Why Active & Safe Routes to School?
- Gets kids active. Walking helps build and maintain bones, muscles, and joints, helps control weight, and increases energy.
- Parents can teach kids road safety rules while walking. Kids can practice the rules with an adult present.
- Kids who walk to school tend to be more alert, so they are ready to learn.
- If more kids walk, fewer cars would be on the road and around the school. This makes it safer for kids traveling to and from school.
- Kids can make new friends, enjoy time with family, and get to know their neigbourhood by walking.
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