Fortify students for a healthy summer with quick nutrition education activities
Help your students make good summertime food choices. National Dairy Council® and your local Dairy Council® bring you three easy ways to teach kids about good nutrition before summer break:
FIRST, check out the Language Arts connections for Little D's Nutrition Expedition lessons. Which lessons might fit into your reading or writing blocks this month?
NEXT, get a quick nutrition refresher. Take a look at the Nutrition Backgrounder for
- a useful handout on the Five Food Groups
- new MyPyramid-based portion sizes
- your students' special nutrition needs, including the impacts of the obesity crisis
- easy nutrition activities you can use today
- tips on becoming a nutrition role model
THEN, have some fun and test-drive Get Me to the Banquet on Time, an online game that leads students on a Pacman-style race to collect and classify foods into the proper food groups. Find this and other interactive games online.
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| It's a complete package — needs little preparation by the teacher. |
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| The cross-curricular aspect makes it easy to fit into language arts and science blocks. |
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| The online games are great for extra credit, homework, or independent study time. |
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