Eat & Play Together! Family-Centered Series

Eat & Play Together! is a family-centered nutrition and fitness curriculum for 6-8 year olds and significant adults in the children's lives. Participants become aware of how healthy snacks and fun physical activity contribute to overall health. Child-adult pairs, known as buddies, participate in all activities as a team. Participants are fully engaged in the lessons through hands-on nutrition activities, making healthy fruit and vegetable snacks, and participating in fun games and activities that promote physical activity. 

Objectives:

• Participants will increase their consumption of fruits and vegetables for snacks
• Participants will drink water between meals and during physical activity
• Participants will discover fun ways to be physically active
• Participants will work as child-adult buddies to incorporate healthy habits into their daily lives
• Participants will set goals for eating healthier snacks and being physically active 
  

Lessons:

• Lesson 1: What Does Your Plate Look Like?
• Lesson 2: Beverages, No Added Sugar Required
• Lesson 3: Snacks, Make Them Healthy
• Lesson 4: Grains - Get Up and Go!

Participants will:

• Create and eat a healthy fruit or vegetable snack.
• Set goals based on eating smart and playing hard.
• Create and use materials for fun games and activities that promote physical activity. 
• Receive an Eat Smart Recipe, Play Hard Activity and Summary of Knowledge Center handout