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National School Breakfast Week Celebration Kick Off
National School Breakfast Week Celebration Kick Off
Posted on Mar 02, 2015 by Maggie LaBarbera
Happy March everyone! This is our best month of the year with so much focus on healthy eating.
But let's start with this week's kick-off, National School Breakfast Week.
This time always reminds me of my time as a child going to school and as a mom caring for my two children.
When I was a child, my mom, a single working mother, was often gone by the time my sister and I got up for school. But despite her early departure, there was always a breakfast waiting for us in the kitchen.
Sometimes, it was ham already browned and the eggs whipped, requiring us to just put it in the pan for some scrambled eggs and ham. Other times, there was a pot of freshly made oatmeal or malt-o-meal. But there was always a set table and our breakfast ready.
I think how she must have gotten up early to leave us this ready to ensure that we had our breakfast before going to school. I know how much she loved us not only by her words and affection but by how hard she worked to ensure that we had a healthy balanced meal.
School was important and she would always say, "a flower can't grow properly without the proper nourishment."
As we begin our national school breakfast week, I send my deepest thanks and appreciation to my mom for ensuring that I was always well nourished before breakfast.
Enjoy our breakfast printables free for you to use to promote the importance of a healthy breakfast.
Nourish Thought for the Day:
Start your child's day with a healthy breakfast and their brain will thank you!
Free printables - Healthy Breakfast fun for Kids
Kids sometimes forget that a good start for school always starts with a healthy breakfast. This activity worksheet is designed to remind children that the brain needs foods from the five groups to be energized for learning.
Published: Aug 26, 2012
Grades: PreK-3
Ages: 4-8
Fun worksheet that uses mealtime to teach children to read the time on a clock without numbers. Incorporates the My Plate into the clock to promote the five food groups.
Published: Feb 26, 2014
Grades: 5
Ages: 9-11
Teach children about the healthy foods that make a balanced and healthy breakfast. This worksheet is a good tool and supplement following a lesson on the foods that comprise a healthy breakfast.
Published: Aug 26, 2012
Grades: PreK-5
Ages: 3-13
Trace the time of day activity worksheet for young children. Introduce the concept of mealtimes using our my plate clock.
Published: Feb 26, 2014
Grades: K-1
Ages: 4-6
Healthy Breakfast themed activity for children. Writing activity for young writers. Find the words that best match the sentence.
Published: Aug 26, 2012
Grades: K-2
Ages: 5-8
Reinforce the importance of a healthy breakfast with our writing activity for young children learning to read and write. Alphabetize the breakfast words printable.
Published: Aug 26, 2012
Grades: K-1
Ages: 5-7
Creative writing activity for children. Great for younger writers who can write a couple of sentences and for older writers who can write a paragraph about the importance of breakfast every morning. Combine writing skills with healthy habits for school and after school activities for kids.
Published: Aug 26, 2012
Grades: 2-5
Ages: 8-13
Counting worksheet for children just learning to count and write numbers. How many fruits can you add to your cereal bowl. Remind children that fruit is a tasty and nutritious addition to cereal.
Published: Aug 26, 2012
Grades: PreK-1
Ages: 4-6
Teach children to tell the time by using our mealtime My Plate clock. Children are asked to draw the hour and minute hands onto the clock and write down their favorite breakfast meals.
Published: Feb 26, 2014
Grades: 4-5
Ages: 9-13
Math calorie fun for children. This great worksheet teaches children to read a chart, practice addition and see how different foods carry different calorie levels. This exercise provides a series of common breakfast meals to compute the calories and see which foods are higher and lower in calories.
Published: Aug 26, 2012
Grades: 3-5
Ages: 9-13
Children can make a commitment to eat healthier and be healthier with our kid-friendly healthy goals agreements. This goal contract is for children who would like to eat a healthy breakfast that includes at least three of the food groups.
Published: Jul 17, 2011
Grades: PreK-5
Ages: 4-13
Make tracking children's healthy goals fun with our very cute healthy goals trackers and food diaries. Daily breakfast meal tracker. Just color the stars for each morning breakfast is eaten. For use with "Breakfast Starts My Day Right Healthy Goal - Printable Agreement"
Published: Jul 18, 2011
Grades: PreK-5
Ages: 3-13
Crossword puzzles and Answer Key These crossword puzzles focus on healthy topics. These also provide a fun way for students to promote their cognitive, spelling and reading skills.
Published: Jul 15, 2011
Grades: 3-5
Ages: 8-13
Children love word puzzles. This word search puzzle has a breakfast theme and helps promote the importance of a healthy breakfast. This word search puzzle has 7 breakfast themed words and good for younger readers too. No diagonal words, only horizontal and vertical words.
Published: Aug 26, 2012
Grades: K-5
Ages: 5-13
Elementary school children love word puzzles. This word search puzzle has a breakfast theme and helps promote the importance of a healthy breakfast. This word search puzzle has 15 breakfast themed words and challenging with diagonal words, horizontal and vertical words.
Published: Aug 26, 2012
Grades: 3-5
Ages: 8-13
Breakfast words scramble for children. Kids love puzzles and once they have unscrambled the words and entered in the correct letters, a secret message is revealed that promotes the importance of a healthy breakfast!
Published: Aug 26, 2012
Grades: 3-5
Ages: 8-13
We want to help children to eat healthier and the words we use can have a huge impact. Use these positive phrases to help children choose healthier foods. Guide for parents and perfect as a handout.
Published: Mar 19, 2014
Grades: PreK-5
Ages: 3-13
Here are some easy tips and guidelines to help you turn mealtime into fun family time! Parenting guide to promote a positive mealtime experience.
Published: Mar 19, 2014
Grades: PreK-5
Ages: 3-13
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