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Healthy Steps for Healthy Lives

Healthy Eating Program
Preschool - Kindergarten

Audience:

Preschool and Kindergarten children and their families

Challenge:

With U.S. obesity rates continuing to rise, the challenge was to reach children at an early age with simple messages to help them start building healthy habits; and to reach parents/caregivers with important information to help foster healthy families

The JMH Solution:

JMH created a hands-on curriculum that gets young children and their parents involved in healthy eating, nutrition and physical activity, while supporting early childhood and early-literacy concepts. The multimedia kit reinforces variety, moderation and balance in making food choices; positions less-healthy foods as "sometimes foods;" and gives idea-starters for "getting moving" every day. Components include The Very Best Day video, Alphabet Poster, Healthy Foods Cards, Action Cards, and laminated Finger Puppets for little hands. The step-by step Teacher's Guide makes the program easy to use, and includes background information that introduces and explains USDA's MyPyramid for Kids. To bring the program messages full-circle, the kit also includes a packet of reproducible Parent Newsletters (in English and Spanish) that reinforce the nutrition and activity messages of the program.