Our 5th Annual WinterKids Winter Games are happening January 17-February 11, 2022, and they’re going to be bigger than ever!
This year, over 11,000 kids and teachers will be participating in the 5th Annual WinterKids Winter Games! They will complete 4 weeks of WinterKids “Olympic” Winter Games challenges with their friends and families, and YOU can play along too!
A digital version of our Winter Games Playbook is available to download, along with all of the supplemental materials and resources you’ll need.
Winter Games 2022 Schedule
Week 1: Outdoor Physical Activity
January 17-21, 2022
Week 2: Nutrition
January 24-28, 2022
Sponsored by Backyard Farms
Week 3: Family Engagement
January 31-February 4, 2022
Sponsored by Subway & Aroma Joe’s
Week 4: Winter Carnival
February 7-11, 2022
5th Annual Winter Games Participation Tracks:
COMPETITIVE TRACK
22 Schools (4,000 students) across Maine are competing for $50,000 in cash and prizes.
Each school is outfitted with a WinterKids Learn Outside Guide and a backpack filled with outdoor safety essentials, courtesy of our sponsor, Kittery Trading Post.
Requires full-school participation
Access to our private Winter Games Facebook group.
PRE-REGISTERED PLAY-ALONG
Over 7,000 pre-registered students will receive the 2022 PLAYBook and incentives!
Access to our private Winter Games Facebook group.
Access to the digital Winter Games Playbook and additional resources at no cost.
Opportunities to win weekly prizes
PRE-REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED
PLAY ALONG TRACK
Anyone can Play Along, and play at their own pace!
Access to our private Winter Games Facebook group.
Access to the digital Winter Games Playbook and additional resources at no cost.
Opportunities to win weekly prizes
“Our students are much more aware of the fun they can have in these long winter months and it’s been wonderful to hear the positive feedback from our parents. It certainly made January fly right by!“
-Nancy Stover, Prescott Memorial School, Washington ME
“The activities gave us new, fresh ways to get the kids engaged outside. Students enjoyed the inquiry, and structure, yet freedom in the way they were able to carry out the activities. It also gave us a great chance to work together as a school, team, and community. “
-Karen Thurston, Andover Elementary
The community has been super excited, the whole school, there's been a different atmosphere and we're just really happy to be chosen to be part of this, this year.
Teacher / Leroy H. Smith School
Kudos to you and this organization for mapping out such a wonderful program for Maine schools. I have been blown away by every aspect of this initiative.
Principal / Waterboro Elementary School
Win or lose, this has been a wonderful experience for our staff and our community.
Principal / Ash Point Community School
Of course we want to win! But I feel like we've already won... It's an immediate result. You can see the difference in the kids."
Principal / Swan's Island School
Ok, first and foremost, this is the COOLEST program. The amount of thought that has gone into it is incredible.
PE Teacher / Waterboro Elementary School
I am SO thankful for the impact this Winter Kids competition has on our kids. In this short time, the changes in attitudes, physical activity, even the helpfulness of students was very heart-warming.
Piscataquis Community Elementary School
Because of this competition, my family is now rethinking our snack choices and making healthier ones, our kids and community have formed a wonderful bond coming together for one goal, and you managed to get a Mom, who hates winter and the cold, outside embracing the beauty of Maine having fun with her kids.
How do you combine a community, school, home, nutrition, exercise, team, kids, parents, teachers, school spirit, awareness, and fun? Participate in WinterKids Winter Games!! Seriously had no idea how amazing this would be and what our community was capable of! The support and Camaraderie is incredible. What a positive experience this has been for our kids and all the parents too!
It has been inspirational to watch our community unite around a common purpose of healthy, active kids.
Assistant Principal / Waldo T. Skillen School
Let's just say several parents told me their students were sleeping better at night and at school we've had much less behavior issues this week! Two very big positives for WinterKids Winter Games challenge week #2!!
Principal / Miles Lane Elementary
This was truly an inspiration to the kids, staff and families to embrace the winters here in Maine, more than they already have.
School Nurse / Dayton Consolidated School
Winter Games 2022 News & Updates
For week 1 of the WinterKids Winter Games (Outdoor Physical Activity Week), we asked our schools to submit highlights from this year’s opening ceremonies. Congratulations to Leroy H. Smith School […]
The WinterKids team joined Mast Landing Elementary in Freeport, Maine for their 2022 Winter Games opening ceremony on Friday, January 14, 2022. Here are a a few photos!
The 5th annual WinterKids Winter Games will kick off this month with 22 schools competing statewide to win a total of $50,000 for their schools!
The WinterKids team hit the road to deliver Winter Games toolkits to the 22 schools across Maine that will be participating in our 2022 Competitive Track!
The 5th annual WinterKids Winter Games begins in the new year, with 22 schools competing statewide to win a total of $50,000 for their schools!
MEDIA COVERAGE
January 21, 2022
Students in grades K-8 at The Rangeley Lakes Regional School are Going for the Gold in the 5th Annual WinterKids Winter Games!
via Sun Journal
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January 19, 2022
Elm Street School going for the gold during WinterKids Winter Games
via SunJournal
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January 15, 2022
Students at Southern Aroostook Community School are Going for the Gold in 5th Annual WinterKids Winter Games
via The County
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January 14, 2022
Fifth annual WinterKids Winter Games kicks off in Freeport
via News Center Maine
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January 13, 2022
Students at Union Elementary School go for gold in fifth annual WinterKids Winter Games
via Village Soup
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THE WINTER GAMES ARE MADE POSSIBLE THANKS TO GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM:
