Public-service videos — Let’s Play! Let’s Grow Strong!

These fun videos are aimed at inspiring children aged 3 to 8 to run and play, and to eat well. Some may spark your children to ask for a breakfast or lunch that’s healthy. Feel free to watch, share, download, and play them at home, your daycare, clinic, school, website, television station or wherever children might see them. These videos were sponsored by Tri-County Health Department and The Children’s Hospital, both in Colorado, with funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Hint: Click through the tabs to see each group of the 28 total videos.

Playing Outside (6 videos)
Playing Inside (6)
Eating Healthy (8)
For Parents (8)

Let's play and race - Juguemos y corramos

» Kids race back and forth, first running, then hopping, crawling and rolling.

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Let's play obstacle course - Juguemos a pasar los obstáculos

» Children set up and run an obstacle course, running around a tree, jumping over sticks and crawling through a box.

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Let's play soccer - Juguemos fútbol

» Young boy copies teen brother eating an apple, says that if he eats healthy, he'll make the team too! Then the two brothers play soccer together.

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Let's play animals - Juguemos a imitar a los animales

» Children pretend to walk like various animals.

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Let's play and dance - Juguemos y bailemos

» Zumba music and mom with kids dancing.

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Let's play catch - Juguemos atrapar la pelota

» Mom shows kids how to play catch with cut-off plastic water jugs and foam balls, and kids then play the game indoors.

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Let's grow garden tomatoes - Plantemos tomates en el jardin

» Family plants seed, waters seedlings and young girl enjoys eating her first home-grown tomato.

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Let's eat salad for lunch - Comamos ensalada en el almuerzo

» Family prepares colorful salad together.

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Let's eat fruit for breakfast - Comamos fruta en el desayuno

» Family prepares smoothies and yogurt/granola/fruit parfaits.

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Let's have a supermarket scavenger hunt - Juguemos a encontrar alimentos en el supermercado.

» Parents send kids to find five fruits and vegetables of different colors, and kids run off through the produce section picking five.

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A fun way to keep your kids active - Formas divertidas para mantener a sus hijos activos

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Quick and healthy meals for busy families - Comidas Faciles y Saludables Para Las Familias Activas

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How do I get my picky child to eat - Como conseguir que mi hijo a coma?

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Sleep is very important for kids - El Sueno es muy importante para los ninos

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If you are interested in broadcast-quality versions of these videos, or if you are interested in producing public service announcements for broadcast on Colorado Public Television 12 and elsewhere, contact newsroom@cpt12.org or 303-991-7524.

Thank you:

We offer our heartfelt gratitude to the wonderful people who helped make these videos possible, including:

Liborio Markets for letting the kids run around the colorful produce section of its Thornton store.

Eliot Street Studio for giving us a living room for dancing and yoga.

Yoga for Young Warriors and owner Christen Bakken for leading the English yoga video, showing kids how to walk like animals.

Marisol Eralcher for the leading the Spanish yoga video on walking like animals.

Elizabeth Ellis of Leap Dance Studio for leading the English dance class.

Sisley Milroy for leading the Spanish dance.

The video and editing crews of Colorado Public Television 12 for the English videos for children.

Denver Promo Studios, Laressa Bachelor and Daniel Watlington, for the Spanish videos for children.

And all the wonderful children and their families who played and laughed and enjoyed preparing healthy food.