Youth Nutrition Education Materials
Pre-School
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Happy Healthy Me... Moving, Muching and Reading Through My Pyramid is a nutrition and literacy curriculum that helps children become aware of food and nutrition by reading storybooks with food-related themes and then participating in hands-on nutrition education and physical activities.
Grades K-2
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Eating Healthy from Farm to Fork ... Promoting School Wellness is a nutrition education curriculum that makes the connection between local food systems, garden-based learning, school food service and the establishment of healthy habits. The lessons actively engage the children in learning about healthy choices for food and fitness.
Grades K-3
- Reading Across MyPyramid is a nutrition and literacy curriculum that helps children become aware of food and nutrition by reading storybooks with food-related themes and then participating in hands-on nutrition education and physical activities.
Grades 4-5
- Power Play! encourages students to eat fruits and vegetables every day and gives creative ways for the students to successfully do so. Children at this age are assuming more responsibility for their own health and well-being. Power Play is designed for maximum learning using integrative and fun activities and taste-testing to hold the interest of this age group.
Grades 6-8
- EatFit teaches students to set goals to establish the personal health habits appropriate to the changing needs of adolescence. With Eat Fit, students explore and practice the skills necessary for a physically active lifestyle and healthy food choices.
- EatFit Standards (.pdf)
Grades K-8
- TWIGS focuses on gardening and how the foods we grow are used in our bodies as building blocks and as energy providers. Students from kindergarten through eighth grade are given the tools to plant and care for a garden. This curriculum is flexible and the lessons can easily be used in a classroom, after-school program, or club.
Grades 4-6
- Nutrition to Grow On is an innovative curriculum that offers teachers a direct link between the garden and nutrition education. This multi-disciplinary curriculum enriches students’ capabilities for observation and thinking and encourages them to develop a wide range of skills.
Grades 9-12
- Jump Start Teen's real-life, cross-curricular lessons encourage students to eat healthy, keep moving and take action! Due to popularity and high demand, the Jump Start Teens lesson plans have been updated to include new Dietary Guidelines for Americans, Spanish-language worksheets, and media resources.
Miscellaneous
- Eating Right is Basic (ERIB) 6 to 8 year olds (English and Spanish)
- Eating Right is Basic (ERIB) 9 to 11 year olds (English, Spanish, Chinese)
- Food & Me, Pre-K and Kindergarten
- FSNEP Fish Connection (FFC)
- Go, Glow, Grow
- Hunger Attack, Money Talks, Should I Be Listening