Nutrition
Food Detectives Fight Bac - Kids, We need your help to fight an enemy...bacteria! Bacteria lives on the food you eat if it isn't cooked and handled properly. It also lives on dirty hands. Eeeww! Come with us, and we'll show you how to fight this disgusting enemy. Play the Game! ()
Eat Smart. Play Hard.™ Materials - The Eat Smart. Play Hard.™ Campaign was launched by USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to encourage and teach children, parents, and caregivers to eat healthy and be physically active every day. Eat Smart. Play Hard.™ offers resources and tools to convey and reinforce healthy eating and lifestyle behaviors that are consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the MyPyramid Food Guidance System. Eat Smart. Play Hard.™ is about making America's children healthier. It's about practical suggestions that will help you motivate children and their caregivers to eat healthy and be active. Eat Smart. Play Hard.™ Campaign messages and materials are fun for children and informative for caregivers. ()
Food Safety Education For Kids & Teens - Be Food Safe Activity Book, Food Safety at Home Podcasts, Food Safety Mobile Game and much, much more! (Y, M, O, T)
Fruit and Vegetable Publications - The Explore the World with Fruits and Vegetables campaign provides fun ideas for nutrition and education professionals to encourage schoolchildren and their parents to eat more fruits and vegetables by exploring new tastes provided by cuisines from around the world. From the CDC. (Y, M, O, T)
The MyActivity Pyramid - The MyActivity Pyramid handout is based on the new 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and MyPyramid. The handout is designed to help children ages 6 to 11 include a variety of physical activities in their daily lives. The 8.5- by 11-inch handout was piloted with more than 250 students in both urban and rural settings. (Y, M)
Staying Healthy - Find out how to take care of your body, eat healthy, and stay fit! (Y, M)
Pass the Plate - From Disney - Explore the global world of recipes. (Y, M, O, T)
Learn to be Healthy.org - With LearntobeHealthy.org, students can play cool health science education games and activities, explore interactive webquests, and learn ways to make their body strong and healthy. LearntobeHealthy's web-based kits meet many National and State Education standards and make health education fun. (Y, M, O, T)
Kidnetic.com - Kidnetic.com is a cool site for kids like you — kids who like to play hard and have fun. Kidnetic.com lets you tap into your own energy so you can feel great all day long. The Kidnetic.com Parents’ Guide provides lots of ideas and tips to get the whole family involved in making healthier food choices, managing portion size, and getting active together. (Y, M, O, T)
Body and Mind - Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hip site for kids includes information and games on Diseases, Food and Nutrition, Your Safety, Your Life, Your Body and Physical Activity. (Y, M, O, T)
Smallstep Kids - Find out COOL stuff about FOOD and what it can do for YOU! Find out how eating healthy can be fun! (Y, M)
Smallstep Teachers - Calling all teachers and educators! Check out the new SmallSteps education program below. Developed in partnership with Scholastic™, materials have been designed to help 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade students build Language Arts and Math skills as they learn about health and fitness. We hope that you will share this valuable program with your class, and help young students build a healthy foundation for life! (Y)
MyPyramid Blast Off Game - An interactive computer game where kids can reach Planet Power by fueling their rocket with food and physical activity. “Fuel” tanks for each food group help students keep track of how their choices fit into MyPyramid. (Y, M)
Healthfinder.gov kids - Know lots of ways to be healthy and have fun! Brought to you by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Y, M, O, T)
Fitness Program - FREE Downloads: -Work Your Body: Fitness chart -Feed Your Body: Nutrition Chart -Daily/Weekly Nutrition Goals: (Y, M, O, T)
Shopping List Free Software - Those of you on TheHomeSchoolMom In The Kitchen group will recognize this as the software that I recommended several months ago. I have been using it regularly since then and I really love it. It is a free download for the full version of the software. (T)
Get in the Game for Good Health - "Get in the Game for Good Health!, a free health education program made possible by the California Olive Industry -an industry committed to healthy eating -is designed to help students in grades 4-6 develop healthy lifestyles. Overweight in children is generally caused by a lack of physical activity and unhealthy eating habits... The fun, interactive worksheets in Get in the Game for Good Health! encourage students to assess their own lifestyles, learn about healthy eating habits, create innovative ways to increase their activity levels and commit to following a healthy lifestyle." (M)
Food Is Elementary - Food is Elementary© (FIE) is a unique and vibrant curriculum introduced into schools and communities that teach children about food, nutrition, culture, and healthy living. (Y)
My Grocery Deals - Powered by My Grocery Deals Menus4Moms offers this a free service that allows consumers to go online, do their grocery pre-shopping based on advertised grocery flyer specials, look at nutritional information, create their shopping list and then head out to their selected store(s) with list in hand. (T)
Apples - From atozteacherstuff.com (Y,M)
Nutrition – A Mini Unit - March National Nutrition Month - This unit will help you learn about making healthier food choices using interesting projects and age appropriate activities. (Y, M, O, T)
Whole grains lesson plan - Scroll down to see the lessons; created for older adults but well-suited for use with children (Y, M, O, T)
Cereal grains - Students will learn the basics about cereal grains. They will learn the main seven types of grains, the nutritional value found in cereal, and they will cook with a grain. (Y,M)
The whole grain guide - lesson on what whole grains are and the health implications of avoiding them (Y, M, O, T)
Healthy whole grains - huge selection of grain resources from the Kansas State Research and Extension Office (Y, M, O, T)
Harvest of Fear - If you are including lessons of health and nutrition in your homeschool, don't miss this PBS website about the controversial topic of genetically modified (GM) foods. There is an accompanying teacher's guide for educators linked at the bottom. (M,O,T)
New Food Pyramid - You have probably heard that there is a new Food Pyramid out there that better represents healthy eating choices. MyPyramid.gov is an interactive guide to the new Food Pyramid and has lots of neat features. (Y, M, O, T)