WELCOME TO FIT CITY!
An interactive exhibition designed for children and their grown-ups to learn about healthy choices for their bodies, bellies, and brains.
Fit City is sponsored by and co-developed with input from White Plains Hospital.
BODIES
Our Training Facility features two interactive games to encourage a healthier lifestyle. Stretch & Flex emphasizes the significance of flexibility, while Pump it Up draws inspiration from arcade games and measures healthy heart rates as visitors try to achieve a high score.
BELLIES
At Spoonful of Sugar Grocery, visitors can learn about healthy nutrition and make informed choices about sugar content at the fun grocery self-checkout.
BRAINS
Visit Mindball Park to challenge mental abilities by controlling a metal ball using EEG technology. Visitors can push their limits and improve their cognitive skills with a calm, focused brain.
Fit City promotes various skills gained through playful learning, encouraging Cause and Effect, Collaboration, Communication, Color/pattern Identification, Creativity and Flexible Thinking, Dramatic Play, Executive Function, Fine Motor Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Hand-Eye Coordination, Imagination, Literacy, Math, Science Process Skills, Sensory Motor Skills, Spatial Awareness, and Technology.
Suggested Reading for Kids with their Grown-ups about Healthy Habits
All Bodies are Good Bodies- Barkla, Charlotte
Bodies are Cool- Feder, Tyler
Breath Deep, Little Sheep: A Calm-Down Book for Kids- Lee, Jessica
The Don't Worry Book- Parr, Todd
Embrace Your Body- Brumfitt, Taryn
Eyes, Nose, Finger and Toes: A First Book All About Hou- Hindley, Judy
The Feelings Book- Parr, Todd
The Food Parade: An Introduction to Healthy Eating for Kids- Castaldi, Elicia
Happy to be Me- Dodd, Emma
I am a Peaceful Goldfish- Chaim, Shoshana
I am Peace: A Book of Mindfulness- Verde, Susan
Me and My Amazing Body- Sweeney, Joan
Meditate With Me: A Step-by-Step Mindfulness Journey- Gates, Mariam
My Body is a Rainbow: The Color of my Feelings- Chopra, Mallika
See How We Move!: A First Book of Health and Well-Being- Ritchie, Scot
You Have Feelings All the Time - Kris, Deborah Farmer