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Color Me Healthy: Preschoolers Moving & Eating Healthy
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Color Me Healthy: Preschoolers Moving & Eating Healthy
Type of Resource: Book/Report / PDF available at website
Resource ID: 81
Abstract (full description below): Color Me Healthy is a program for children ages four and five with fun, interactive learning opportunities on physical activity and healthy eating
Title: Color Me Healthy
Publisher: North Carolina Cooperative Extension
Internet site selling or supporting book: www.colormehealthy.net
Organization selling or publishing book: North Carolina Cooperative Extension , Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
Address: Box 7605
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
Contact person: Carolyn Dunn, PhD
Contact's email address: carolyn_dunn@ncsu.edu
Phone: 919 515-9142
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Description of resource
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Color Me Healthy is a program designed to reach children ages 4 and 5 years. It provides fun, interactive learning opportunities on physical activity and healthful eating. It uses color, music, and exploration of the senses to teach children that healthful food and physical activity are fun. The Color Me Healthy kit includes- a teacher's guide
- 4 sets of picture cards
- 3 classroom posters
- 2 parent posters
- a compact disc (CD) and cassette tape with 7 original songs
- a hand stamp
- 14 reproducible parent newsletters
The classroom posters, parent posters, picture cards, and parent newsletters are also available in Spanish.
The Color Me Healthy teacher's guide contains 12 lessons designed to be used during “circle time,” the time during the day when children are gathered for group activities and learning. The lessons provide caregivers with quick, easy ideas that can be taught in a variety of ways. Lesson duration is between 15 and 30 minutes, and the lessons can be taught daily or weekly. Also included in the teacher's guide are 6 imaginary trips that allow children to use their imagination to travel to different places and events. The Color Your Classroom section of the guide provides teachers with suggestions for bulletin boards and classroom enhancements. Because teachers are role models for children, the teacher's guide includes a section on how the teacher can eat healthfully and stay active. Resources for the child care provider are also included in the teacher's guide.
Four sets of picture cards are included in the Color Me Healthy kit. They are used in many of the circle time activities. The sets include dairy foods, colors of foods, where foods grow, and places to be active. Classroom posters bring color to the classroom and are used as educational tools in many of the circle time activities.
The CD and cassette tape enhance the lessons in Color Me Healthy. Children and teachers enjoy the upbeat tunes and lyrics as they sing and dance along. The songs' messages include the colors of foods, trying new foods, playing outside, and how your heart beats faster when you move. A hand stamp is included with the program and can be used as a fun way to reward participation in Color Me Healthy.
The program reaches out to families with a series of 14 reproducible newsletters that reinforce the messages that children are learning in the classroom. Color Me Healthy NEWS is designed to provide families with information on healthful eating and physical activity, such as how their family can be active together or how to encourage more fruit and vegetable consumption, and is written at a fifth-grade reading level. The newsletters are duplicated by the child care center and given to parents. Parent posters convey a basic message about healthful eating and physical activity. They can be used in the child care facility where parents gather. |
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