Camp Boss: Nutrition and Health Habits for Kids

***PLEASE NOTE:  This class covers the same material as my 5-week course, Nutrition and Health Habits for Kids.  I've made it available in a quicker, camp form for those students who wish to go through the material at a faster pace.

***ALSO, this class will meet ONLY if there are at least 3 students enrolled in a section.  If you enroll and the minimum number of students is not reached, you will be refunded in full or transferred to another section of your choice.

Each day of this 5-day summer camp will be packed with a daily health talk, practicing movement for strength and flexibility, games, and activities as kids also work on their health and nutrition journals throughout the week.  Students will be able to log their daily health habits, add worksheets, coloring sheets, and recipes to their journals, and make their own notes about their health.  These are the scheduled activities for each day of camp:

Day 1:

1.  Explain Health Journals and how to use them during the week.  
Some examples of what students will keep track of: 
*moving throughout the day
*getting enough sleep
*eating vegetables
*eating fruits
*trying new foods
*eating protein
*retrying a food I don’t like
*being thankful

2.  Health Talk:  The Importance of Movement to Our Bodies

3.  Movement Minute:  Spend a minute learning a new movement that we can do several times per day to keep our bodies strong, flexible, and active.

4.  Learn about some unusual fruits and vegetables.

5.  Show & Tell – Bring a picture of OR a real fruit that is your favorite to share with everyone.

6.  Challenge review – see how students are doing with their first health challenge (drink only water as a beverage for the whole day)

7.  Give Daily Challenge for Day 2:  Move for 5 minutes at least 6 times during the day.

8.  Homework:  Decorate journal cover, fill in health tracker page day one, fill in rainbow page, complete Challenge worksheet


Day 2:

1.  Students share their journal with the class, talk about their success with the previous day's challenge, and share any coloring pages they'd like to.

2.  Health Talk:  The Importance of Protein  

3.  Movement Minute:  moving as we focus on different muscles and body parts

4.  Show & Tell:  Bring your favorite vegetable and tell how you like to prepare it.

5.  Give Daily Challenge for Day 3:  Eat two foods that are a good source of protein.

6.  Homework:  Fill in health tracker page day two,  fill in rainbow page, complete Challenge worksheet, complete dinner plate worksheet


Day 3:

1.  Students share their journal with the class, talk about their success with the previous day's challenge, and share any coloring pages they'd like to.

2.  Health Talk:  Why Is Sleep So Important?

3.  Movement Minute:  moving as we focus on different muscles and body parts

4.  Healthy Habits Bingo Game

5.  Give Daily Challenge for Day 4:  Try a new fruit or nut for a snack (or a combination of both)

6.  Homework:  Fill in health tracker page day three,  fill in rainbow page, complete Challenge worksheet, color the sleep worksheet and answer the questions


Day 4:

1.  Students share their journal with the class, talk about their success with the previous day's challenge, and share any coloring pages they'd like to.

2.  Health Talk:  The Role of the Liver in Digestion

3.  Movement Minute:  moving as we focus on different muscles and body parts

4.  Share green smoothie recipe

5.  Find That Food game

6.  Give Daily Challenge for Day 5:  Eat three green veggies today!

7.  Homework:  Fill in health tracker page day four,  fill in rainbow page, complete Challenge worksheet, color the digestive tract  worksheet, add smoothie recipe to journal


Day 5:

1.  Students share their journal with the class, talk about their success with the previous day's challenge, and share any coloring pages they'd like to.

2.  Health Talk:  The Importance of Getting Fiber in Your Diet

3.  Movement Minute:  moving as we focus on different muscles and body parts

4.  Nutrition Quiz Game (to review all that we've learned this week)

5.  Bonus Challenge:  Share a nutrition fact you've learned with someone else.  Keep up all your healthy habits!

I teach my classes with colorful slides that I create myself.  I like to engage the kids in the conversation and have them share as much as possible.  This particular camp allows for even more time for kids to share their progress and successes as they learn to make excellent health choices.  At the end of the week, your child will have a treasure book of health and nutrition information along with a sense of accomplishment from what they have learned.  Please make sure to check the classroom each day for printouts your student may need for homework or in class.  Don't miss this important (and fun) opportunity to encourage your child toward a healthier lifestyle.  I look forward to seeing your student in Camp Boss!

*Looking for a class time that works better for you?  Please contact me with a class time request and I'll see what I can do.