On A Nutrition Mission

Worksheet that meets a need of allowing kids to visualize where food comes from. Four fruits and vegetables are aligned on one side of the worksheet and four scenerios of possible origin are on the right side of the sheet. A line can be drawn from fruit/vegetable to source (tree, plant, ground, bush). This colorful worksheet is the first of many hands on activities that beatifully illustrates where the healthy food comes from.

One of the hardest things to do when school starts is to inform parents about your expectations for the parents. Nutrition can be a sensitive subject and there is not a parent out there that thinks that their food choices would actually harm their child but unfortunately there is a lot of misinformation and advertising that serves to negatively influence and educate parents. As a teacher you serve as a role model yourself and you have the ability to influence them not only scholastically and emo

This fun and educational workbook is full of activities, recipes, resources and classroom ideas to promote healthy habits. Learn about different kinds of seeds and gardening in the classroom. Use the foodie passport to try new foods and describe how they tasted and looked. Use the simple recipes to explain math and enjoy a healthy snack. Three exciting and free resources are included that also contain fun interactive ideas for the classroom on their respective websites.

This fun and educational workbook is full of activities, recipes, resources and classroom ideas to promote healthy habits. Learn about different kinds of seeds and gardening in the classroom. Use the foodie passport to try new foods and describe how they tasted and looked. Use the simple recipes to explain math and enjoy a healthy snack. Three exciting and free resources are included that also contain fun interactive ideas for the classroom on their respective websites.

This colorful and informative workbook contains beatifully designed handouts on subjects such as sugar, hydration, healthy snacks and healthy classroom parties. If you are tired of sugar laden lunchboxes and kids with unhealthy lunches, help your parents by providing them with healthy advice from a Registered and Licensed dietitian. These handouts have been tested among elementary level and preschool level parents and children with great success.

Are you tired of seeing unhealthy lunches brought from home? Teach your class how to make healthy choices. Learn about My Plate and the different food groups. Have the children create a healthy lunch box and then send a parent information letter home with the child that has healthy lunch box ideas. All developed by an educator and Registered Dietitian. Have fun with food again! Eat healthy, live healthy!

Are you tired of finding unhealthy snacks in your classroom or holiday parties? Use this item to empower your parents and students to eat healthy in a fun way. You will find that wrapping an orange, apple or pear in a bat or penguin mask for your Halloween or Holiday party will have them gobbling up the good stuff without missing the candy and cupcakes. Tell your valentine's that they are a cutie and attach a cutie orange to the cutie tag. For St. Patrick's day fill a snack bag with green grapes

Earth Day is a day to celebrate the earth and all of its offerings. Learning how to make the earth a better place by planting seeds or cleaning up litter on the beach is a great place to start. The most important thing a child can do is learn how to nourish themselves without chemicals and colors that come from processed foods. Attach these tags to a small clay flower pot filled with a toy shovel and a baggie of fresh fruits and vegetables, or recycled trail mix to represent healthy ways to cele

If you need a little variation around the holidays here are 10 sheets to place on your running track to change up the exercising routine. Five sheets are Thanksgiving themed and 5 sheets are Winter holiday themed. These fun interactive sheets are great for changing things up and keeping exercise fun.

Where in the world can you find a healthy snack? Are they in fats? Are they in grocery stores? Hang these colorful pictures in your classroom and let the children find the healthy snacks. Healthy snacks are snacks that are full of vitamins, minerals, fiber, omega-3 fatty acids, protein and not full of processed ingredients or loads of sugar. These snack ideas will provide a colorful foundation for building healthy habits at home and in the classroom.

Are you tired of seeing all the candy laden sweets for classroom parties (especially Valentines Day)? Suggest a fruit mask or provide them for your own classroom. They are adorable and fun. Wrap an apple, an orange, a kiwi, a banana or pear (or any other whole fruit) and send them on their party way!

Let your kids know what you think a great start to the school year is with this healthy picture equation: Breakfast+ fruits and vegetables + water - candy and sweets = healthy school year! Print it out. Cut it out. Wrap it around an apple, orange or other whole fruit! Easy, healthy and fun!

Want to teach kids about eating more fruit? Have them dress up their apples, pears, oranges or plums with this paper wrap. They can draw in the eyes and make it their own, making the fruit more appealing! This printout contains 5 copies of the same fruit mask.

Print out these penguin holiday themed fruit masks for your next Holiday party. Cut out 1 mask for each student and wrap it around a piece of whole fruit (apple, orange, plum). Write a story about the adventures of the dressed up fruit then have a healthy snack!

Are you tired of seeing unhealthy snacks during birthday party celebrations? Why not empower your parents with these Happy Healthy Birthday Fruit Masks to wrap up whole healthy fruit! These cute gender neutral fruit wraps are great for apples, oranges, pears, peaches, plums and even bananas. Wrap up a whole fruit, munch on healthy vitamins, minerals and fibers instead of refined and artificial chemical laden foods. Try it at your next party!