Serving Up MyPlate: A Yummy Curriculum

What are healthy food choices? What is a balanced diet?
Serving Up MyPlate is a new collection of classroom materials that helps elementary school teachers integrate nutrition education into Math, Science, English Language Arts, and Health. This yummy curriculum introduces the importance of eating from all five food groups using the MyPlate icon and a variety of hands–on activities. Students also learn the importance of physical activity to staying healthy. Curriculum components:

• Teacher’s Guides
• Original Songs
• Poster
• Mini Poster
• Parent Handout
• Additional Games and Resources (Extra Helpings)
• Graphics for School Meals
• Share Your Stories

Teacher’s Guides
Each Teacher’s Guide has three inquiry–driven lessons that help children discover nutrition, explain their understandings, and reflect upon their experiences — all of which encourage a lasting awareness of what it means to be healthy.

• Level 1 Teacher’s Guide (Grades 1 and 2)
• Level 2 Teacher’s Guide (Grades 3 and 4)
• Level 3 Teacher’s Guide (Grades 5 and 6)

Print Availability: Elementary schools participating in the National School Lunch Program or other Child Nutrition program may order a free print copy of the Teacher’s Guides. View the order form.

Original Songs
Each level includes activities using original songs that help students learn about healthy choices in an engaging and memorable way. Lyrics are included in each of the Teacher’s Guides.

• Alive With 5 Food Groups (for Levels 1 and 2)
• Do/Be (for all levels)
• Do Your Body Right (for Level 3)

CD Availability: A CD of the songs is included in each printed Teacher’s Guide.

Eat Smart To Play Hard With MyPlate Poster (36”x24”)
This two-sided poster shows the MyPlate icon and foods in the five food groups. A blank MyPlate on the reverse can be used as a tool to assess students’ understanding.

• Eat Smart To Play Hard With MyPlate Poster

Print Availability: Elementary schools participating in the National School Lunch Program or other Child Nutrition program may order a free print copy of the poster. View order form.

Eat Smart To Play Hard With MyPlate MiniPoster (8½”x11”)
This two-sided mini poster shows the MyPlate icon on one side and foods in the five food groups on the reverse.

• Eat Smart To Play Hard With MyPlate Mini Poster

Print Availability: Elementary schools participating in the National School Lunch Program or other Child Nutrition program may order free print copies of the mini-poster as singles or in packages of 35. View the order form.

MyPlate at Home
This colorful handout (4 page booklet) for parents reinforces the class lessons at home. It’s also available in Spanish, Chinese, and French.

• MyPlate at Home(English)
• MiPlato en casa (Spanish)
• MyPlate at Home (Traditional Chinese)
• Mon assiette à la maison (French)

Print Availability: The printed Teacher’s Guides come with a package of 35 MyPlate at Home handouts in English and a single copy of MyPlate at Home in Spanish. Elementary schools participating in the National School Lunch Program or other Child Nutrition program may order additional free print copies of the parent handout in English (packages of 35), Spanish (packages of 35), Chinese and/or French. View the order form.

Extra Helpings
Each lesson includes ideas on how to extend the learning beyond the lesson. The following resources are part of the Extra Helpings in Level 3.

• Blast Off! Game
• Track & Field Fuel-Up Challenge Game
• Nutrition Facts Labels

CD Availability: A CD of the Blast Off! game is included in the printed Teacher’s Guide for Level 3. The Track & Field Game is only available online.

Graphics for School Meals
Jazz up your elementary school menus and encourage healthy choices with these graphics from Team Nutrition.

Share Your Stories!
Team Nutrition is interested in hearing about your experiences with the materials. Your descriptions of successes and challenges help us create resources that better meet your needs! Email us!

Last modified: 04/26/2013