January Monthly Action Idea
Breakfast GO POWER!
Eat breakfast to THINK-LEARN-GROW-PLAY!
Dairy makes a great breakfast food! Dairy Dazzling Calcium Carnival, Tulsa, OK
| Activity Idea: | Build a Breakfast Chain | ||
| Source: | Healthy Kids Challenge, A La Cart, Breakfast Fun booklet | ||
| Description: | Kids will recall foods they ate for breakfast and build a colored paper chain representing MyPlate food groups | ||
| Grade: | 4-5 | ||
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Directions:
Discuss MyPlate food groups, food serving sizes, and the importance of breakfast.
Have kids:
- Recall what they ate for breakfast that day, and write the foods on their paper. (Note: If there are kids who haven't eaten breakfast, ask them to think of a breakfast they have had recently.)
- Draw a MyPlate image using the icon as a guide.
- Write their breakfast foods in the appropriate food groups.
- Use the following color code for paper strips to represent food groups in which they categorized their breakfast foods. Grains-orange, Veggies-green, Fruits-red, Protein-purple, Dairy-blue
- Choose 1 strip for each serving of food eaten. Example: For a breakfast consisting of 1 slice of toast with margarine, 1 bowl of cereal, 1 glass of juice and 1 glass of milk—the child would select 2 orange strips, 1 red strip and 1 blue strip.
After making the chain, ask students the following questions:
- Does their chain represent all 5 colors of MyPlate? If not, which colors are missing?
- What (if anything) would they need to add to their breakfast so that all colors are represented on their breakfast chain?
This activity is found on page 21 of the A La Cart, Breakfast Fun 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.