I had lots of fun today talking to 30 third graders at Avon Grove Intermediate School. The topic for discussion...how to be healthy every day. The great news is they loved to hear about all of the different kinds of fruits and vegtables and why they are so good for you. The class talked about what are some of their favorite fruits and veggies and how they like them prepared. As I recall, blueberry smoothies were the class favorite. Two hours of "screen time" was the next piece we discussed. This is difficult for most of the kids but when we started talking about all of the different things you can do instead of watching TV or playing video games they loved it! That moved us right into a chat about one hour of physical activity daily. I found out that the class really likes to play outdoors. Some of their favorite activities to do indoors are; karate, basketball, swimming at the Y and dancing. We I talked about limiting their sugar intake there was a collective groan. This group of kids loves their soda and sports drinks. I am sure I converted a few to flavored and vitamin water and of course, chocolate milk.
We did some fun activities which included "Fruit and Veggie Trivia" and an action story. Each child in the class received a small box of raisins and an activity sheet of fun things to do to stay active. They were a great group of students and I am looking forward to visiting their class in the future.
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