New Let's Eat Healthy Curriculum for K, 1st and 2nd Grades!
New in 2021, the updated curriculum uses the latest nutrition guidance and shorter, turnkey lessons that incorporate SEL for easy educator use!
Free for California Educators!
Revised in 2021, the new Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade curriculum have tons of new features including:
Shorter Lessons - 5 engaging, flexible and fun lessons help students build the skills and knowledge to practice healthy behaviors like making healthy food choices, drinking better beverages, understanding the importance of breakfast and snacks and understanding our food system.
Social and Emotional Learning - Highlighted and embedded throughout the program are social and emotional learning (SEL) skills to help identify, learn and practice social awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision-making. SEL competencies support academic success as well as mental and physical health, starting early and practicing often allows children to master these competencies.
Fun Food Group Characters - characters guide children through the nutrition concepts and provide a tangible way to identify with abstract concepts like health and beneficial nutrients provided from healthy eating patterns.
It integrates into literally every single subject. My students love the new food group characters. They laugh, giggle and have so much fun learning their names and cute pictures. I love how the new curriculum is so engaging and so fun for kids to learn.
Sheryl Miller, Kindergarten Teacher, Blanche Reynolds Elementary School
New Let's Eat Healthy Curriculum Blog Post
Learn more about what features of the new Let's Eat Healthy K - 2 curriculum are new.
Aligned to state standards, translated into Spanish and tested with real California teachers are highlights of the extensive development process to create the new Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade curriculum!
Pre- and post-assessment testing data showed student knowledge gains of 50%, 29% and 23% in Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades, respectively.
Social and Emotional Learning
Highlighted and embedded throughout the programs are Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) skills to help identify, learn and practice:
Self and Social Awareness
Self Management
Relationship Skills
Responsible Decision-Making
The heart-icon in the Educator Guide showcases SEL activities for easy reference during instruction.
The breakfast lesson sparked the most interest for students. They loved talking about breakfast foods, and the model for putting together food groups was a good method for understanding it.
Kirsten Choy, 1st Grade Teacher, Walnut Creek Elem, Walnut Creek, CA
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