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Enrichment Activities

Parents/caregivers: Over the course of the 2019-2020 school year, your school received nutrition and

physical education lessons through the PE-NutTM program. PE-NutTM stands for Physical Education and

Nutrition working together and is delivered by the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan (NKFM). NKFM

staff are committed to connecting your family with activities and resources through virtual learning during

these uncertain times. Each week for the next three weeks your nutrition educator will post activities on

www.nkfm.org/PE-Nut that you can do with your child(ren). The activities will have prompts like “Say” and

“Ask” for you to share information and ask questions with your chid(ren). We hope you find these activities

fun and educational. Please send any feedback or requests to: [email protected].

Week One: This week your child(ren) will learn about the MyPlate, being a healthy role model, and

physical activity! Each page in this document contains information for you to share with your child(ren),

videos for your child to watch, and activities for them to complete. Activities are from the Healthy Schools,

Healthy CommunitiesTM curriculum.

Click on the activities below to go directly to the lesson for that day (or just keep scrolling down):

Monday

MyPlate For Me:

Our Healthy Plate

Poster

Tuesday

Healthy

Celebrations!: My

Healthy Role Model

Wednesday

Physical Activity

FitBitTM:

Classify the Five

Thursday

Health Through

LiteracyTM:

Nothing To Do

Friday

Healthy Recipe

Tasting:

Tropical Fruit and

Honey Salad

This project was funded in whole or in part by the USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education

through the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the Michigan Fitness Foundation.

Activity One: Our Healthy Plate Poster MONDAY

Adult directions: Use the prompts “Say” and “Ask” to share information and ask questions with your child

(ren).

Ask: What can you tell me about MyPlate and the different food groups? What are the five food

groups are? Answer: Fruits, vegetables, grains, protein, and dairy.

Say: All five food groups are important because they all have a different job in keeping our bodies

healthy and strong. For example, dairy foods contain calcium, which keeps our bones and teeth

strong as we grow! One of our most important lessons to remember about MyPlate is that half of our

plates every day should be fruits and veggies.

Student directions: For this activity, you will need a blank piece of paper, a pencil, and crayons/markers/

colored pencils.

1. We are first going to draw a blank MyPlate. Draw a large circle on your blank piece of paper, then

draw a smaller circle on the outside of your circle on the top right of your paper.

2. Divide the large circle into four parts to make a section for each of our MyPlate food groups

(fruits, vegetables, grains, and protein). The smaller circle on the top will be dairy.

3. Now for the fun part, let’s draw your favorite healthy meal! Include all five food groups in your

meal.

4. Hang your MyPlate up somewhere at home, and share it with a family member. Remember to tell

them why each food group is important!

Explore (optional): Click on the MyPlate icon learn more about MyPlate



https://www.choosemyplate.gov/

Activity Two: My Healthy Role Model TUESDAY

Adult directions: Use the prompts “Say” and “Ask” to share information and ask questions with your child

(ren).

Ask: What’s a role model? Answer: A role model is someone you look up to, and someone you want

to be like. You can be a role model too! When you do something healthy and other people are nearby,

you are being a healthy role model.

Ask: What can you do to be healthy? Possible answers: Eat fruits and veggies, wash hands, be physi-

cally active, choose healthy snacks, etc.

Say: Anyone can be a healthy role model! They can be people in our family, teachers at school, or

even an athlete that we like. Learning from these healthy role models can help us make healthy choic-

es too.

Student directions: For this activity, you will need a blank piece of paper, a pencil, and crayons/markers/

colored pencils.

One way we can be a role model is to create posters with healthy messages and pictures on them that can be

displayed at home.

1. On the front of your paper, create a poster with a healthy message with pictures to remind your family members of way to be healthy.

2. After you make your poster, write a sentence on the back on what you can do that will make you a healthy rode model on the back.

3. Start your sentence with “I am a healthy role model because I _______.”

This example is a

reminder to make

half of your plate

fruits and vegetables.



Activity Three: FitBitTM : Classify the Five WEDNESDAY

Adult directions: Use the prompts “Say” and “Ask” to share information and ask questions

with your child(ren).

Ask: What is physical activity? Answer: Anything that gets your body moving; it could

be dancing, running, or even taking out the garbage!

Ask: What is your favorite way to get physical activity?

Say: We know it’s important to get our bodies moving. It’s also good to try new ways to

get physical activity. One way we can move our bodies when we’re inside is following

along with fun videos.

Student Directions:

Click on the picture below to get your body moving in the FitBitTM “Classify the Five”



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzYOqmRrJUA

Activity Four: Health Through LiteracyTM: Nothing To Do THURSDAY

Adult directions: Use the prompts “Say” and “Ask” to share information and ask questions

with your child(ren).

Say: Reading books is a great way to keep our body health, especially when books are

about healthy eating and physical activity. Let’s listen to the book Nothing To Do. This

book explores different ways to be creative and use your imagination.

Click on the cover of the book to listen to the read aloud

After listening, Ask:

1. What are some fun things you do during your free time?

2. Who do you enjoy spending your free time with?

3. What are some fun ways to use your imagination outside and be active?

4. The book shows the boy looking up to his dad, who is someone really special

to you in your life?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6U27ZKQbCI

Activity Five: Recipe Tasting FRIDAY



Making snacks to try at home is a great way to get children involved in food choices and to try

new foods. We’ll provide a new recipe each week. As food options might be limited during

this time – get creative with substitutions you might have or hold on to this recipe for a future

time.

Tropical Fruit and Honey Salad

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons honey

½ cup non-fat yogurt

Suggested fruit (use any fruit you may have):

2 cups pineapple pieces

1 naval orange, peeled and sliced

1 kiwi, peeled and sliced

1 large banana, peeled and sliced

Optional: 1 tablespoon raspberry vinegar (or apple cider vinegar)

Directions:

1. Combine the honey, vinegar (if available), and yogurt in a small bowl until smooth.

2. Combine all of the sliced fruit in a large bowl.

3. Pour the dressing over the fruit, and toss to coat evenly.

Click on the picture to watch a step-by-step video on how to make this food tasting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAVGjvtO7gE

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