Links to Core Curricula for Youth Programming
Pre-K and Head Start:
Eat, Play, Grow: eatplaygrow.org
Color Me Healthy: colormehealthy.com (needs to be ordered; not a free resource)
Color Me Healthy for SNAP-Ed PDF (Buckeye Box)
Grades K-2:
Grades 3-5:
Grades 6-8:
Links to Supplemental Resources for Youth Programming
Pre-K and Head Start:
Two-Bite Club: fns.usda.gov/tn/two-bite-club
Grow It, Try It, Like It: fns.usda.gov/tn/grow-it
Grades K-2:
Discover MyPlate – Nutrition Education for Kindergarten:
fns.usda.gov/tn/discover-myplate-nutrition-education-kindergarten
Serving Up MyPlate – A Yummy Curriculum, Level 1 (Grades 1-2):
fns.usda.gov/tn/serving-myplate-yummy-curriculum
Grades 3-5:
Serving Up MyPlate – A Yummy Curriculum, Level 2 (Grades 3-4):
fns.usda.gov/tn/serving-myplate-yummy-curriculum
Serving Up MyPlate – A Yummy Curriculum, Level 3 (Grades 5-6):
fns.usda.gov/tn/serving-myplate-yummy-curriculum
The Great Garden Detective Adventure (Grades 3-4):
fns.usda.gov/tn/great-garden-detective
Dig In! Standards-Based Nutrition Education from the Ground Up (Grades 5-6):
fns.usda.gov/tn/dig-standards-based-nutrition-education-ground
Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness (ages 8-12):
fnec.cornell.edu/for-partners/curricula/chfff/order-information
Grades 6-8:
Serving Up MyPlate – A Yummy Curriculum, Level 3 (Grades 5-6):
fns.usda.gov/tn/serving-myplate-yummy-curriculum
Dig In! Standards-Based Nutrition Education from the Ground Up (Grades 5-6):
fns.usda.gov/tn/dig-standards-based-nutrition-education-ground
Media Smart Youth (Select Lessons Only – Lessons 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9):
nichd.nih.gov/msy/materials/Pages/individual.aspx#
Teaching Nutrition through Family and Consumer Sciences, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (Select Lessons Only – See List Below):
dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/school-nutrition/pdf/tncurr.pdf
- https:/Calories Count: Using the Nutrition Facts Label (Grades 7-8)
- Deciphering the Food Label (Grades 6-8)
- Ditch the Fizz (Grades 7-8)
- The Whole Story (Grades 6-8)
- Fruit and Vegetable Challenge (Grades 5-7)
- Give Breakfast a Fast Break (Grades 6-8)