Kitchen Kids: Nutrition Resources and Information

Nutrition is an important part of education. Teaching our children about good nutrition from an early age will help them to develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle and avoid growing health concerns associated with a poor diet. To help teachers and educations capture the attention of their students, we have collected the following lesson plans, classroom resources, and kids-friendly activities to jumpstart the conversation about healthy living and proper nutrition.

Teaching Materials and Lessons

• Milk Matters Campaign – A program to teach kids about the importance of getting enough calcium.
• Nutrition Exploration – A website for educators, parents, and kids about the importance of proper nutrition.
• School Nutrition Association – This organization provides valuable information for educators and parents on the importance of healthy foods in schools.
• Energy Balance – A lesson with resources about the importance of a balanced diet and active lifestyle.
• CDC Teacher’s Corner – A website for teachers and educators with resources and information about teaching nutrition.
• How Do Foods Help Our Bodies? – A basic lesson plan to be shared with young learners about how food works to keep our bodies healthy.
• Food & Nutrition Lesson Plans – A collection of lesson plans and resources about healthy eating and nutrition.
• General Nutrition Activities – A variety of activities and lessons that can be incorporated into the classroom.

Nutrition Materials

• Printable Food Pyramid Poster – This is a great poster to hang up during lessons on proper nutrition.
• Nutrition Activities and Printables – A collection of printable activities and coloring pages about nutrition for kids.
• Get Your Daily Does of Nutrition Information – A variety of coloring pages and nutrition activities to be used in any nutrition lesson plan.
• What I Ate Today Worksheet – Help kids track what they eat each day and how the importance of a balanced and healthy diet.
• Basic Nutrition Worksheet – This worksheet will help young kids to recognize which food belongs in which food group.
• What’s In Food? – A printable sheet about the different food groups.
• Making Good Food Choices – A printable worksheet to help students choose healthy foods.
• Vegetable Coloring Page – An easy coloring page with fruits and vegetables for young learners.
• 10 Reasons to Eat Your Greens – A list of reasons why eating vegetables is so important.
• What’s for Dinner? – A lesson plane to teach young learners healthy eating habits.

Kids Resources

• Kids Word Nutrition – An out of this world nutrition website for kids.
• Fun Avocado Facts for Kids – A collection of Did You Know… avocado and nutrition information for kids.
• Pork Checkoff – An entertaining and informational website about pork for young learners.
• Learn About Fats – Information about good and not so good fats and how they work with the body.
• Cool Nutrition Activities – Tons of nutrition activities and material for kids.
• Health and Nutrition for Kids – A kid-friendly website with lots of nutrition information.
• Dole SuperKids – A fun website with different games, information, and activities about healthy eating.