Resources
healthy
Minutes
What are Kids
Clubhouse Healthy Minutes?
Healthy Minutes video messages promote healthy lifestyles and positive
choices for our youngest Iowans. Healthy Minutes encourages positive health
choices, good nutritional practices, personal safety, good decision making,
and many other important skills that promote health and wellness lessons
that will stick with children as they become adults.
How can I use
Healthy Minutes resources?
Use Healthy Minutes
and other great resources to engage children in making healthy choices
in their lives. Whether it is eating nutritious foods, participating in
physical activity, managing difficult circumstances, or making good decisions,
these resources support the messages of the Healthy Minutes videos. These
resources are grouped by general topics and provided in downloadable PDF
format.
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 How
can the Learning Triangle help me?
These resources
can help you build learning triangles with Healthy Minutes videos, activities
and books. The Learning Triangle is a model of three points: VIEW a video,
READ a book, and DO an activity. The Learning Triangle is used to teach
children skills and concepts using videos, books, and activities.
Find out more about
the Learning Triangle at http://www.iptv.org/kids/grownups/resources
Nutrition and Physical Activity
Healthy Minutes Resources
Iowa's
Team Nutrition
Facilitates
and promotes the Team Nutrition model that benefits the education, health,
and well being of the citizens of Iowa.
http://www.state.ia.us/educate/ecese/fn/index.html
USDA's
Team Nutrition
http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn
(English)
http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/sp-Default.htm
(Español)
Trains
and assists foodservice professionals, promotes nutrition curriculum and
education in schools, builds school and community support for creating
healthy school environments, and encourages students to make food and
physical activity choices for a healthy lifestyle.
Eat a Variety of Foods: Team
Nutrition Message #1
TN1VarietyFood (38 KB, PDF)
Resources for kids and for educators, childcare providers, and parents
that help children choose and eat a variety of foods
Eat More Fruits, Vegetables, and Grains: Team Nutrition Message
#2
TN2FruitsVegGrains (50 KB,
PDF)
Resources for kids and for educators, childcare providers, and parents
that encourage children to choose and eat more fruits, vegetables, and
grains
Eat Lower Fat Foods More Often: Team Nutrition Message #3
TN3LowerFatFoods (39 KB, PDF)
Resources for kids and for educators, childcare providers, and parents
that encourage children to choose and eat healthy foods and snacks
Be Physically Active: Team Nutrition Message #4
TN4PhysicallyActive (39 KB,
PDF)
Resources for kids and for educators, childcare providers, and parents
that teach children to replace nutritious snacks for snack foods low in
nutrients
IPTV Resources
NutritionActivityIPTV (37
KB, PDF)
Broadcast, video, print, and distance learning opportunities offered
by IPTV from IPTV's K-12 Classroom Television Catalog and IPTV's K-12
Connections ICN Sessions
PBS Resources
NutritionActivityPBS (41
KB, PDF)
Broadcast, video, print, and online resources offered by PBS Online
PBS Health & Fitness Resources and PBSKids (resources for kids and
links for educators, childcare providers, and parents)
Suggested Books for Reading
NutritionActivityBooks
(45 KB, PDF)
Book list of books appropriate for young children that relate to healthy
eating or physical activity
Experts and Research-Based Resources
NutritionActivityResearch
(39 KB, PDF)
Read what leading experts say about childhood nutrition and physical
activity
How to Involve Others: Coalition Building, Process, Policy, Partners
NutritionActivityInvolveOthers
(39 KB, PDF)
Build partnerships with school, community, state, and national partners
Additional resources
NutritionActivityMoreResources
(52 KB, PDF)
Ideas and Recipes for Physical Activities and Healthy Snacks for
Young Children
These resources promote physical activity and healthy snacks for young
children. The activities foster motor skill development and participation
in sport and physical activity to have fun.
Physical Activities Part 1
Activity1 (Note: large file - 563 KB,
PDF)
Physical activities Part 2
Activity2 (166 KB, PDF)
Activities include descriptions of the games or activities, equipment
needs, and teaching hints
Healthy Snack Recipes Part 1
snackrecipes1 (Note: large file
- 519 KB, PDF)
Healthy Snack Recipes Part 2
snackrecipes2 (Note: large file
- 398 KB, PDF)
Recipes help plan snacks for young children that include either a
fruit, vegetable, or bread/grain serving for snacks for young children,
serving suggestions, and related children's books
Handwashing,
Getting Sick, and Germs Healthy Minutes Resources
Iowa
Department of Public Health: Influenza Vaccine Alert
http://www.healthyiowa.org
This
site, hosted by the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH), posts flu
information and links to other handwashing / flu web sites. This site
is continually updated as information becomes available.
IDPH
uses multiple methods to communicate with Iowans on influenza issues.
These include partnering with local public health agencies to communicate
with local health care providers, posting updates on the IDPH web site,
and posting materials on the Iowa Health Alert Network.
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/germstopper/
Healthy
habits can protect everyone from getting germs or spreading germs at home,
school, or work. Use this Web site as a resource for tips, tools, and
facts to stop the spread of germs.
CDC:
Cover Your Cough
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/covercough.htm
Stop
the Spread of Germs that Make You and Others Sick! Serious respiratory
illnesses are spread by coughing or sneezing and unclean hands. This site
has many resources about how to help stop the spread of germs.
Handwashing
Resources
HandwashingResources
(49 KB, PDF)
Resources
for kids and for educators, childcare providers, and parents that teach
children the importance of handwashing to stop the spread of germs and
to be healthy.
IPTV
Resources
HandwashingIPTV
(39 KB, PDF)
Broadcast,
video, print, and distance learning opportunities offered by IPTV from
IPTV's K-12 Classroom Television Catalog and IPTV's K-12 Connections ICN
Sessions.
PBS
Resources
HandwashingPBS
(41 KB, PDF)
Broadcast,
video, print, and online resources offered by PBS Online PBS Health &
Fitness Resources and PBSKids (resources for kids and links for educators,
childcare providers, and parents).
Suggested
Books for Reading
HandwashingBooks
(36 KB, PDF)
Book
list of books appropriate for young children that relate to handwashing,
getting sick, and germs.
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