Head Start Body Start Grants

Fundamental Movement Program

The National Center for Physical Development and Outdoor Play, received a $12 million, four-year grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services federal administration for Children and Families.

The National Association of Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) secured the grant after a competitive process.

Head Start Preschools across the nation will be competing for sub-grants for construction or improvement of playgrounds and outdoor play spaces at Head Start Centers.

Head Start Body Start competitive grants have been released for improving Head Start Center playgrounds, as well as increasing physical activity.

Head Start Body Start - Play Space Grant Information

  • Available to Head Start grantees through an annual Request for Proposals.
  • Up to $5,000 for playground and outdoor play space improvements.
  • 400 sub-grants in year 1 (by September 30, 2009).
  • Approximately 380 sub-grants per year in years 2, 3 and 4.

Head Start Body Start grants from the National Center for Physical Development and Outdoor Play are available now!

To find out more about how your Head Start Center can apply for these grants, sign up for our Head Start Body Start grant request or visit the HSBS National Center website at www.headstartbodystart.org.

Play Space Grants

Head Start Body Start Grant Request

Head Start Body Start Grants applications are now being accepted. Let the Fundamental Movement program be a part of your winning grant application! The Peaceful Playgrounds Fundamental Movement Program is a perfect solution to insuring your successful government grant application.

Head Start Body Start Grants are awarded to a number of schools every year. Sign up today and transform your playground into a colorful arrangement of games kids love to play with your own Fundamental Movement Program.

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Head Start Body Start is new Federal program aimed at giving preschoolers a head start on future healthy behaviors and good health. Almost a million children will receive not only a head start, but a body start, with academic and physical preparation.

Head Start Fundamental Movement Value Added Package

Fundamental Movement is a motor skills program for preschool and primary children. It is a complete curriculum from which to teach from. Fundament Movement allows you to create an outdoor motor learning lab for preschool children. This do-it-yourself layout plan transforms your play space into a colorful arrangement of learning games and motor skills activities. Qualifies for the new Head Start Body Start School Grant!

Fundamental Movement Head Start Brochure

Head Start Preschool Peaceful Playground Value Added Package

The Preschool Peaceful Playgrounds Kit can transform your playground into a colorful arrangement of games kids love to play. Design permanent playground activities that help make activity time more positive and productive with increased physical activity. Blueprints and guides assist you with layout, game placement, conflict resolution strategies and training. Qualifies for the new Head Start Body Start School Grant!

Preschool Peaceful Playground Head Start Brochure

Elaborate jungle gyms and twisty slides sure are fun, but they may not give your child the most well-rounded workout. A recent study of daycare-center playgrounds found that when kids had access to items like balls, hula hoops, and jump ropes, they were more active than when they had only stationary structures to play on. Typical playground equipment does help develop certain motor skills, like climbing," says study coauthor Dianne Ward, a professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "But kids play harder and longer when they have more portable playthings around." - Parenting Magazine.