Teaching the Kids!
Get these three fun downloads to introduce health and nutrition concepts to your kids, whether you are a parent or a teacher (or both!).
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1. EAT A RAINBOW COLORING PAGE
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| eat_a_rainbow_every_day_alegraloewensteincom.pdf |
The concept of eating a rainbow is a fun way for kids and adults to remember to eat a variety of fruits and vegetables every day to increase health and nutrition! This coloring page is a fun way to introduce the concept. Children can color in the images or add their own by drawing or cutting out images from grocery ads. Great for the classroom or homeschool.
Eat a Rainbow Teaching Tips
With this idea you simply eat fruits and vegetables of all different colors!
This simple concept can help with goal setting by making it FUN to eat new fruits and vegetables. Have you eaten every color this week?
It is also a great way to help kids do their own planning for healthy choices throughout the day or week, by making sure they've eaten something from every color of the rainbow.
When you gain an understanding of nutrition basics and how to eat a balanced diet-- without worry, stress, or calorie-counting, then you can talk to your kids about healthy choices in a way that will help them make healthy choices for life!
Eat a Rainbow Teaching Tips
With this idea you simply eat fruits and vegetables of all different colors!
This simple concept can help with goal setting by making it FUN to eat new fruits and vegetables. Have you eaten every color this week?
It is also a great way to help kids do their own planning for healthy choices throughout the day or week, by making sure they've eaten something from every color of the rainbow.
When you gain an understanding of nutrition basics and how to eat a balanced diet-- without worry, stress, or calorie-counting, then you can talk to your kids about healthy choices in a way that will help them make healthy choices for life!
2. HOW DOES MY BODY GET ENERGY? (MACRONUTRIENTS) COLORING PAGE
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| where_does_my_body_get_energy_alegraloewensteincom.pdf |
This coloring page simply introduces macronutrients to your child/student. I believe it is important to begin introducing scientific language to even the youngest children, even while explaining the concepts simply. This coloring page does just that. A simple page to color images from the three categories of macronutrients: carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, and explain that they all give you energy. Great for the classroom or homeschool!
How do you get your energy? Teaching Tips
This is a fun topic for kids because they want to how they get their energy to run and jump!
It is also a GREAT introduction to nutrition basics, as it shares the three macronutrients (fat, protein, carbohydrate) where all calories come from, and also where you get some of the essential building blocks of good health.
This can help empower families to make health choices throughout the day as you they can make sure you are not eating from only one category.
When you gain an understanding of nutrition basics and how to eat a balanced diet-- without worry, stress, or calorie-counting, then you can talk to your kids about healthy choices in a way that will help them make healthy choices for life!
How do you get your energy? Teaching Tips
This is a fun topic for kids because they want to how they get their energy to run and jump!
It is also a GREAT introduction to nutrition basics, as it shares the three macronutrients (fat, protein, carbohydrate) where all calories come from, and also where you get some of the essential building blocks of good health.
This can help empower families to make health choices throughout the day as you they can make sure you are not eating from only one category.
When you gain an understanding of nutrition basics and how to eat a balanced diet-- without worry, stress, or calorie-counting, then you can talk to your kids about healthy choices in a way that will help them make healthy choices for life!
3. TRAFFIC LIGHT EATING COLORING PAGE
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| traffic_light_eating_alegraloewensteincom.pdf |
This is coloring page for kids that introduce the concept of traffic light eating, a simple way to help kids understand that some foods you should "stop and think" while others are always "good to go." A great tool to talk about the basics of healthy eating, and a wonderful tool for the classroom or home school!
Traffic Light Eating Teaching Tips
This is a basic concept I teach my clients. It is great to use for yourself or your kids. It is how to eat simply- without dieting or number crunching or worrying. It is also simple enough to introduce to your kids to help them become empowered to make their own healthy choices!
You categorize and think about food as red light, yellow light, or green light, or simply as a spectrum. You can even go through your pantry and put colored stickers on foods to help you get started :)
Red = Stop & Think, meaning treats you should only eat once in a while
Yellow = Slow Down, and includes most every day foods that can be eaten daily, but still in moderation
Green = Go, which is fruits and vegetables (and for some families nuts and salmon), which you can eat as much as you want!
Traffic Light Eating is a basic concept I use in my Pantry Makeover and also one that many Coaching Clients find effective for themselves as well as their children.
When you gain an understanding of nutrition basics and how to eat a balanced diet-- without worry, stress, or calorie-counting, then you can talk to your kids about healthy choices in a way that will help them make healthy choices for life!
Traffic Light Eating Teaching Tips
This is a basic concept I teach my clients. It is great to use for yourself or your kids. It is how to eat simply- without dieting or number crunching or worrying. It is also simple enough to introduce to your kids to help them become empowered to make their own healthy choices!
You categorize and think about food as red light, yellow light, or green light, or simply as a spectrum. You can even go through your pantry and put colored stickers on foods to help you get started :)
Red = Stop & Think, meaning treats you should only eat once in a while
Yellow = Slow Down, and includes most every day foods that can be eaten daily, but still in moderation
Green = Go, which is fruits and vegetables (and for some families nuts and salmon), which you can eat as much as you want!
Traffic Light Eating is a basic concept I use in my Pantry Makeover and also one that many Coaching Clients find effective for themselves as well as their children.
When you gain an understanding of nutrition basics and how to eat a balanced diet-- without worry, stress, or calorie-counting, then you can talk to your kids about healthy choices in a way that will help them make healthy choices for life!
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