Home | ADVICE: Training | Carol's Page (Editor) - Fun Runs, Integrating Running with the Curriculum, Getting Started | Ed's Page (Coach) - Track, XC, Form, Teamwork | INFORMATION: Distance: How Far Should Kids Run? | Running Games | Distance Conversion Tool | 10 Healthy-Kid Tips | MODEL KIDS' PROGRAMS: Happy Feet, Healthy Food Kids' Club - Carol's After-School Club | Youth Programs with Links | Kiddie Mile Ribbon Program | Log-A-Mile Blue Ribbon Program | STUFF: Free Running Bookmarks | Resources: Books for Kids, Parents, and Coaches | SIGN IN: Guest Book | EVENT LISTINGS: Kids' Fun Run Calendar | MORE: School | News | Columns |Speakers/Guest Authors | Who We Are | Contact CAROL'S PAGE: Click for Carol's Bio Founding Editor, KidsRunning.Com Lots of information, inspiration, and running fun. Find ideas to use in your clubs, classrooms, as well as for your personal running. KIDS RUNNING CHECKLISTS New: Spreading your love of running through literature or Ten things you can do with your space blanket when your marathon's over Part 1: Keeping Kids Fit...Mom and Dad's Job? | Part 2: Mom and Dad, Young Kids and 5Ks | Part 3: Warning Signs of Unhealthy Sports Participation by Dr. Jordan Metzl | Part 4: The School Sponsored Fun Run | Part 5: Junk Food, Things you can do at home and at school. | Part 6: Making your Community Environment Conducive to Physical Activity | Part 7: Parents Supporting Schools | Part 8: Ten Ways Exercise Helps you Focus in Class | Part 9: Training Tips for Parents | Part 10a: Memories: Running with Josie Ten ways you can make your child want to become a runner, July 20, 2000 | Part 10b: Running with Josie, Part 2 Ten Reasons to Run, October 14, 2002 | Holiday Celebration Checklist |That Time of Year | Home Rules FREE STUFF CAROL MADE FOR KIDS Running Bookmarks | Treasure Chest Printables | Healthy Habit Printables | Log Tracker Blank | Journal Page with Picture Blank | Running Journal | Journal Cover |Pink Frosting: Party Invitations and Running Bib Numbers FREE RIBBON PROGRAMS BLUE RIBBON Log-a-Mile | RAINBOW RIBBON Run to Read and Color for Kiddie Milers |RED RIBBON Run to Read and Write! | GREEN RIBBON Run the Seasons CAROL'S CREATIONS Running and Learning | Reasons to Run | Heartfelt Teacher's Tip | Carol's Speech to the Jaguars Youth Running Club "Ten Things" MILE STANDARDS Mile Standards SHOES/APPAREL Sneaker Poem | Running shoes for kids. What to buy? BLACK BELT STANDARDS Is running requirement too tough? YOUNGEST RUNNERS Start them Early | Pink Frosting | Need More Running for Five Year Old | Track Event for Three Year Old | Can Young Kids Train for a Marathon? | Out of the Stroller to Go for a Run | Shake, Rattle, and Roll: Naspe Guildelines for Infants and Toddlers | Four Year Old Running a Mile Fun Run | Good Shoe Fit a Must FUN RUNS Chipmunk Chase 2007 | Run, Spot, Run! 2004 | Run, Spot, Run! 2003 | Classroom Planning for Run, Spot, Run! | Planning for town/school fun runs and 5-K | Part 1: MRS. Goodrow's RUN TO READ AND WRITE! Fun Run |Part 2 | Part 3 Pink Frosting | First Fun Run Tips | Measuring a Course SCHOOL PROGRAMS Snacking at Club | Happy Feet, Healthy Food Kids' Club | Back to School 2007 | Starting a Running Club: Ten points | Starting a School Running Program Part 1 | Part 2 | Family, Fun and Fitness - Friday Night Wellness Program | Run, Spot, Run! 2003 | Run Across America | Pedometer Day at School | Running Day at School | Journal Writing as a Bridge | Incentives to increase participation in events | Feeling Immensity, My Running Program by Carol | How Can I Start a Running Club in my School? | Parker School's Mileage Club | Birch Grove Primary's Lap Program | Back to School, 2003 | Back to School, 2002 | An Oldie: Back to School, 2001 | Running Times for 8-year-old kids Photos by Carol Goodrow, Cider Mill Races, Race Directors: Kerri Gedansky and Gina Kaplan INVESTIGATIONS INTO FITNESS...HANDS ON ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS Hour of Exercise at Fitness University | Favorite Running Terrain at Youth Track Meets | Peachy Choices HEALTHY EATING Healthy Food on KR | Healthy Snack Stand | Healthy Snack Program 2004 | Fruit Smoothie VS Chocolate Bar | Classroom Healthy Snack UltraMarathon | Classroom Prizes for Healthy Snacking | Healthy Snacks for an After School Community Program | Classroom Program | Basic Healthy Eating Tips | Strategies for a poor eater BAD WEATHER TIPS Bad-weather Running Tips LITTLE KIDS TRACK Tree of Knowledge, Doug Flamino | Kids at the 5-K P.E. CLASS/TEAMS Dreading the mile | Why Team? | Slowest in P.E. Class | P.E. Class Mile | Just not Fast Enough | Should my 10 Year Old Have to Compete in the Mile? | Should my 8 Year Old be Timed on the Mile? | Joining a Team | P.E. Class Should be Fun FIELD DAY Field Day, Untrained for Races | P.E. Class Standards too High? GETTING STARTED Running with my 5-year-old granddaughter | Getting Started Running for a 10-year-old girl | Basic Training Plan for 12 year old | Primary School Student: Getting Started | Getting my Friend Started Running | Getting Started at Eleven |From Swimming to Running | Overweight Child Starting a Running Program ENDURANCE AND SPEED Faster in a group? | Second Grader Disheartened Over Running Half Mile | Building Stamina for the Mile | Getting Faster KIDS FITNESS Kids Fitness Fun/KR Style | Kids Fitness Fun/KR Style Printer Friendly Version | Classroom Dance Party | Award kids with activity not food |Daughter needs exercise | 2003 NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS: GET FIT |New for 2003: Keep Track of your running on our 7 Day, 7 Hour Exercise Wheels | Want to stay fit, but too young to run alone. | Fit and Trim by Exercise |Getting in Shape at Six PLYOMETRICS Plyometric Training for Kid Power and Kid Speed! SIDE STITCHES Side Stitch Keeps Coming Back TRAINING SCHEDULE Getting Ready for that First Mile: Family Fitness | Off Season Fitness DISTANCE Kids and 5-K's | What's okay for the mile? | 5-K's without training for young son | IMMDA Advisory Statement on Children and Marathoning |Distance for a Six Year-Old Girl |Right Distance |Quality Over Distance |Distances Kids Should Run with link to Dangers of LONG DISTANCE TRAINING for kids |Shoes and Distance for an 8 Year Old |5K for a 10 Year Old | Twelve Year Old Running a Marathon SPECIAL NEEDS Clubs or Program for Reluctant Runner with ADD |Contact information for programs for kids with disabilities | Exercise for my son who might have ADHD | Running for Child with Downs Syndrome | Half Marathons for Janice's Kids RESEARCH/STATISTICS Faster in a Group? Kids' Research | How Height Affects Speed | Age Group Records |Sneaker Technology: KEDS | Plyometrics |Running for Life |Pollution Makes Asthma Worse, but Running's Great for Kids KEEP IT FUN Lap Games | Secret to Success | Running Laps as Punishment |Do you have to be Fast to be Good? INTEGRATING CURRICULUM Track and Field Spelling | Running and Writing Go Hand-in-hand | Making Writing Fun SAFETY Running with Headphones Besides designing and editing kidsrunning.com, I am a full time special education teacher. I work with very bright and creative children who have some difficulties with reading, writing, and/or math. I have always integrated running with my curriculum and I find that running and learning are both more fun when combined. Much of the kids' art on this Web site has been designed by my own schoolchildren. Feel free to email the kid's editor at carolgoodrow@verizon.net with comments on this column.