Healthy Eating and Exercise

Daily Schedule – Preschool 2013-2014

9:30  Gathering –                             

Play with blocks

9:40  Welcome Time

            -Song -

Are You Eating (Tune: Are You Sleeping)
Are you eating, are you eating
Healthy foods, healthy foods?
For your body needs them, for your body needs them
Everyday, everyday.

Carrots, Peas, and Broccoli (Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
Vegetables are good for me.
For my snack and in my lunch,
Veggie sticks are great to munch.
Carrots, Peas, and Broccoli,
Vegetables are good for me.

            -Who is here today -

            -Calendar           Sing "Days of the Week" song to tune of Addams Family

            -Read Aloud  How Are You Peeling?,

9:50  Literacy Activity –

Elephant in the Envelope literacy activity (SEEL)         

10:05  Math –

(Day 1) Have kids guess how many seeds are inside an apple, then cut it up for them to count the seeds and snack on it. Could also have them guess how many slices are inside an orange.

10:20  Break/Snack –

Apples, oranges, and cauliflower.

10:40  Science/Social Studies –

Make pyramid with kids. Have them pick a food from a basket and tell where they think it goes on the pyramid.

It's OK to eat a little bit of junk food sometimes, but when we eat a lot of junk:

• We have less energy and feel tired

• We can't run as fast

• We don't look as healthy

• We feel more grumpy

• We get sick more often

When we eat lots of good, healthy foods:

• We have lots of energy

• We grow big and strong

• We can run faster

• We feel better and less grouchy

• We look better

• We don't get as sick and don't catch as many "germs"

On exercise-talk about why our bodies need exercise. Makes our muscles and hearts stronger, gives us more energy. Teach a couple of yoga poses to the kids, turn on a tape for the kids to exercise and dance to.

11:05  Choosing Time

            1. (Day 1) Make fruit puppets out of construction paper

            2. (Day 1) Use magazine cutouts of food to make a healthy balanced meal on their plate. Glue it on.

11:25  Clean up, Gather to sing and read until picked up