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Nutrition Activities & Games
About the Nutrition Activities

Jefferson County Public Schools provides these games and activities for elementary students to assist in reaching our goal of educating students on proper nutrition and physical activity for a healthy lifestyle. The activities range from crossword puzzles to coloring worksheets and were generated by the Nutritional Services Department at JCPS or by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Instructions:

   ·  1:  Click an activity to initiate download
   ·  2:  File will open in a new window
   ·  3:  Print copies from the file
   ·  4:  Distribute and let the fun begin!

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Nutrition Education Activities

Rainbow on My Plate

  1. Primary Activity 1
  2. Primary Activity 2
  3. Primary Activity 3
  4. Primary Activity 4
  5. Intermediate Activity 1
  6. Intermediate Activity 2
  7. Intermediate Activity 3
  8. Intermediate Activity 4

Word Search

  1. Red Fruits Word Search
  2. Fruit/Vegetable Word Search
  3. Stella’s Awesome Apple Search
  4. Power Your Moves
  5. Breakfast at School is Fun
  6. Rustle Up Good Grub (Answer Key)
  7. Move More – Sit Less
  8. Summer Word Search
  9. Don’t “Grain” on My Parade

Word Games

  1. 5 A Day Mysteries
  2. Enter the Fun Zone
  3. Decode Bo’s Secret Message
  4. Fruit Scramble
  5. Veggie Scramble
  6. Red Vegetables Word Jumbles
  7. Power Up With Breakfast
  8. Message Match Up
  9. Make A Match
  10. Bobby Banana’s Matching Game

Crosswords

  1. Calvin Carrot’s Crossword Fun
  2. 5 A Day Crossword Puzzle
  3. RJ’s Crossword
  4. Grab Quick and Easy Snacks
  5. Jump Start the Day Crossword

Mazes

  1. Anthony Apple’s Apple Maze
  2. Jump Start the Day Maze
  3. COWabunga Calcium Challenge
  4. Find the Calcium Trail
  5. Calcium is aMAZEing!
  6. 5 A Day Maze

Coloring Pages

  1. Milk Matters
  2. Bananas
  3. Apple
  4. 5 A Day
  5. Transform with Fruits and Vegetables
  6. Fruits and Veggies They’re Everywhere
  7. Power Your Day
  8. MyPyramid
  9. Eat, Play, Win
  10. Be Awesome
  11. Peaches and Plums
  12. Christopher Cantaloupe’s Melon Mysteries
  13. How Much Do You Know About Your Food
  14. Animal Foods
  15. Balance Your Day with Food and Play
  16. Calcium Foods
  17. Color Craze!
  18. Strawberry
  19. I’m a Whole Grain Hero
  20. Grapes
  21. Discover “Berried” Treasure
  22. Pepe Bell Pepper’s Color-by-Numbers
  23. Citrus

Other Activities

  1. Be an All-Star (Answer Key)
  2. Who Wants to be a Nutritionist – 1
  3. Who Wants to be a Nutritionist – 2
  4. The P-I-G Game
  5. MyPyramid – Front Page
  6. MyPyramid – Back Page
  7. Choosing Healthy Foods
  8. Complete the Drawing
  9. Hammy’s Comedy Corner
  10. Verne’s Lunch Table Tales
  11. Ozzie’s Optical Illusion
  12. Fruit or Vegetable
  13. Fun with Fruits and Veggies
  14. Cornelius Corn’s Corny Jokes
  15. If I Were a…
  16. Patrick Potato Pitches a Poem
  17. Green Pea Gang’s Trivia Challenge

Websites Offering Nutrition Education Curriculum

JCPS Nutrition Services has compiled these websites as a resource for teachers and other professionals, who provide nutrition education for students. The websites listed provide curriculum that is either available for download or can be ordered at no cost. A wide variety of nutrition related topics are covered and material is applicable to several age groups. For further assistance with nutrition education curriculum, you may contact Nutrition Services at jill.costin@jefferson.kyschools.us

Produce for Better Health Foundation – Five-A-Day the Color Way

Produce for Better Health Foundation – There’s a Rainbow on My Plate

USDA Food and Nutrition Service, MyPyramid for Kids
http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/resources/mypyramidclassroom.html

USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Eat Smart Play Hard

National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child, Health & Human Development, Milk Matters

National Dairy Council, Nutrition Explorations

School Nutrition Organization, Child Nutrition Foundation, Bridges to Wellness

North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, Color Me Healthy

USDA Team Nutrition, Empowering Youth

USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Resource Library, Nutrition Essentials

General Mills Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition, Go With the Whole Grain for Kids

Home Baking Association

Whole Grains Council


Contact & Mailing Information:

Cheryl Sturgeon, Director

E-Mail: cheryl.sturgeon@jefferson.kyschools.us
Telephone: (502) 485-3186
Fax: (502) 485-3910
Address:
C.B.Young, Jr., Service Center
Rm. 133
3001 Crittenden Drive
Louisville, Kentucky 40209-1104
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