Try to establish a bedtime routine which might include activities like taking a warm bath, brushing teeth, sharing the best part of the day and giving good-night kisses.

Reading books that portray the joy of movement is a great way to use literacy to inspire children to get up and move. Click here for more picture books that inspire joyful physical activity.

And of course when all else fails, your fist is always there!

It also helps heal cuts and wounds!

Bones are strengthened by the nutrients in our food and one important nutrient is calcium. Remind students that milk is a great source of calcium.

Try a family science activity! Place an eggshell in a cup of soda and water and see what happens after a week!

Try these bone-building recipes.

Pumpkin is rich in Vitamin A. Vitamin A keeps skin and eyes healthy and helps to protect against infections.

As you cook and prepare food with children, you are helping them learn to count, categorize and recognize colors and shapes.

If you choose to make drums, use real drums or substitute classroom objects. Then have fun getting everyone’s heart rate up.

Remember: Healthy choices give you more energy to run around the circle!

Give your stomach a chance to communicate with your brain. EAT SLOWLY!!!

Our bodies are 70% water. We lose water throughout our daily lives and have to replenish it to stay active.

2. Sleep increases the brain’s ability to focus, learn, and think clearly.
3. Sleep boosts the immune system which helps fight sickness.

1. Introduce new foods along with other familiar ones.
2. Model the behavior; when children see you trying new foods, they will be more likely to do the same.

When all else fails, your fist is the perfect tool for keeping tabs on the serving sizes you offer others and take for yourself.

salty (taste; e.g., whole grain pretzels), sour (taste; e.g., lemon or dill pickles), sweet (smell and taste; e.g., oranges or clementines), sticky (touch; e.g., honey), smooth (touch; e.g., banana), crunchy (sound; e.g., sweet red pepper) and colorful (sight) foods

Added sugars in foods and drinks provide extra calories, but no additional nutrients, to help you keep active or exercise.

And of course when all else fails, your fist is always there!

Different colors provide different nutrients. Eating a wide variety of different colored fruits and vegetables helps ensure that your body gets all of the vitamins and nutrients it needs.

Add fat-free or low-fat milk and apple slices to instant oatmeal. Spread a teaspoon of fat-free or low-fat cream cheese on a piece of toasted whole grain bread.

We tend to choose less healthy options when we are sleep deprived.

Children are more likely to taste something if they experience it with their five senses.

Help your students think with their five senses with this fun art activity.

Fruits and vegetables also contain water.

Water is a GO drink; drink it anytime!

Try these yummy blueberry recipes.

The board should be constantly changing to reflect the whole committee’s ideas, and successes.

Learn some winning family meal activities.

It’s not always easy to get children to try new foods. Try some of the following:

• Introduce new foods along with other familiar ones.
• Introduce new food when children are well-rested and in good moods.

Use your fist as a portion size guide.

If the portion is bigger than your fist, it’s probably too much!

Sleep is a time for the body to perform functions that only occur while sleeping, like hormone regulation.

June is National Fruit and Vegetable Month!

Plan ahead.

Try to introduce new foods on weekends, or at times when you know your students or children have had the proper amount of rest.

Calcium is the building block for bones.

Try these Bone Building Recipes.

You never know what you might find out!

Get your class to Move to the Beat with these fun activities.

• Stick to a regular bedtime, including a consistent bedtime over weekday and weekend nights.
• Set a regular wake up time.
• Keep electronics out of the bedroom.
• Avoid caffeine and negative messages about sleep.
• Create a sleep environment that is dark, quiet, and comfortable.

Here are some helpful strategies for getting children to try new foods:

• Children will be more receptive to new foods when they’re rested.
• Offer one new food with familiar foods.

It’s important to balance the energy we take IN (calories we consume) with the energy we put OUT (calories we burn).

Physical activity helps to maintain a health weight.

If buying canned vegetables, look for the label with no added sodium or salt. Rinse the vegetables before eating.

Here’s an example: 25 minutes dancing + 15 minutes jumping rope + 20 minutes hula hoping = 60 minutes of exercise!

Try some healthy GO food recipes.

Inadequate sleep can affect body weight by negatively influencing a person’s ability to make healthy food choices, as well as by inhibiting the body’s ability process food.

Everyday equivalents can help you judge serving sizes to better practice portion control!

Watch this Sugar Demo and then try it with your class.

The first step to enacting change on a community level is to understand who you are as an individual. The Bar Graph exercise is a good way to get started.

When children get used to trying new foods, they are more likely to accept different tastes.

Color not only adds a nice visual element to your plate – mixing it up also ensures that you are getting a variety of nutrients.

As children grow, their bones fuse together.