This resource includes balanced eating lessons & activities that cover My Plate, Canada’s Food Guide, Food Groups Picture Sort, Nutrition Worksheets & Crafts.
Healthy Eating. Diet. Nutrition. Unhealthy foods. Eat THIS! Don’t eat THAT! GAH.
Eating seems to have become so complicated and confusing. But these no prep worksheets, activities, and lessons will simplify it all and save you time!
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Over the past few years I have been casually researching child and adult eating patterns and overall health and nutrition. This product has received a major overhaul as a result of that learning. Our go-to is often to label foods as “healthy” or “unhealthy,” yet I have learned that overuse of this language is at the detriment to our relationship with food. (Read more within the product)
This pack includes just about everything you’ll need to teach and assess a healthy eating unit, and everything your students will need to practice and demonstrate their understanding. It includes posters/anchor charts and lessons, worksheets, activities, and assessment pages.
INCLUDED:
- Read This First – informational intro
- How to Talk About Food – advice and discussion guide
- Balanced Eating – anchor chart
- Eat the Rainbow – anchor chart
- Healthy Eating From Head to Toe – anchor chart
- Wonderful Water – anchor chart
- Wonderful Water – craftivity
- Food Category Picture Sort Activity instruction page – you can use the following resource as an anchor chart/lesson to introduce food groups and healthy eating, as a pocket chart activity, or as a hands-on sorting centre activity. All images of food items are real photographs, not clipart, and each food item is labeled with the proper name.
- Food Category Picture Sort mats (10 pages)
- Anchor Chart Lesson or Pocket Chart Activity instruction page
- Title Cards (2 pages) – to use as anchor chart headings or as headings for a pocket chart sorting activity
- Food Picture Cards for all food groups/categories (9 pages)
- Hunger & Thirst Cues introduction & anchor chart
- Hunger & Thirst Cues whole/small group warmup
- Hunger & Thirst Cues extension activity (one primary version & one junior)
- Healthy Eating Worksheets instruction page
Healthy Eating Worksheets:
- “Eat a Rainbow of Fruit” – colouring page
- “Eat a Rainbow of Veggies” – colouring page
- “Eat Well. Live Well.” – Canada’s Food Guide extension worksheet (2 options)
- “From MyPlate to Your Plate” – US MyPlate extension worksheet (2 options)
- “Eat Your Superpowers! Fruits & Veggies” – informational activity page
- “Eat Your Superpowers! Protein” – informational activity page
- “Eat Your Superpowers! Whole Grains” – informational activity page
- “Eat Your Superpowers! Dairy” – informational activity page
- “Eat Your Superpowers! Energy-Dense Foods” – informational activity page
- “Colour by Food Group” – students colour images of food items according to their food group (2 options)
- “Grocery List” – students create their own healthy grocery list using the food groups
- “Food Group Sort” – students cut out images of food items and glue them beside the appropriate food group (2 options)
- “Fruits & Veggies!” – students draw and label fruits and veggies that they like, dislike, and would like to try (2 options)
- “Let’s Go Shopping!” – students cut images of food items out of a local grocery store flyer and glue them according to food group (2 options)
- “Rainbow Foods” – students draw/label healthy foods in all the colours of the rainbow
- “Nutrient-Dense of NOT?” – students indicate whether a food item is nutrient-dense or energy-dense
- “Would You Rather…?” – students colour in the balanced food pairing that will give them lasting energy
- “Healthy Living” – writing prompt (“Why do people need to eat healthy foods? What do healthy foods do for our bodies?”) (4 options)
- Lunchbox Craftivity – students get to create their own lunch box by decorating the front and drawing/labeling a healthy lunch on the inside (2 options)
- “My Food Group Booklet” activity – 2 title page options, fruits & vegetables page, grain products page, milk and alternatives page, meat and alternatives page, treats page (several options)
- “Let’s Try Something NEW!” – taste test activity explanation, parent note, activity page, 4 options for celebratory medals
- “My Book of Balanced Meals” assessment activity -2 title page options, breakfast template, lunch template, dinner template, snack template
*UPDATED 2025 – added “Food Choices & Eating Habits” page for brainstorming the impacts of positive and poor food choices; added “Food & Fitness GOALS” pages for personal goal setting
*UPDATED 2024 – Added Hunger & Thirst Cues poster/anchor chart and extension activities. Added Canada’s Food Guide & US MyPlate extension worksheets. Also added a Wonderful Water craftivity (can be seen on my @FunWithFirsties Instagram feed and Facebook posts)
*UPDATED 2024 – COMETE OVERHAUL! Not only does this product still align with Canada’s Food Guide as well as the US “My Plate” guide, it has incorporated modern researched-based updates in accordance with positive food talk, food relationships, and a bit of the phycological aspect of eating. Additional anchor charts and activities have also been added.
*UPDATED 2019 – updated to align with Canada’s newly released food guide
*UPDATED 2018 – from 65 to 95 PAGES…now includes more options to suit the terminology of your country’s food guide. Specifically it teaches to Canada’s Food Guide and the US “Choose My Plate” guide, AS WELL as additional options for other countries or simply more general lessons.
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