Lesson
Use a game to reinforce healthy food choices.
Introduce students to the idea that food is fuel for their bodies. “Food” refers to both what you eat and what you drink. This week’s topic uses a stoplight as a tool to help students think their food and make healthy food choices. There are no “good” foods or “bad” foods; green-light foods are to be eaten more often than yellow-light or red-light foods:
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Use Games to Teach Healthy Food Choices
Play a new version of Red Light, Green Light. Choose a game leader to toggle slides back and forth.
Think About Healthy Food Choices
Stoplights make a fun move game! They can also be used to help you think your food:
Home to School Connection for Healthy Food Choices
Print copies of the Eat More, Eat Some, Eat Less food chart for students to take home and post on their refrigerators.Grade: 3-5
Time: 20 Minutes
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