Children’s Nutrition Education Tools For Educators and Providers
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Nutrition Games
Tools
Parents’ Involvement
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Testimonials
Childhood Obesity
We are all aware of the importance of early nutrition education especially in light of the growing problem of childhood obesity and its impact to the healthcare and educational system.
Nourish Interactive is a completely FREE, English/Spanish website that provides nutrition educators and healthcare providers with a variety of tools to assist you in teaching the key elements of nutrition to children and parents. We designed the website so that the parents’ webpages and nutrition tools complement the children’s games and nutritional messages. Each one of our computer games has free nutrition lesson plans. We provide a website that supports using technology in the classroom with children while facilitating promoting nutrition in the home. This way parents and children can work together to make nutrition a key part of their everyday lives.
See a complete list of our games and what they teach.
We are very proud to share our Showcase page of organizations that list as a very reliable and credible nutrition educational resource. You may also want to read our Visitor Comments to learn more about our site from other teachers, dietitians, nurses, parents and family members.
This website can be utilized as a supplement to your current nutrition education program or can be used as a stand-alone teaching module.
Nourish Interactive’s goal is to teach children and parents, in a fun way, about the importance of nutrition and exercise. We have created this website with games and educational tools to help you in your efforts to educate children and families on healthier choices.
Nutrition Education Games
All of our games and features are available in English and Spanish.
Chef Solus and the Food Pyramid Adventure Game, our featured game, is an online, educational game designed for elementary school children. This game can be utilized as a supplement to your current nutrition education program or can be used as a stand-alone teaching module.
Our featured game introduces the food pyramid and focuses on two key messages that are consistently reinforced throughout the game:
- The importance of a balanced diet (Your body needs something from all the food groups)
- The relationship between being healthy and good nutrition.
The Chef Solus and the Food Pyramid Adventure Game:
- multi-level game, saves game at each level completed.
- quiz at end of each level
- interactive and engaging story line
- progress reports sent to teacher
- is designed for children in kindergarten to fifth grade
- is based on the USDA's latest food guidelines
- summarizes the health benefits of each food group
- teaches children about the importance of exercise and a balanced meal.
- encourages children to be physically active for at least 60 minutes everyday
- provides audio for children who are learning to read
- is available in English and Spanish
Click here - free membership for teachers, organizations, and health-care professionals.
Nutrition education tools for educators and health care professionals:
Our games and tools are designed to complement your nutrition and health program:
For Assessment:
- BMI to age calculator & Kids BMI to age (instead of a percentage, children receive positive messages about improving their exercise and nutrition habits)
Action Plans:
- Meal Planner: Assess child’s nutrition needs and create a customized meal based on the USDA guidelines (calorie needs and food group requirements) & Kids Meal Planner Game
- Nutrition Agreements and Goal Tracking Sheets to set specific goals
Learning tools:
- Nutrition Dictionary & Kids Nutrition Dictionary
- Learning to read Food Labels tutorial & game Kids Food Label Game
- Interactive food pyramid & Kids Interactive food pyramid
- Food Pyramid oriented games
Other features:
- Nutrition Lesson Plans
- Printable worksheets
- Family Tip sheets
- Monthly Kids Online Nutrition Newsletter
- Nutrition Games and Puzzles Interactive online computer games for classrooms
Parents Involvement - Printable handouts and online tools to support a strong school - home partnership
We know parents need to be involved if we are truly going to be successful. The website provides tools to create learning partnerships with parents.
We believe in treating the parents and the child as one unit. We are committed to creating tools that are interactive and designed to help make healthier choices. Please feel free to use these tools as part of your interventions and educational strategies. We have BMI tools, dictionary, meal planners and food label tutorials. We will be adding more soon, so please keep checking back.
- Our web pages offer action oriented, decision making tools and articles.
- We offer a monthly newsletter that provides parents with real practical tools and suggestions to make healthy choices for their family.
- You will find that we create two versions of every tool: one for the parents and one for the child!
- We communicate a new theme message to both the children and the parents every month.
- Free monthly healthy family nutrition newsletter and kids nutrition tips
- Printable family nutrition tips sheets for parents
- All our material is available in English and Spanish
- Monthly Healthy Nutrition Tips Calendar
- Keep parents involved in your nutrition education program
Sign up now for full access and to be notified of new website features, teacher lesson plans, printable worksheets, and the latest fun and interactive tools from Nourish Interactive for teaching health and nutrition.
FREE account for larger groups of children. Sign up now for free membership and full access to all site and game features
We offer a special and easy way for healthcare, schools and non profit organizations to manage large number of logins for their customers.
You can create your FREE account for larger groups of children by registering as an organization. As an organization account, you will be able to segment your children into groups, if desired. For example, a school may want to organize their children by classes. Any teacher can log in (only one login and password is needed for the organization) and then select her “group” and see the progress of her specific class. We also have aggregate reports to view the progress of the entire organization.
Please note, when registering as an organization, you do not need a parent account. This is completely optional. For example, a healthcare organization that is working with a parent and child may want to create a parent account that is associated with a specific child. This will allow the parent to have their login and access their child’s progress reports.
For more detailed information about the game, click on More About The Game.
To view inside the game click on Tour the Game.
To play a demo version of the game, Click here.
Testimonials
“As a nurse and mother of three kids this site appealed to me right away. It is a fun and educational way of
getting kids to make good decisions when eating.”
Carlsbadsprings ON Canada
“As an educator I found the site very useful for elementary school age children. The Nourish Interactive web site can
be a useful tool for small group activities where students work in collaborative pairs or teams. This site would be a
useful tool for teacher presentation and independent exploration. I think that the site lends itself to the learning
style of special needs students that have support from a mentor or additional facilitator. The Meal Planner could be
used by upper elementary or middle school children when planning nutrition projects. I would recommend a written
follow up activity about why they made the food choice that they did. I plan on sharing this site with the media
specialist at the schools in our district.”
Kmichala Spring Hill, FL
Childhood Obesity Epidemic
The obesity epidemic is spreading much faster than previous data suggested. By the end of the decade the International Journal of Pediatric Obesity data indicates:
- 38% of children in the European Union will be overweight
- 50% of children in the North and South America will be overweight
Obesity-associated annual hospital costs for children and youth more than tripled over two decades, rising from $35 million in 1979-1981 to $127 million in 1997-1999. But the cost of childhood obesity is more than the economic impact to our society.
Over the next few decades, life expectancy for the average American could decline by as much as 5 years unless aggressive efforts are made to slow rising rates of obesity, according to a team of scientists supported in part by the National Institutes of Health.
The importance of nutrition and exercise needs to be emphasized at a young age. Our program is designed to teach children in a fun interactive way while involving the parents.
Contact us now to learn how your organization can offer this program to your members.
Here is what the American Dietetic Association says about nutrition education:
It is the position of The American Dietetic Association that nutrition education is essential for the public to achieve and maintain optimal nutritional health. Nutrition education should be an integral component of all health promotion, disease prevention, and health maintenance programs, through incorporation into all appropriate nutrition communication, promotion, and education systems.
