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Active time

Active time

By Juliana, Cole Manor Healthy Comet | I notice that I do 30 minutes of screen time on school days, but I do it on purpose. My use of devices is not always healthy, but mostly it is. My phone is everything to me, but I need to be more active with it. — Juliana is in...
Setting limits

Setting limits

By Karl, Cole Manor Healthy Comet | I have been thinking of setting [technology] limits for myself. An active thing I have done, not on a screen, is playing soccer. Yes, games can help with eye coordination, but it’s good to use technology less because you can get...
In the pool

In the pool

By Katherine, Cole Manor Healthy Comet | I feel good about the summertime. I enjoy playing in the pool. I mostly like to keep cool by playing games with my cousins or my friend Sophia in the pool. —Katherine is in fourth grade. Image from...
Beating the heat

Beating the heat

By Karl, Cole Manor Healthy Comet | The summer is amazing, but I sometimes overheat. I’m taking some of my friends to a pool for my birthday, so before I go into the pool, I rest, put on sunscreen, eat a bit, and then enter. — Karl is in fourth grade. Illustration by...
Walking instead

Walking instead

By Imani, William Cramp Fit Flyer | I can walk instead of riding in a car with someone driving, and I can keep doing stuff that doesn’t put out carbon dioxide into the air and around the earth. —Imani is in fifth grade. Illustration by Fit Flyer...
Clean up trash

Clean up trash

By Ja’Bre, William Cramp Fit Flyer | Clean up trash outside or inside. Make the world better than it is today—not dirty but clean. If you are throwing things on the ground, throw them away. Clean the Earth so it will be healthy for us and so we will have an...

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