Are your kids participating in the annual Worldwide Day of Play, an entire day dedicated to healthy and active play, and which was started by Nickelodeon in 2004?
This year, in addition all Nickelodeon channels going off the air, many other organizations are helping to get kids moving on Worldwide Day of Play 2012, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Special Olympics, AbilityPath.org, USTA, NFL Play 60, NEEF, NWF, The First Tee, Safe Routes to School, Playworks, JAM, Key Club, Builders Club, K-Kids and the National Park Service.
For example, the U.S. Tennis Association has been hosting free tennis play days to help get kids moving and more active.
The Worldwide Day of Play is also a good time to take the PALA+ challenge and commit to be active 60 minutes a day for 6 out of 8 weeks while also fulfilling healthy eating goals.
It's a day to be active and play!
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i think this is stupid cause people can just go watch disney i dont support world wide day of play at all because right now its raining where i live i wouldnt let my kids go out there in a thousand years
Having the channels go off the air is more symbolic than anything and just raises awareness that it is important to be active and play and limit screen time. Of course you could watch a different channel, pop in a DVD, or play a video game. Hopefully though, many people will take advantage of this opportunity to get a little more active.
NOT ALL NICK STATIONS WENT OFF AIR. Nick2 is the station that is not off air
I don’t get Nick2, so can’t check it out. I thought the same thing about NIKw, but it was just a time-zone thing. They finally went off a few hours later, as our ‘local’ Nick channels came back on. This could be the same kind of time-zone issue.
Nick 2 is the on-air name for a feed provided by Nickelodeon to digital cable providers that features either the Pacific/Mountain or Eastern/Central feed of the channel , giving viewers, depending on geographical location, a second chance to watch programming three hours after its airing on the east coast feed in the Eastern and Central time zones, or to watch the show ahead of time three hours before the original airing on the west coast feed in the Pacific and Mountain time zones.