Good afternoon,
Here is your first healthy schools tip of 2023.
Dr. Tynan
| Wake UP | |
 Shortened URL: Wake up | Activity: cardiovascularBest For: K-5Time: 3 minutes 38 secondsDescription: This is a wake-up video to energize the body. Skills Emphasized: stretching, balance, mobility |
| Poppin’ Bubbles | |
 Shortened URL: Poppin’ Bubbles | Activity: cardiovascularBest For: K-5Time: 1 minute 42 secondsDescription: Practice basic dance moves with this short video that is sure to help regulate midday energy levels! Skills Emphasized: Dancing, stretching, mobility |
| SUPER YOGA! – Dinosaur Disco | |
 Shortened URL: Dinosaur Disco | Activity: yoga, flexibilityBest For: K-5Time: 5:24Description: Use this yoga video to stretch and wake up your body.Skills Emphasized: balance, flexibility, coordinationOther Resources: Dinosaur Disco |
| Manage Frustration with GoNoodle Yoga | |
 Shortened URL: Manage Frustration | Activity: yoga, flexibilityBest For: K-5Time: 3:48Description: Sometimes, especially while at-home for a prolonged period of time children and adults get frustrated with each other. Use this GoNoodle video to learn about frustration and how to manage it through yoga.Skills Emphasized: breathing, flexibility, stretchingOther Resources: Manage Frustration |
| At Home Throwing Challenge | |
 Shortened URL: Home Throw Challenge | Activity: throwingBest For: K-5Time: variesDescription: A small ball would be ideal, but if you don’t have it, don’t fret! You can make your own ball using socks, a stuffed animal, anything that is soft and won’t hurt! ○ Check out this handout to determine what challenges to follow to practice your throwing skills! Skills Emphasized: throwing, catching, coordinationOther Resources: Home Throw Challenge |
At-Home Healthy Eating Tips and Recipes
Healthy Eating Tip
Elementary
The name fat may make it sound like something you shouldn’t eat. But fat is an important part of a healthy diet. Fat from your diet gives you energy. As a bonus, fat in food helps you feel full, so you don’t eat too much. Some foods, including most fruits and vegetables, have almost no fat. Other foods have plenty of fat. They include nuts, oils, butter, and meats like beef.
The easiest way to understand the differences is to use our Go, Slow and Whoa categories. When we think about colors of a stop light, the green represents go, yellow tells us to slow down, and red signals us to stop. Just like a stop light we can think about the different types as Go, Slow, and Whoa fats.
● Go for unsaturated fats found in plants and fish that are good for our heart health and helps your child’s body grow by giving it fuel and helping to absorb vitamins.
● Slow with saturated fats found in meat, butter and cheese. Eating too much saturated fat can raise cholesterol levels and increase the chance of getting heart disease.
● Whoa with trans fats (or hydrogenated oils) found in snack foods, cookies, cakes and fried foods. Trans fats come from a chemical process, are not healthy and should be avoided when possible.
FOOD LABEL FUN! Grab a packaged food from your kitchen, this could be a breakfast cereal bar, yogurt, crackers, or any other food that has a label. PLAY DETECTIVE! Did you know that ingredients are listed in order from biggest to the smallest amount? If a type of fat is listed as the first or second ingredient, it is highly likely that this is a Slow or Whoa food. Fats can sometimes disguise themselves with other names such as oil, lard, and shortening. Be sure to be on the lookout for those ingredients as well!
Middle School
Fat is an important part of a healthy diet but the word often gets a bad rap. Fat comes in many forms so it can be tricky to know which ones are healthy. The easiest way to understand the differences is to use our Go, Slow and Whoa categories. When we think about colors of a stop light, the green represents go, yellow tells us to slow down, and red signals us to stop. Just like a stop light we can think about the different types as Go, Slow, and Whoa fats.
● Go for unsaturated fats found in plants and fish that are good for our heart health and helps your body grow by giving it fuel and helping to absorb vitamins.
● Slow with saturated fats found in meat, butter and cheese. Eating too much saturated fat can raise cholesterol levels and increase the chance of getting heart disease.
● Whoa with trans fats (or hydrogenated oils) found in snack foods, cookies, cakes and fried foods. Trans fats come from a chemical process, are not healthy and should be avoided when possible.
To learn more and about different fats watch this video! For an additional challenge compare the fat on food labels using this worksheet to decide the healthiest option.
See the recipes below
Check out our recipes that are full of healthy fats!
Healthy Recipes
Rosemary Roasted Almonds
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh rosemary
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon chile powder
¾ teaspoon kosher salt
Dash of ground red pepper
1 (10-ounce) bag whole almonds (about 2 cups)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325°.
Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl; toss to coat. Arrange nut mixture in a single layer on a baking sheet lined with foil. Bake at 325° for 20 minutes or until lightly toasted. Cool to room temperature.
Peanut Butter Bites
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups rolled oats or quick oats
2/3 cup natural peanut butter (may sub any nut or seed butter of choice)
3 Tbsp. honey or maple syrup
Directions:
Add the oats to a food processor or blender. Process or blend until oats reach a flour consistency.
Next add the peanut butter and honey or maple syrup. Process or blend until ingredients are well combined and come together to form a dough ball. May need to scrape sides once or twice.
Roll into round bites – about a scant tablespoon per bite. If dough isn’t holding together, add 1-2 Tbsp. more of peanut butter.
If dough starts to stick to hands, oil them with coconut oil or cooking spray.
Serve!