August Monthly Action Idea
Drink Think!

Make a healthy SPLASH with a Drink Think. Choose water or low fat milk more often.

Diary Dazzling Event with Girls

Tulsa kids participate in Dairy Dazzling Event and learn about calcium-rich dairy foods

Activity Idea: MyPlate Dairy Servings
   
Source: HKC Food Museum booklet
Description:

Kids learn about servings and foods in the dairy group and other MyPlate food groups
Grade: K-3
Supplies:

Directions:

  1. Have kids draw an outline of the MyPlate image including the dairy circle on their paper plate.
  2. Ask kids to color the circle representing the Dairy group in blue. Explain that the circle reminds kids to drink milk or eat other dairy foods at meals.
  3. Gather the finished artwork.
  4. Divide the kids into two teams.
  5. Line up the teams facing each other at opposite ends of the room.
  6. Scatter all the MyPlate artwork on the floor in the center of the room.
  7. Explain the following rules:
    • The leader will call out names of foods from a variety of MyPlate groups.
    • If foods from groups other than the Dairy group are called out, kids spin around and call out "healthy balance"!
    • If a food from the dairy group is called out, the whole team hops 3 times (to represent 3 daily servings) and calls out "up with calcium" while the first person in line runs to pick up a MyPlate paper plate.
    • The first person returns to the end of the line and the sequence is repeated until all kids have a MyPlate paper plate.

This modified activity is found on page 22 of the Food Museum booklet. For more activity ideas like the one above, check out HKC resource materials. See the Online Store for descriptors and to view the Table of Content and booklet sample pages.