How It Works

Register

To participate in the program, first go to the new tracker website and create an account (an email address is required). This will enable us to send you e-mail reminders and other communication to help your child complete the program successfully. This is also where to you will enter in your goals and keep track of your child's points. 

Click HERE to Register for SWITCH

My Start

To establish healthy lifestyles, it is important to first assess your current behaviors. Using two short surveys we have developed, your child will assess his or her current physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and screen-time habits to establish a starting point. It's important that you assist your child with this first step so he or she gets off to a good - and accurate - start. 

Click HERE to go to the Getting Started surveys

Making the SWITCH

Each week of the 4-month program focuses on a different goal (DO, VIEW, CHEW, or You Rule!). Children will choose a goal for each week and track their progress using the online Switch Trackers. Switch Coordinators will meet with children to reinforce key messages and to encourage children and families to stay involved. Participating families will also receive Switch updates and reminders via e-mail.

  1. Choose My Goals. Your child will choose his or her weekly DO, VIEW, CHEW, and You Rule! goals. Help your child set realistic goals that he or she will be able to reach.
  2. Track. Each week, your child will use the activities and lessons about healthy physical activity, screen time, and nutrition habits found in the Switch materials to help achieve his or her goals and track his or her results using the Switch Trackers on this website.
  3. Earn. Your child will earn Switch Points by meeting his or her daily goal. Extra Switch Points can also be earned by doing Switch Activities. By turning in the Trackers, your child will earn prizes for his or her participation and hard work. Over the course of the program, your child will also be earning the ultimate reward of a healthier lifestyle!

 

Resources

A variety of tools will be available on this website to help your child reach the Switch program goals. As the weeks progress and the theme (DO, VIEW, CHEW, or YOU RULE) changes, more of these links will become available. These include: