Today's Classroom Activities :

Teaching How to Make Healthy Choices

You Are What You Eat
Health/Writing Build your students' vocabulary, journaling skills, memory and nutritional awareness by having them list what they ate within the last 24 hours. Repeat this activity at different intervals over the course of a few weeks, then discuss the children's food choices. Do your students need to make any changes in their diets? Display the food pyramid and review the nutritional guidelines for children their age.

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner with Gregory
Students will recognize the importance of nutritious meals through reinforcement class activities.

Fruit and Vegetable Encyclopedia
Have your students browse through this large catalog of information to learn more about specific fruits and vegetables. Within each section they will find information regarding history, growing regions, availability and much more.

Eat Right!
Nutrition/Art Activity Using this art project your students can create a healthy "meal" collage.

Fit Club
Read this article and learn how creating a fitness club with your students and their parents will encourage a healthy community at your school.