Discovering Healthy Eating
March may be National Nutrition Month, but healthy eating should be practiced all year long. Teach your students about the importance and benefits of a balanced nutritious diet using the thematic units and resources below.
Articles
Healthy Heart Week
Reinvent Valentine's Day into a wholesome and nutritious week of healthy learning.
Fitness and Nutrition
This content resource helps teachers locate online resources on fitness and nutrition. Web links to fitness and nutrition topics, facts on fitness and nutrition, healthy recipes, and exercise tips.
Books and Resources for Teaching Nutrition
by Gayle Berthiaume
Teacher created book list includes tips for classroom use.
by Ellen Booth Church
Parent & Child | Good for cooking, eating, craft projects, games, and more, apples offer the possibility for fun and delicious learning.
Count Your Vegetables!
by Jacqueline Clarke
This lesson plan contains five activities to do with Freymann and Elffers' book One Lonely Seahorse. The book is a counting book with pictures of sea creatures made from fruits and vegetables.
Focus On Fitness: Q & A With Carrie Myers Smith
Early Childhood Today |
April ,2007
Carrie M Smith explains how to bring kids' fitness routines indoors during the winter. Includes exercise ideas and nutrition tips.
Lesson Plans
by Jeremy Brunaccioni
This integrated curriculum unit helps students better understand the importance of good nutrition and how to make healthy dietary choices.
Crunch the Numbers is a standards-based math program that also allows students to learn about the healthy benefits of eating more fruits and vegetables. Developed by Scholastic and generously sponsored by Produce Marketing Association, these materials
Let's Eat!
by Gayle Berthiaume
Read about this lesson unit on proper nutrition incorporating reading and game play.
