Teachers play a unique role in what I call the health matrix described on the homepage. Specifically, educators have the opportunity to teach children directly about nutrition, fitness, and safety and to improve their health habits. But they can also educate fathers and other guardians through their children and get fathers/guardians more involved in their children’s lives as positive health role models.
The Teachers page provides resources that can be used in the classroom to promote healthy lifestyles. I hope that by using the resources provided here, health, fitness, nutrition, and safety can become classroom themes students are exposed to throughout the school year. Teachers can give students opportunities to use a computer to choose a kid-friendly recipe, game, or fitness video that they can share with dad (and mom). They can e-mail the link to dad, print out the resource, or write down the URL. Teachers can also encourage kids to take a picture of themselves cooking with dad, exercising with dad, or playing an online health/fitness game with dad which can then be displayed on a classroom board. If equipped with a projector, teachers can show fitness videos in class to get kids excited about teaching dad some new moves.
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.
Remember, teachers can play an important role in fostering health-based communication and activities between fathers/mothers and children.
The Teachers page provides resources that can be used in the classroom to promote healthy lifestyles. I hope that by using the resources provided here, health, fitness, nutrition, and safety can become classroom themes students are exposed to throughout the school year. Teachers can give students opportunities to use a computer to choose a kid-friendly recipe, game, or fitness video that they can share with dad (and mom). They can e-mail the link to dad, print out the resource, or write down the URL. Teachers can also encourage kids to take a picture of themselves cooking with dad, exercising with dad, or playing an online health/fitness game with dad which can then be displayed on a classroom board. If equipped with a projector, teachers can show fitness videos in class to get kids excited about teaching dad some new moves.
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.
Remember, teachers can play an important role in fostering health-based communication and activities between fathers/mothers and children.
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Recipes
Some of America’s most creative junior chefs put their talents to the test and whipped up over 1,500 delicious lunchtime recipes as part of the third annual Healthy Lunchtime Challenge. Find the winning recipes here! 
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Institutes of Health offer many healthy recipes for you and your family. We've provided several below to get you started. Happy cooking! 
The cool site for kids and their parents to learn more about health, fitness and nutrition through fun games, recipes and articles.
Computer Games
Here on Chef Solus' farm the fun with food begins! This is where all of the healthy fruit, vegetables, and grains grow that will become part of your balanced meals.
The goal of the nutrition game is to teach the students about how simple food substitutions can make recipes healthier and the joy of cooking!
You can also click here for an accompanying lesson plan, and here for a printable worksheet! 
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Lesson Plans
Help your students learn how they can improve their own health with these teacher's guides. Organized by "Preschool," "PreK to Grade 2," "Grades 3 to 5," "Grades 6 to 8," and "Grades 9 to 12." 
Teachers, enjoy free printables for kids from Nourish Interactive-The Fun Way to Learn About Nutrition! Just 'click to print' educational and fun activity worksheets: matching, crossword puzzles, word searches, family nutrition tip sheets, and kids coloring printables. 
Be creative about how to bring walking and bicycle-themed concepts into the classroom. The ideas and resources below can help you brainstorm ways to integrate them into most school subjects and activities! 
PE Central presents a large number of health lesson ideas for you to use in your health education program. These ideas are from teachers around the globe. Fitness Videos
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