety Is Traintastic!

Do your kiddos know the importance of rail safety? Join our pals at Chuggington, Union Pacific Railroad, and Safe Kids Worldwide to teach your students how they can stay safe around trains and railroad tracks by taking the Rail Safety Pledge today!

Happy Birthday to You and GoNoodle!

Happy Birthday to You and GoNoodle!

Celebrate GoNoodle’s birthday and your birthday all year round with fun birthday banners, cupcake toppers and hats. A GoNoodle-fied birthday is guaranteed fun for all! Birthday’s happen every month, everyday, and every year!

af·firm·a·tion

af·firm·a·tion

1. the action or process of affirming something or being affirmed. 2. emotional support or encouragement.

Self-Advocacy Tips for Parents

Self-Advocacy Tips for Parents

Self-advocacy is not an innate skill for everyone. Children, especially, are often unfamiliar with the concept. This is because, for the most part, many of their needs have been met before they even ask. This blog was provided by Learning Essentials.

Make the Most of Your Children’s Well Checkups

Make the Most of Your Children’s Well Checkups

A doctor’s visit when your child is sick focuses on the illness or problem at hand, whereas well-child visits provide parents an opportunity to discuss their child’s emotions, learning and behavior, as well as general physical health. Learn more about the importance of Wellness Visits from our partner, The Guthrie Clinic, below.

Enhancing Well-Being Through Tennis

Enhancing Well-Being Through Tennis

Children are living in a stressful time just like the rest of us. The COVID-19 pandemic and changes to school and at home activities has helped to create higher rates of feeling isolated, lonely, down, and anxious. Concurrently, many families have experienced a slowing down of life. We witnessed our children spending more time outside playing and having quality time with their families. Times of stress can benefit and strengthen children as well.

How to Introduce GoNoodle During Back-to-School Night

How to Introduce GoNoodle During Back-to-School Night

It’s that time of year again… back-to-school night! This is your first opportunity to show families how much you care about students, how much you love teaching, and how truly wonderful, engaging, and fun your classroom really is. There’s so much information to cover, but just like on busy school days, take a couple of minutes to let loose, laugh a little, and introduce GoNoodle! Here’s how.

5 Fun Healthy New Habits to Kick Off Back-To-School

5 Fun Healthy New Habits to Kick Off Back-To-School

Try something new to get your family in a healthy routine!

Welcome to Educator!!!

Welcome to Educator!!!

Change is good, right? If Prince could change his name, then we can too! And like Prince, who put out the same incredible music, just under a different moniker, teachers the world over will have access to the same amazing movement and mindfulness content in Educator - and even MORE curriculum-aligned content as we open up GoNoodle Plus (now Educator) games and curriculum resources - for FREE!

Your Back-to-School Checklist!

Your Back-to-School Checklist!

Welcome back, GoNoodlers! As you setup your classrooms, organize your books, dust off your work computer, and gather school supplies, don’t forget about your GoNoodle account. Walking through this simple checklist will ensure you’re ready to stretch, breathe, and dance on the first day of school!

When You Need Us, We’re Here for You!

When You Need Us, We’re Here for You!

Introducing a new, exciting way to navigate GoNoodle, making it easier to find all the content your family loves!

Back to FUN! Reduce back to school jitters at home or in the classroom.

Back to FUN! Reduce back to school jitters at home or in the classroom.

Take on back to school and help students (& grownups!) refocus and spark creativity for the new year.

Level up movement with GoNoodle’s latest app: GoNoodle Games!

Level up movement with GoNoodle’s latest app: GoNoodle Games!

The free GoNoodle Games app gets kids jumping, ducking, and dodging with their favorite GoNoodle Champs - including fast-paced, energy-burning mini-games.

Hard Conversations And Finding The Right Words

Hard Conversations And Finding The Right Words

With the rise of more challenging situations, we all need tools to navigate our emotions and have proactive conversations with our kids.

Celebrate American Heart Month With The Right Game Plan

Celebrate American Heart Month With The Right Game Plan

Physically active kids learn better. When kids are physically active, they focus more, think more clearly, react to stress more calmly, and perform and behave better in the classroom,” said Eduardo Sanchez, M.D., MPH, FAAFP, the American Heart Association's chief medical officer for prevention.

Navigating Mental Health Challenges In Our Children's Lives

Navigating Mental Health Challenges In Our Children's Lives

As parents, we’re scared and ashamed when we don’t immediately know how to help our kids. We’ve partnered with On Our Sleeves® - the movement to transform children's mental health through education, advocacy and research - to bring tools to parents and teachers to help kids through this time.

Navegando los desafíos de salud mental en la vida de nuestros niños

Navegando los desafíos de salud mental en la vida de nuestros niños

Estamos muy emocionados de decirles que nos hemos asociado con On Our Sleeves® la defensa y la investigación, para brindar herramientas a los padres y maestros para ayudar a los niños en este momento.

Challenges and Solutions for Families During The Pandemic

Challenges and Solutions for Families During The Pandemic

Parenting is hard. From the moment our adorable little cherubs enter the world, challenges arise that we, as parents, have to navigate without an instruction book. And as we start to get our feet under us and a sense that we actually know what we are doing, we are met with a new set of challenges.

Desafíos y soluciones para las familias durante la pandemia

Desafíos y soluciones para las familias durante la pandemia

La crianza de los hijos es difícil. Desde el momento en que nuestros adorables querubines entran al mundo, surgen desafíos que nosotros, como padres, tenemos que navegar sin un libro de instrucciones. Llamemos a este capítulo que nadie podría haber planeado o querido, La pandemia.

Understanding Our Children’s Social-Emotional Growth

Understanding Our Children’s Social-Emotional Growth

Social-emotional growth takes time. It’s one of the most important building blocks of our kiddos’ health and well being. When nurtured, it can form a strong foundation to help our kids understand and manage their emotions, feel and show empathy for others, and make responsible decisions.

Comprender el crecimiento socioemocional de nuestros hijos

Comprender el crecimiento socioemocional de nuestros hijos

Como padres, cuidadores y modelos a seguir en la vida de nuestros hijos, escucharlos y saber las preguntas correctas que hacer puede guiarnos para ayudarlos a aprender cómo manejarse, afrontar y expresarse mejor.

Every Bite Matters

Every Bite Matters

Do you have picky eaters, miniature foodies, or some of both at home? Finding a healthy balance between the dos and don’ts for all the food critics in your family is not as complicated as you might think.

Keep Your Kids Active Year-Round With NFL PLAY 60

Keep Your Kids Active Year-Round With NFL PLAY 60

NFL PLAY 60 Kids Day on February 3rd brought together thousands of kids to have fun and get physically active with their favorite teams, players, mascots, and cheerleaders.

Your Family’s Health Matters

Your Family’s Health Matters

Every March, Mercy Health - St. Rita’s Medical Center celebrates National Nutrition Month®. They wants to offer families and teachers healthy living and safety resources that can extend the celebration all year long.

A New Way To GoNoodle

A New Way To GoNoodle

Over the past year, our kiddos use of technology has ramped up even further. As parents and teachers, we are faced with the question, “How do we capture and retain kids’ attention without defaulting to more screen time?

The Benefits of Team Sports for Kids

The Benefits of Team Sports for Kids

NFL PLAY 60 is the National Football League’s national youth health and wellness campaign that encourages kids to get physically active for at least 60-minutes a day.

Supporting Kids’ Mental Health: Join Us in the Million Classroom Project

Supporting Kids’ Mental Health: Join Us in the Million Classroom Project

If 2020 taught us anything, it's that the mental health and wellness of people in communities around the world should be a priority.

Nice To Meet You Roblox, We're GoNoodle

Nice To Meet You Roblox, We're GoNoodle

Are your kiddos Roblox fans? Fall in love with our new game, GoNoodle Hide and Seek, as we expand good energy beyond the classroom and home into a space kids know and love.

Coach Terry’s Touchdown!

Coach Terry’s Touchdown!

One of the parenting wonders of the world is the mindblowing amount of energy our kids can have after a full day of school, practice, and running around with friends on the playground. How can we help the energetic kids in our lives get the wiggles out when we need a break?

Help Students Manage Energy & Emotions with Mindfulness

Help Students Manage Energy & Emotions with Mindfulness

Mindfulness is being talked about by teachers, parents, health providers, and the media, and its benefits abound, especially for kids. 

GoNoodle and Classroom Routines: Free Printable Schedule Cards and Back to School Tips!

GoNoodle and Classroom Routines: Free Printable Schedule Cards and Back to School Tips!

Mastering classroom transitions in order to maximize instructional time and create a calm ordered environment for students is a challenge all teachers face.

Introducing the GoNoodle Family Club

Introducing the GoNoodle Family Club

Introducing the GoNoodle Family Club: GoNoodle is on a mission to lead the charge in movement, mindfulness, and all-around awesomeness, and that’s why we are launching the GoNoodle Family Club.