Maine-ly Nutrition and Take Time! Resources
Links to Nutrition Education and Physical Activity Resources
For Kids
- Cool Food Planet: This site does an excellent job of promoting healthful eating and exercise habits to kids and teenagers.
- My Pyramid for Kids: Information for kids on the Food Guide Pyramid and much more!
- Kids Can Make a Difference: Helps kids deal with an important facet of nutrition: hunger. Available resources inspire kids to end hunger and poverty in their communities, their countries, and their world.
Maine Links
- Maine Department of Education: News and information about education in Maine.
- Maine Coordinated School Health Programs: An overview of Maine’s Coordinated School Health Program (CSHP).
- Healthy Foods From Healthy Soils: A link to a description of the curriculum program that examines the connection between people and food. The book is co-authored by two Maine women (along with Annelida, the spokesworm!)
- Maine Action for Healthy Kids: The mission of AFHK is to engage diverse organizations, leaders, and volunteers in actions that foster sound nutrition and good physical activity in children, youth, and schools.
For Teachers, Parents and Professionals
- Team Nutrition: USDA’s Team Nutrition site has information for educators, parents, child care professionals and students about school meals and healthy children.
- School Nutrition Association (SNA): (Formerly the American School Food Service Association – ASFSA) This site is ideal for parents, teachers, day care providers, and food service managers who can access food safety advice, nutrition education lesson plans, and much more.
- 24 Carrot Press: Back issues of the Feeding Kids Newsletter, brought to you by registered dietician Connie Evers, will appeal to parents, educators, and nutrition professionals. Connie also authors How To Teach Nutrition To Kids and the accompanying Leader Activity Guide.
- Nutrition Explorations: Inventive learning activities from the National Dairy Council bring the message of “making good food choices” to grade school students and their families. Nutrition Explorations supplies teachers with fun and easy ways to teach.
- Healthy Choices: Healthy Choices for Kids Online is a resource for teachers, day care providers, and parents looking for good nutrition education materials.
- Fruits and Veggies - More Matters: This site educates kids, parents, and teachers alike about why fruits and vegetables are so good for you.
- Healthy Snacks: Kids health, activities for teens, recipes, food and fitness, nutrition basics, smart snacking and lots more!
- Healthy snacks calculator: This calculator will help you to determine how various snack food items relate to your School District's Nutrition Policies.
- The Learning Station: Website to order the "Tony Chestnut" CD and "Physical Ed" CD used at the Maine-ly Nutrition and Take Time! Trainings
- CD Baby: Website to order the "Eat Like a Rainbow" CDC
- Mission Nutrition: A site mainly targeted to teachers that promotes healthy self-esteem and body image, as well as healthful eating and exercise habits, among students in grades 6 to 8. Includes lesson plans.
- USFDA Nutrition Information: Nutrition fact posters for raw fruits, vegetables and seafood.
- CDC Nutrition Basics: Nutrition for everyone. Resources on food groups, water, dietary fats, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals.
- Eat Smart. Play Hard. for educators!: Website provides practical tools to help you motivate children to eat healthy and be physically active. Messages and materials are fun and based on MyPyramid and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
- Active Minds, Active Bodies Booklist: Books with positive physical activity messages.
- Brain Breaks: A physical activity integration program
