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Cooperative Extension Service Departments
Family and Consumer Sciences Department Programming
Food Stamp Nutrition Education
Curricula and Education Resources
Elementary Youth Audiences
- All About Farmers’ Market - A teaching Guide for Classrooms, Camps,
and Community Programs
This curriculum teaches pre-K through early elementary children about
farmers’ markets, where food comes from, food groups, and making healthy
food choices through hands-on activities and field trips.
A walk-through exhibit that
represents the human body and helps students learn the importance of making
healthy food choices and being physically active. The program includes a manual
with classroom activities for use prior to and following the students’ walk
through the exhibit, a take-home activity book for students to read with their
families, and a list of additional nutrition education resources.
NOTE: Only the portion/lessons that relate to FSNE
guidelines may be taught with FSNE funds.
Arkansas
Education Frameworks
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Eat Smart. Play Hard. ™
– Food and Nutrition Service, USDA
Messages and materials that
encourage children and their families to adopt nutrition behaviors that are
consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The focus is on four
basic themes—the importance of breakfast, healthy snacks, physical activity, and
balancing what you eat with what you do. (English and Spanish)
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Fight Bac – Partnership for Food Safety Education
Materials teach food safety
using experiments to help children discover the science behind food safety.
Curriculum helps children
develop into healthy adults by gaining an interest in eating healthy foods and
adopting fitness as part of their lifestyles. The curriculum focuses on
MyPyramid, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the four Fight BAC! Rules, and
being physically active. It provides five lessons for each grade from 1 to
6. Each of the 30 lessons includes a lesson plan, visuals, handouts,
recipes, and evaluation forms. (Revised February 2007)
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Education Frameworks
Includes interactive
computer game, posters, tips for families, coloring page, worksheets, and
classroom lessons/materials for grades 1 - 6.
Additional MyPyramid Resources:
Multiple tools to teach
healthy eating and physical activity practices using the OrganWise Guys
characters. The topics addressed are low-fat, high-fiber eating, drinking plenty
of water, and the importance of exercising.
NOTE:
Only lessons/materials which focus on improving dietary quality and/or contain
related activities as a way of promoting health and preventing diet-related
diseases are allowable in the FSNE program. For Windy the Lungs Kit, only the
lesson “Five a Day Reporter” is allowable.
Products on the
OrganWise Guys site have
links to the National Curriculum Standards, user-friendly lesson plans, and
pre/post student evaluations and are available for download. Scroll to the
bottom of the specific product page to find these items.
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Education Frameworks
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OrganWise Guys - Calci - Grades K-2 (Updated February 2007)
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OrganWise Guys - Hardy Heart - Grades K-2 (Updated February 2007)
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OrganWise Guys - Windy the Lungs - Grades K-2 (Updated February 2007)
- OWG - Kidney Brothers/Peri Stolic – A High-Fiber Movement – Grades K-2
(PDF
MSWord)
- OWG - Kidney Brothers/Peri Stolic – Ideas for a Healthier World – Grades
K-2 (PDF
MSWord)
- OWG - Kidney Brothers/Peri Stolic – MyPyramid Project – Grades K-2
(PDF
MSWord)
- OWG - Kidney Brothers/Peri Stolic – Water Lessons From a Kid – Grades
K-2 (PDF
MSWord)
- OWG - Madame Muscle – An Active Role Model – Grades K-2
(PDF
MSWord)
- OWG - Madame Muscle – A Family Meal Plan – Grades K-2
(PDF
MSWord)
- OWG - Madame Muscle – MyPyramid Activities – Grades K-2
(PDF
MSWord)
- OWG - Madame Muscle – Poetry In Motion – Grades K-2
(PDF
MSWord)
- OWG - Sir Rebrum – Are You Germ Wise? – Grades K-2
(PDF
MSWord)
- OWG - Sir Rebrum – Concentrating on Fruits and Veggies – Grades K-2
(PDF
MSWord)
- OWG - Sir Rebrum – Food Safety 101 – Grades K-2
(PDF
MSWord)
- OWG - Sir Rebrum – Making OrganWise Choices – Grades K-2
(PDF
MSWord)
- OWG - Balancing the Energy Equation One Step At a Time – Grades 2-5
(PDF
MSWord)
- OWG - Basic Training For Better Health – Grades 2-5
(PDF
MSWord)
- OWG - Healthy Heart Challenge – Grades 2-5
(PDF
MSWord)
- OWG - How To Be Smart From The Inside Out – Grades 2-5
(PDF
MSWord)
- OWG - Pepto’s Place – Grades 2-5
(PDF
MSWord)
- OWG – Video/DVD – Breakfast Skippin’ Blues – Grades K-5
(PDF
MSWord) (Revised February 2007)
- OWG – Video/DVD – Calci’s Big Race – Grades K-5
(PDF
MSWord)
(Revised February 2007)
- OWG – Video/DVD – Extreme Couch Potato – Grades K-5
(PDF
MSWord) (Revised February 2007)
- OWG – Video/DVD – Farmer’s Market Fresh – Grades K-5
(PDF
MSWord) (Revised February 2007)
- OWG – Video/DVD – Fiber Fandango – Grades K-5
(PDF
MSWord)
(Revised February 2007)
- OWG – Video/DVD – Gimme Five – Grades K-5
(PDF
MSWord)
(Revised February 2007)
- OWG – Video/DVD – H2Ohhhhhhhh! – Grades K-5
(PDF
MSWord)
(Revised February 2007)
- OWG – Video/DVD – Pepto’s Party Portions – Grades K-5
(PDF
MSWord) (Revised February 2007)
Classroom Teacher Survey (PDF)
Extension Educator Instructions for 12-Week Series (PDF)
Calci M. Bone® Kit Instructions( PDF)
Calci M. Bone® Kit Pre-Test and Post-Test (PDF)
Hardy Heart® Kit Instructions (PDF)
Hardy Heart® Kit Pre-Test and Post-Test (PDF)
Windy® Kit Instructions (PDF) Note: Only
the 5 A Day Reporter Lesson may be counted as FSNE
Windy® Kit Pre-Test and Post-Test (PDF)
For children in grades
Pre-K to 3, materials links nutrition and physical activity education with
literacy and reinforces positive reading, eating and health habits that can
potentially last a lifetime. Materials include six books with positive food and
physical activity messages, a leaders’ guide with lesson plans including
hands-on activities for children, parent handouts, recipes, suggestions for
nutrition education reinforcement items and an apron for the educator to wear
while conducting the lessons and classroom cooking activities.
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Education Frameworks
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