Category: Health and Wellness
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Signs of Affirmation
Your Child Will Learn
A positive way to start or end their day
Here’s What to Do
- Together with your child, brainstorm an affirmation to repeat each day. An affirmation is a short, positive phrase. Examples:
- I have a big
- Together with your child, brainstorm an affirmation to repeat each day. An affirmation is a short, positive phrase. Examples:
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ABC (Apple, Beet, Carrot) Juice
Your Child Will Learn
How to prepare and enjoy a healthy food
Here’s What to Do
- Gather and wash your ingredients (1 apple, 1 beet, 1 carrot, 1 lime, optional small piece of fresh ginger).
- Peel the beet, carrot, and
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Let’s Make a Tortilla!
Your Child Will Learn
Trying foods that are important to my family / Trying foods that are important to other cultures
Here’s What to Do
- Pour an entire 2.2 lb. bag of masa harina into a large bowl. Add 2
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Find the Food Groups
Your Child Will Learn
An introduction to food groups
Here’s What to Do
- At the grocery store, talk about healthy food groups as you pass through different parts of the grocery store. Some of the major healthy food groups:
- Carbohydrates
- At the grocery store, talk about healthy food groups as you pass through different parts of the grocery store. Some of the major healthy food groups:
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Super Smoothie
Your Child Will Learn
How to prepare and enjoy a healthy snack
Here’s What to Do
- Gather smoothie ingredients and a blender or food processor. Try to include one ingredient from each category:
- Something frozen (frozen fruit, or ice cubes)
- Gather smoothie ingredients and a blender or food processor. Try to include one ingredient from each category:
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Soup Chef
Your Child Will Learn
Food groups and cooking skills
Here’s What to Do
- Gather ingredients for your soup. Try to include one ingredient from each of these categories:
- Liquid (water, stock, broth, etc.)
- Soup starter aromatics (garlic, onion, ginger, peppers,
- Gather ingredients for your soup. Try to include one ingredient from each of these categories:
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Explore-a-veggie
Your Child Will Learn
That the same food can taste differently depending on how it’s prepared
Here’s What to Do
- Ask your child to pick a vegetable to explore.
- Choose a few different ways to prepare the veggie. Examples:
- Raw
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Draw your Feelings
Your Child Will Learn
How to communicate their feelings to an adult
Here’s What to Do
- Ask your child to close their eyes and notice how their body and mind are feeling.
- Invite your child to sit down and draw
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Calm Corner
Your Child Will Learn
Strategies to help calm big emotions
Here’s What to Do
- With your child(ren), brainstorm some actions that help them calm down when they’re upset. Some ideas:
- Rainbow breath (arms up on the inhale, down on the
- With your child(ren), brainstorm some actions that help them calm down when they’re upset. Some ideas:
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Smiley Face Check In
Your Child Will Learn
How to express their emotions to an adult
Here’s What to Do
- Choose a time when you can do your Smiley Face Check In at the same time each day (like: breakfast, bath time, story time)