After a welcome address by Mayor Nico Lauxmann and words of welcome from Dr. Karlin Stark, Head of the Health Department, and Alexander Thum, Head of the Prevention Division at AOK Ludwigsburg-Rems-Murr, Franziska Borst from the Stuttgart Office for Sport and Exercise and Dr. Uschi Traub from the Ludwigsburg District Office presented the project and its implementation in the district. This was followed by the first certification for 30 educational professionals from 18 different municipalities in the district in collaboration with the Kornwestheim children's sports school.
Passport offers practical guidance to daycare professionals, parents and club staff
The physical activity passport is an offer to promote physical activity for children between the ages of two and seven. It offers daycare professionals, parents and club staff practical guidance on how to make exercise fun and uncomplicated for children. Interested parties receive a one-day training course and the necessary materials free of charge. The program was developed and evaluated by the Office for Sport and Exercise in Stuttgart.
Mayor Lauxmann was delighted with the project launch in exercise-friendly Kornwestheim. Dr. Karlin Stark, Head of the Department of Health and Consumer Protection, emphasized the importance of exercise in her welcoming address. "With the Bewegungspass, we are creating a framework in the Ludwigsburg district that supports children in their natural urge to exercise. The movement pass is an important building block for the national health goal 'Growing up healthy'".
AOK Ludwigsburg-Rems-Murr supports and funds the project. Thum sees children's health as a task for society as a whole. "As a health insurance company, we are well known for our commitment to prevention and we put this into practice in many different ways in the region. We are very happy to make our contribution and are fully committed to supporting the movement pass so that it can now also gain a foothold in the Ludwigsburg district and motivate our children to take part in sport and exercise," said the head of the prevention division at AOK Ludwigsburg-Rems-Murr.
Four training sessions per year during the four-year project period
The health department of the district administration is planning four training courses per year for professionals in kindergartens and clubs during the four-year project period. "We want to reach as many facilities as possible across the board," emphasizes Dr. Uschi Traub, Head of Health Promotion at the Health Department. A maximum of 30 professionals can be certified per training course.
The educational professionals who traveled to the Kornwestheim children's sports school for the first certification agreed that the movement pass is a great concept. Kerstin Fischer-Haag from Kinderhaus Korntal is also delighted with the new inspiration: "With very little effort and few materials, an incredible amount can be achieved to make exercise fun for the children. The input and the practical training were really impressive."
"I got so many new ideas and inspiration that I can put into practice straight away," says Maja Kreß from the Wiesenklecks nature kindergarten in Kirchheim. "I'm also an athletics coach in my spare time and will be using the new game ideas directly with the children in training this evening."
The developmental stage of each individual child is taken into account
The movement pass does not tell the children what they have to be able to do and how well they have to do it compared to other children, but is based on each child's individual level of development. Annette from Kiga Sonnenhaus in Ludwigsburg is certain that the concept motivates the children to get moving and that they have fun doing it.
Since its introduction in 2016, over 400 municipalities, towns and city districts have now taken part and the Bewegungspass is used by over 1,550 participating daycare centers, i.e. almost one in five daycare centers in Baden-Württemberg.
Further information on the Movement Pass in the district of Ludwigsburg is available from project coordinator Carolin Friedrich, Ludwigsburg District Office, gesundheitsfoerderung[at]landkreis-ludwigsburg.de and by calling 07141 144-2520, as well as on the homepage of the transfer office of the Stuttgart Office for Sport and Movement www.bewegungspass-bw.de
