This is our second post for the Virtual Busy Bag Exchange. I hope you have all been enjoying the great ideas on offer. Today I am joined by Nadia from Teach Me Mommy who has created a Magnetic Spelling Game Busy Bag. Make sure you pop over and have a look.
Bee and Bear's Kindergarten class has started to talk about Healthy and Unhealthy Foods. They recently had a visit from a dentist and after the school holidays they will be involved in a program based on movement and healthy eating.
I realised this would be a good opportunity to reinforce the basic ideas of what foods are healthy or unhealthy. At this stage both girls can identify basic concepts such as fruit is healthy and doughnuts are unhealthy but that's as far as it goes. This Healthy Lunchboxes Busy Bag will give us plenty of chances to discuss why some foods are unhealthy and what this means.
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| What is in the Busy Bag. Lunchbox is optional. |
For school aged children the Healthy Lunchboxes Busy Bag may provoke discussions about food groups, recommended servings and other nutrition based concepts. As an extension activity you could also include a grocery store catalogue for your child to look through and find items to include on the shopping list for their lunchboxes.
When playing with the Healthy Lunchboxes Busy Bag, your child chooses one of the human characters to pack a healthy lunchbox for them to take to school. They then look through the food items included and decide which ones are healthy options and which of those to include in the lunchbox. Once that lunchbox is packed, your child can then choose one of the monster characters to pack an unhealthy lunchbox for them to take to monster school.
A more detailed explanation of this Busy Bag is included with the printable. Click on this link to download a copy of the Healthy Lunchboxes Busy Bag printable.
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| Making a sandwich for the healthy lunchbox. |
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| Bee putting together the healthy lunchbox. |
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| The finished healthy lunchbox. |
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| Bear working on her version of the healthy lunchbox. |
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| Making an unhealthy lunchbox for the monster. |
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| Bee working on the unhealthy lunchbox. |
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| Bear checking over her version of the unhealthy lunchbox. |
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Looks like so much fun(and learning)! Thanks for participating!
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