Good morning,
I hope everyone is bundled up at home and enjoying some warm hot chocolate. Below is the last healthy exercises and recipes for 2022. Enjoy the break and we will see you on the 9th.
Dr. Tynan
We included some fun holiday themed exercises for you to try this week! 
- Yes! I Want To Build A Snowman – Moose Tube | GoNoodle | Time: 3:27
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTQrR1UIBRY&t=6s
- Help Kat run, duck, dodge and jump over obstacles so she can build the snowman of her dreams!
- Winter Wonderland (Super Yoga) | Cosmic Kids | Time: 5:24
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE1NEiVf2Gk&t=132s
- Try this winter wonderland themed yoga from Cosmic Kids that is a burst of high energy!
- Smallfoot: Do The Yeti | GoNoodle | Time: 3:28
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9T5fJDy_ig
- Do the Yeti with Migo from the movie, Smallfoot!
- Winter Season PE Fitness Tabata
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gXs4fCjqaM
- In this (Winter Season Themed) PE fitness tabata, you will have 20 seconds to choose an exercise and start movement. There will be a 10 second rest between each exercise. There are 8 rounds!! Good luck.
Healthy Eating Tip
Here comes the holidays! Winter break is just around the corner, this means that we may eat foods that are not part of our usual food intake with more sugar in them. Following these simple steps helps us remain healthy during the holidays. Make your dishes centered around veggies or fruits. This will help keep the calories down and the nutrient content up!
- Elementary
- Make room for veggies! At meals, don’t ignore fruits and vegetables. They make great snacks and even better side or main dishes. You can make foods look festive by adding a few eye-catching fruits to a favorite dish or new recipe!
- Makeover your favorite holiday dishes with healthier ingredient options! Check out MyPlate’s holiday makeover sheet to help you make better food choices! MyPlate Holiday Makeover
- Water, water, water! Make sure to stay hydrated and drink plenty of water.
- Middle School
- Bake healthier: Try cutting the amount of sugar listed in recipes in half. Use spices to add flavor such as cinnamon, allspice, or nutmeg instead of salt.
- Make room for veggies! At meals, don’t ignore fruits and vegetables. They make great snacks and even better side or main dishes. You can make foods look festive by adding a few eye-catching fruits to a favorite dish or new recipe!
- Makeover your favorite holiday dishes with healthier ingredient options!
- Water, water, water! Make sure to stay hydrated and drink plenty of water.
- Try out some healthier recipes: Find ways to cut back on added sugars, salt, and saturated fat as you prepare your favorite recipes. Try out some of the recipes from the MyPlate Kitchen.
See the recipes below
Healthy Recipes
Check out our winter holiday themed recipes!
MyPlate Snowman Scene
Ingredients:
- 2 slices whole-grain bread
- peanut butter
- 1 banana
- a handful of raisins
- 5-6 pretzel sticks
- 2 slices low-fat cheese
- your favorite green veggie (we used a bell pepper)
- ½ cup air-popped popcorn (or light-colored cereal)
Directions:
- Make a peanut butter and banana sandwich. Then, cut out a snowman from the center.
- Cut snowflakes from the cheese slices. (Tip: Don’t have a snowflake cookie cutter? Use a plain circle and create snowballs instead!)
- Now let’s create the scene! Move your snowman to the plate and give him a face, hat, buttons, and arms. If it’s cold outside, he may need a scarf too.
- Add a background by covering the ground in “snow” and planting “trees.”
- Let it snow! Add cheese snowflakes or snowballs to complete the scene on your plate.
- Have fun and make it your own. Try orange or yellow low-fat cheese to add stars or a sun to the sky. Plant extra trees, build a house, or make a snowman family!
Ingredients:
- Green Grapes
- Strawberries
- Bananas
- Mini Marshmallows or low-fat cheese
- Toothpicks
Directions:
Wash grapes and strawberries. Slice bananas and cut off the green end of the strawberries. Poke a toothpick into the top of the grape, thread on a banana slice, then the strawberry top, followed by the mini marshmallow or cheese.
Ingredients:
- 1 large apple
- peanut butter
- granola
- mini chocolate chips or raisins, nuts, coconut, cinnamon, etc.
Directions:
Wash and cut the apple into 4 slices. Core the apple with an apple corer or a small cookie cutter will work. {You could cut fun shapes like stars and hearts.} Spread peanut butter on one slice. Sprinkle it with granola and chocolate chips. Top with another slice of apple.
Note: If you want to make them to eat later, brush each apple slice with lemon juice to keep it from turning brown.