Nutrition

The girls have been learning about nutrition, the food pyramid, and exercise. We received some free food pyramid posters from the USDA at http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/kids-pyramid.html

We also had fun playing the Blastoff Game. It really challenges you to think about food choices for the day.

You can try it here http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/resources/game/BlastOff_Game.html

Some other good nutrition sites for kids are:

Kids Health from the Nemours Foundation

http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/

Nutrition Exploration from the National Dairy Council http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids/main.asp

Kids Nutrition from North Dakota State University http://www.ext.nodak.edu/food/kidsnutrition/

Body and Mind from the CDC

http://www.bam.gov/

Nutrition Cafe from the Pacific Science Center

http://exhibits.pacsci.org/nutrition/nutrition_cafe.html

Superkids from the Dole Food Company

http://www.dole5aday.com/

Kids World: Nutrition from North Carolina Dept of Agriculture

http://www.agr.state.nc.us/cyber/kidswrld/nutrition/

Georgia has completed some worksheets about nutrition, and Olivia has made a food book which identifies the food groups.

We also printed some food journals from http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/resources/mpk_worksheet.pdf

which we will be completing.

Georgia and Olivia will also be creating a menu for a day, using their knowledge of the food pyramid.

Georgia has also learned more about the food labels and what to look for. She's always looked at them before....as she reads anything she gets her hands on. But now she is learning what each category means, and what is nutritious and what is not so healthful.

We also play a fun game where we spin a spinner which will land on one of six types of exercise. You could also use a die and assign each exercise a number 1 through 6. After landing on a type of exercise we would do it for one minute, and then we would spin again. The girls LOVE this. We plan on making up some new moves to try something different. We've done running in place, jumping jacks, kicking, leap frog, etc.

The girls had gymnastics class tonight. Next session they will continue gymnastics, but also try indoor soccer. Should be fun. Georgia has participated in spring and fall soccer with the city's recreation department and she loves it. Olivia was never old enough to participate, but she helped out and liked to practice on the sidelines. She loves soccer, too.