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Fun and Interactive Teaching Tools for MyPlate Education

Explore creative teaching tools such as posters, handouts, games, and more to engage students in learning about MyPlate and healthy eating habits.

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Fun and Interactive Teaching Tools for MyPlate Education

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  1. Out with the old. In with the new!

  2. Introduction to LZX and MyPlate I’m Mary Beth Anderson, a teacher with Learning ZoneXpress (www.learningzonexpress.com) I’m going to share ideas of how you can teach about MyPlate and how to use fun and helpful teaching tools – posters, handouts, and games!

  3. Getting ready to teach MyPlate • Who are you teaching? • Elementary Children • Middle and High School Students • Adults • Where are you teaching? • Classroom • Health Fair • Other • How much time do you have?

  4. Kinds of Teaching Tools • Posters and banners • Dry erase poster • Handouts and tri-fold brochures • Activity books • Bookmarks and stickers • Games • DVDs • PowerPoint Presentations

  5. Explaining the plate (A little more than) one quarter of your plate should be vegetables (A little less than) one quarter of your plate should be fruits One quarter of your plate should be grains One quarter of your plate should be lean protein Remember dairy!

  6. Key MyPlate Message Make half your plate fruits and vegetables.

  7. Vegetable Group

  8. Vary Your Veggies • Eat a rainbow! • Any vegetable or 100% vegetable juice counts • Raw or cooked • Fresh • Frozen • Canned • Dried/dehydrated • Whole, cut-up, or mashed

  9. Fruit Group

  10. Focus on Fruits • Color counts! • Fresh • Frozen • Canned • Dried • 100% fruit juice • Whole, cut-up, or pureed (think smoothie)

  11. Key MyPlate Message Make at least half the grains you eat whole grains.

  12. Grains Group

  13. What’s a grain? • Any food made from wheat, rice, oats, corn/cornmeal, barley or another cereal grain. • Bread • Pasta • Oatmeal • Breakfast cereal • Tortillas • Crackers • Rice • Grits

  14. 2 Kinds of Grain: Whole and Refined • Whole grain contains the entire grain kernel (the bran, germ, and endosperm) • Whole wheat flour • Bulger (cracked wheat) • Rolled oats (used in oatmeal) • Quinoa • Whole cornmeal • Brown rice • Popcorn • Wild rice.

  15. Key MyPlate Message Vary your protein choices and choose seafood or fish twice a week.

  16. Protein Foods Group

  17. Go Lean With Protein • Eat a variety of protein • Meat • Poultry • Seafood • Beans and peas • Soy foods • Nuts and seeds • Keep portions small and lean

  18. Key MyPlate Message Switch to fat-free or low-fat (1%) milk.

  19. Dairy Group

  20. Get Calcium-Rich Foods Choose fat-free or low-fat (1%) milk, yogurt, and cheese Cream, butter and cream cheese are notincluded in Dairy Group

  21. Other Key MyPlate Message Balance calories with being physically active.

  22. Balance Calories Balance Calories Find out how many calories YOU need each day. Go to: www.ChooseMyPlate.gov

  23. Be physically active your way • Choose activity you enjoy • Have fun! • How much is needed? • If you are ages 6-17, be active an hour a day • If you are an adult, be active at least 2 ½ hours a week

  24. Drink water instead of sugary drinks • Tasty ways to drink water • Add fruit • Drink it carbonated • Add some juice • Add calorie-free syrup • Make tea • Eat hydrating foods

  25. Resources to help www.ChooseMyPlate.gov www.freemyplate.com www.learningzonexpress.com

  26. Getting ready recap What part of MyPlate most interests you? What are you good at teaching? Food or activity? What teaching tools did you like? What can you do to make learning fun?

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