Lesson Plans

This page offers teachers lesson plans that are organized by grade level, health topic, or both.  Many include printable in-class worksheets and activities that can be taken home and hung on a refrigerator or used as homework to complete with dad.  Consistent with the mission of the Dads & Kids website, these worksheets are designed to encourage students to discuss health and fitness issues with their fathers and to exercise together.

Dads and Kids: Original Lesson Plans

             Nutrition
(1) Nutrition Worksheets for  
     Dads and Kids: Grades K-2
(2) Nutrition Worksheets for
​      Dads and Kids: Grades 3-5
(3) Nutrition Worksheet
     Supplement for All Grade
​     Levels 

               Fitness
(1) Fitness Worksheets for Dads
     and Kids: Grades K-2
(2) Fitness Worksheets for Dads
     and Kids: Grades 3-5
(3) Exercise Chart Worksheets:
     All Ages

Other Resources We Recommend

        Grades K-2
                     Math:
Nourish Interactive has provided worksheets for kids to help count the ingredients that go into a healthy breakfast, lunch, and dinner!

Kindergarten Teacher. Web.

               Language Arts:
Nourish Interactive has also provided worksheets to help students learn how to write letters using healthy food words: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

Nourish Interactive has also provided worksheets to put breakfast, lunch, and dinner words in alphabetical order.

Nourish Interactive has also provided breakfast, lunch, and dinner themed writing and phonics worksheets (with answer keys found here: breakfast, lunch, dinner).

                          Grades 3-5
                          Math:
Nourish Interactive has provided worksheets for students to count the calories in healthy and unhealthy food items commonly eaten during breakfast, lunch, and dinner.  One sheet targets high calorie, low nutrition meals (answer keys for these worksheets can also be found here: breakfast, lunch, dinner, high calorie). 

Nourish Interactive has also provided a take-home worksheet that students can use to multiply the amount of calories by the amount of servings on a nutrition label they find in their own kitchen!  To promote dads' positive involvement in guiding their children's eating habits, encourage students to do this task with their dads.

             Language Arts:
Nourish Interactive has also provided 7-word healthy breakfast, lunch, and dinner word search puzzles (with answer keys here: breakfast, lunch, dinner) and 15-word healthy breakfast, lunch, and dinner word search puzzles  (with answer keys here: breakfast, lunch, dinner).

Nourish Interactive has also provided word scramble worksheets with breakfast, lunch, and dinner themes (answer keys here: breakfast, lunch, dinner).

Nourish Interactive has also provided crossword puzzles with breakfast and lunch themes, in addition to a food safety themed puzzle (with answer keys found here: breakfast, lunch, food safety).