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.
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- Articles (5)
- Unit Plans (2)
Articles
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
Teacher created book list includes tips for classroom use.
Count Your Vegetables!
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.
Healthy Heart Week
Reinvent Valentine's Day into a wholesome and nutritious week of healthy learning.
Focus On Fitness: Q & A With Carrie Myers Smith
Carrie M Smith explains how to bring kids'fitness routines indoors during the winter. Includes exercise ideas and nutrition tips.
Unit Plans
Let's Eat!
Read about this lesson unit on proper nutrition incorporating reading and game play.
Meet Your Vegetables
This integrated curriculum unit helps students better understand the importance of good nutrition.
- Subjects:Cooking, Health and Safety, Food and Nutrition, Teacher Tips and Strategies
