Building a Healthy Me!
Providing the Foundation for a Lifetime of Healthy Habits
Our kindergarten nutrition education program gives teachers the flexibility they need by offering fun activities that span 5-15 minutes and fit into a variety of classroom themes. Plus extension activities provide even more options so that teachers can teach what they want, when they want.
Building a Healthy Me! nutrition lesson plans aligns to education standards, uses a proven behavior change process and gives transitional kindergarten and kindergarten students the foundation they need to make healthy food choices.
Teachers love using Building a Healthy Me! because:
- they see students making healthy choices almost immediately
- it gives them a fun way to apply the Common Core State Standards and easily integrates into lessons, themes and subjects they are already teaching
- they know nutrition is a vital topic that isn't included in the standard curriculum
- a 30-minute online teacher training gives them a foundation in nutrition concepts
Read What Teachers Say About the Kindergarten Program.
With Building a Healthy Me! nutrition lessons, kindergarten students learn to:
- Identify foods from all five food groups
- Match specific colors to each food group
- Classify foods into the appropriate food group
- Select healthy snacks that are made up of food-group foods
- Understand the importance of breakfast as a healthy start to each day