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Healthy and Fit! Our Emmy Award-winning signature show features amazing feats of juggling, captivating characters, motivating messages, music, magic, and audience participation to turn kids on to healthy eating and active lifestyles. |
| Ideal For: Grades K-5 and families Audience size: Up to 400 (exceptions made) Running Time: 45 minutes Space needs: Auditorium, cafetorium, gym, or other large performance space Program Fee: Contact us |
- New–MyPlate Activity Kit
- FOODPLAY Teacher’s Activity Guidebook (lesson plans, activity sheets, and background information)
- Healthy snack cards for kids
- Parent Letter (English & Spanish) and Tips to Raise Healthy Kids
- Food service packet to link cafeteria with classroom learning
- Nurse packet to promote school wellness
- Evaluation to assess program impact
- Press kit and posters to publicize program
- Web Activities and downloads
- Fuel up with breakfast every day.
- Increase their intake of fruits and vegetables.
- Cut down on sweets, sugary drinks, and unhealthy fats.
- Create a balanced diet using MyPlate
- Choose healthy foods and home, school, and on the run.
- Read food labels, see through media messages, and critically analyze advertisements to get the most nutritional value for their money.
- Have fun being active every day.
- Make choices that are good for their health and the health of the planet.
- Feed their bodies healthy food, and their minds healthy messages.
- Treat their bodies right—whatever size and shape—and discover that every body is different, and different is a great thing!
FOODPLAY has been found to dramatically improve the nutrition and health knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of elementary school children with the majority making outstanding improvements in their eating and exercise habits. Sample findings:
—According to US Department of Agriculture (USDA)-sponsored evaluations |
