Prepare Healthy Snacks

Research shows that hands-on experiences with food during nutrition education improves dietary quality in children. Likewise, repeat exposure increases dietary variety.

Activities for Development

Preschool-aged children need at least 3 hours of moderate to vigorous activity each day, and school-aged children 6-17 need a minimum of one hour of vigorous activity daily.

Goal Setting & Self Efficacy

Mindfully setting and achieving goals is motivating, self-rewarding, and provides self-confidence. We believe setting small, attainable goals lead to big accomplishments in life.

• Following recipes

• Measuring ingredients

• Chopping fruits and vegetables with kid-safe plastic knives

• Exposure and tasting of a variety of foods, always including fruits or vegetables

• Creative use of ingredients to make snacks customized for preference

• Age appropriate activities

• Warm up, 20 mins of moderate-to-vigorous activity, and cool down

• Obstacle courses, functional movements, and games

• Coordination movements for proprioceptive and neuromuscular development

• Team skills

• Leadership opportunities

• Set a goal for each session

• Set weekly goals to promote healthy habits between sessions

• Bring awareness about current habits and healthy habits

• Bring awareness about feelings, preferences, and cultural influence on healthy habits

• Reflect on daily key lessons at the end of each session