Celebrate World Health Day The earlier you integrate a balanced diet and daily exercise into your child’s life, the more likely he or she will be to carry these healthy habits into adulthood. So, monkey see monkey do! When you go bike riding, walking, swimming, or running, be sure to take your little one along. […]
Make fruits and veggies fun! • Dog Food, by Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers • an assortment of fruits and vegetables • paint • paper plates • paper Read Dog Food with your child (if available). In this newest creation by authors Freymann and Elffers, you find fruits and vegetables cut and arranged to make all kinds of dog “sculptures” […]
At school, home, and throughout the community kids are offered food as a reward for “good†behavior. Often these foods have little or no nutritional value but are easy, inexpensive, and can bring about short-term behavior change.  There are many disadvantages to using food as a reward:  § It undermines nutrition education being […]
Why Do I Bento? 1.  Health. Better control over your childs diet. You know what’s in it, and can make sure you are packing a nutritionly sound meal that your child will eat. You can’t necessarily count on your school providing that. My kidlet is only in Kindergarten and although there is a healthy option […]
 Read “Stone Soup†by Marcia Brown. It’s a picture book classic that has remained one of Marcia Brown’s most popular and enduring books. This story, about three hungry soldiers who outwit the greedy inhabitants of a village into providing them with a feast, is based on an old French tale.  Comprehension/Thinking Skills  […]
Your students will never look at fruits and vegetables the same way again. In Freymann and Elffers’ One Lonely Seahorse, they’ll meet pineapple turtles and ginger root lobsters while exploring number concepts, fruits and vegetables, friendship, and more. Dive deeper into the book with this treasure chest of activities. New Ways of Looking An artist […]
Measuring Dinosaurs  Identify and compare the length of four dinosaurs. State that dinosaurs needed food to grow and that food helps us to grow too.  Prepare the Dinosaur Cards (PDF) Cut 144 feet string to the length shown on each dinosaur card. Attach and wrap length around each card as follows:  70 […]
