Eat This Not That! for Kids is one of the books I have gotten for my daughters written to teach you how to be the leanest family on the block.

My daughters enjoy going through the book and discovering that many of the foods we are eating are in the “eat this” category and not in the “not that” category. They keep searching for more healthy options from the “eat this” list to add to what we purchase at the store, or health options for eating out.
Eat This Not That! for Kids is available on Amazon.

Use MyPyramid to help your preschooler eat well, be active, and be healthy.

Customized MyPyramid for Your Preschooler

Visitors to the My Pyramid for Preschoolers Web site can “get a customized MyPyramid Plan for your preschooler” by entering the child’s first name, age, gender, and typical amount of daily activity. The site then generates a plan tailored to that child.

At the My Pyramid for Preschoolers website parents and caregivers can explore ways to help preschoolers:

• Grow up healthy. Complete a growth chart especially for your child to find out more about normal development.
• Develop healthy eating habits. Raise a healthy eater by setting a good example and practicing positive habits.
• Try new foods. Help for picky eaters.
• Play actively every day. Add physical activity into your preschooler’s day.
• Follow food safety rules.

The site provides a variety of information and resources for parents and caregivers wanting to ensure that their preschooler grows up healthy.

Downloads

The My Pyramid for Preschoolers Website also offers fun materials to download and print.

• MyPyramid for Preschoolers Poster – Download a printable 8½” x 11″ mini poster of the image on this blog entry.
  
• Two-Sided Bookmark – 5 per page, 3.1MB PDF
• MyPyramid for Preschoolers Coloring Sheet – Download the reproducible handout.
• Making Your Job Easier/ Features of the MyPyramid for Preschoolers Website – Download the 2-sided handout.

Some of the best points on the site is the reminder to parents is that:

You can raise a healthy eater by setting a good example and practicing positive habits.

You are the most important influence on your child.

You can do many things to help your children develop healthy eating habits for life.

For more information about the MyPyramid for Preschoolers, visit the My Pyramid for Preschoolers Website.

Sources:

Hitti M. October 27, 2008. ‘My Pyramid for Preschoolers’ Debuts. WebMD.

We’re All Winners

“We’re All Winners” is an educational fitness activity designed to let young children have fun, learn a bit about being safe in the sun and then participate in a non-racing, solo running activity.

The main goal of the event is to create an environment in which each child gets to feel special, like a winner and goes home feeling and believing for at least one day that “I’m a Winner!” This is the message that we want them to internalize and to believe.

This educational activity an idea that I developed while my young daughters were in pre-school. We staged for five years in the pre-school or kindergarten setting and last year also put on a modified version for my older daughter’s first grade setting.

Thanks to Docstoc, you can watch the lecture online. Simply click on the arrow to start the presentation:

We’re All Winners

More information about how to stage your own activity can be found online at the We’re All Winners page, http:www.squidoo.comwereallwinners

Note: This lecture is copyright under Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivs license.