Minimize Germs this Winter with Non-Toxic Products

Minimize Germs this Winter with Non-Toxic Products

How To Talk To Kids About Real Food

I have the pleasure of working with some terrific moms at our elementary school on an upcoming school assembly (for the students) that is all about real food! This is something we’ve never done before at our school, and it supports the initiatives for our new Healthy Child and Earth Committee. When we first started planning out the assembly we honestly weren’t sure where to start — I mean I talk to adults all day long about actual food (you guys!) , but a few hundred children? Some of which are brand new to the subject? So another local food writer, Adri Warrick with The Whole Tulip, shared with us that she uses the red light/green light notion from a kids book called Eat Healthy, Feel Great when she talks to the children at her school. That piece of information was exactly what we had to get started, and today I want to share a version of our demonstration with you that you can share with the children in your life.

Published at Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:27:43 +0000

How To Fuel Your Body

Close your eyes and pretend that you’re currently sitting in the coolest race car you can imagine. Maybe it is a green one or a race car or a car with stripes or flames. Now start up that motor, push your foot down on the gas pedal, and start zooming around the race track. Make sure to watch out for cars – Vroom Vroom!! Wait a second…you’re low on gas, so it’s time for a pit stop. Best quality gasoline of course! Only the best quality will give you the best performance. If instead you decided to fill your new race car but what would happen? Yuck! Do you think that would make your car perform? I bet it feel weighed down and would be slow. And that’s because – like with your own body – the fuel that you use is important to doing your very best. Exercise along with the food you eat impacts how you feel, think, and perform tasks. Without a healthy and balanced diet – activities like writing, reading, and even thinking can be harder. So today we’re going to learn how to make nutritious food choices so you understand how to “fuel” your body so you can feel and do your very best.

Source: Natural Foods