Sunday, February 01, 2009 - Saturday, February 28, 2009
February Calendar  |  Week 1  |  Week 2  |  Week 3  |  Week 4

1 Super Bowl XLIII Visit NFL RUSH for fun ways to get kids to Play 60 each day	2 Groundhog Day Groundhogs like grasses, clover, vegetables, leaves, twigs, apples, berries, and dandelions	3 Children's Dental Health Month Have classroom Dental Health Challenge	4 New AAP Oral Health Recommendations Drink milk and water between meals instead of other beverages to help decrease cavity risk	5 Kindergarten Teachers! Get ready to teach Chef Combo's® Red and Pink activity for Valentine's Day	6 Send home... 'Fun Facts' nutrition newsletter for February	7
8 Mark Your Calendar School Breakfast Week Is Coming Soon... March 2-6	9 New Activities Teach students to Make Breakfast Count!	10 Tie into School Breakfast Week Find out how to enter the 'Design a School Breakfast Superhero' Contest	11 'Fun Facts' Nutrition Newsletter Plan to send it home every month!	12 Read Open Wide School Tooth Inside by Laurie Keller	13 Make sure... Your school is enrolled for a FREE School Wellness Activation Kit	14 Valentine's Day Make Chocolate-Cherry Smoothies
15 American Heart Month Remind kids that 1 hour of daily physical activity helps to keep their heart healthy	16	17 The heart is a muscle — potassium and calcium play a key role in muscle contraction	18 Nutrition Fact Milk is a key source of potassium and calcium in American's diets	19 President' Day Get physical with a fun, family outing today!	20 Read the latest Nutrition News™	21 Sweet Potato Month Sweet potatoes are an excellent source of vitamins A and C; and a good source of fiber
22 George Washington's Birthday Mashed sweet potatoes with coconut were one of his favorite foods	23 National Pancake Week Suggest kids try frozen pancakes, heated in the microwave, and milk as an after-school snack	24 Math Connection Read and interpret nutrient bar graphs in Arianna in Antarctica	25	26 Have a Food Group Relay	27 Preschool / Kindergarten Teachers Teach kids to get a Feel for Food	28 More Math Connections Use bar graphs to compare eight nutrients using the Think Your Drink! Handout