Resources
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| Toddler Meal and Snack Hack This guide offers simple meal and snack planning tips, encouraging a mix of food groups for balanced nutrition. Meals should include at least three…
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Health & Well-Being, Nutrition Connections, Nutrition and Wellness for Early Childhood, Health & Well-Being, Thriving Youth | Health | Activity | |
| Suggested Reading List of Nutrition and Physical Activity Themed Books for Grades K-3 Use this convenient list to find books related to nutrition and physical activity. Books are divided into categories which include fruits and…
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Nutrition and Wellness for Early Childhood, Health & Well-Being | |||
| Sink Those Germs - Wash Your Hands [activity] What to do
Youth try to “sink germs” by tossing beanbag “germs” into a container. The game uses 6 beanbags to correspond with the 6 times it is…
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Health & Well-Being, Nutrition and Wellness for Early Childhood | Activity | ||
| Fruit/Vegetable Group Picture Cards [activity] What to do
Click on Download resource in upper right hand corner for cards. Give each child one of the Fruit or Vegetable Group picture cards…
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Health & Well-Being, Nutrition and Wellness for Early Childhood | Activity | ||
| From a Grain of Wheat [activity] What to say
Begin this lesson with a discussion of favorite breads. Which group on the MyPlate has bread in it? What other food is in that group?…
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Health & Well-Being, Nutrition and Wellness for Early Childhood | |||
| The Apple Says [activity] What to do
Play this game like “Simon Says.” With small children, have them all participate. Explain to only do the exercise if “The Apple Says”…
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Health & Well-Being, Nutrition and Wellness for Early Childhood | |||
| Hot Potato [activity] What to say
There are many good vegetables to eat. We need to eat vegetables every day. What are some of your favorites? What do you like about…
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Health & Well-Being, Nutrition and Wellness for Early Childhood | |||
| Follow the Red Pepper [activity] What to do
This is an adapted version of “Follow the Leader.”
Ask a volunteer to be the “Red Pepper” leader. Give the “Red Pepper” the…
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Health & Well-Being, Nutrition and Wellness for Early Childhood | |||
| Developing the Senses: Guess the Fruit or Vegetable [activity] What to do
Put a fruit or vegetable in a small paper bag. Have the children sit in a circle and guess what is in the bag without looking inside.…
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Health & Well-Being, Nutrition and Wellness for Early Childhood | |||
| Rising Bread [activity] What to do
Tell the story of making bread, below. Tell the kids to move in the parts
of the story where they can act out what’s happening. (Show…
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Nutrition and Wellness for Early Childhood, Health & Well-Being | Activity |
