Complete Healthy
Bones Packet
Healthy Bones Packet Components
Dairy Foods for
Healthy Bones Backgrounder
Primary Activities
Upper-Elementary
and Middle School Activities
High School and
Adult Activities
Children’s
Book Recommendation
Recipes
Additional Resources
Complete Healthy Bone
Packet
Healthy
Bones: Activities and Resources for Teaching Children,
Teens and Adults (pdf) – Download the
complete, 34-page packet, or individual activities
from the packet, which are listed below.
Healthy Bone Basics
Dairy
Foods for Healthy Bones Backgrounder –
Review healthy bone basics with this easy-to-read
primer before teaching the Healthy Bones activities.
Primary-Level Activities
Meet
Your Tooth Buddies – Answer riddles
to discover “Tooth Buddies” foods
that help children keep their teeth strong. Includes
a “My Tooth Buddies Badge” reproducible
master.
Bone-Building
Foods on Parade – Put students’
art talents to work drawing a mural of bone-building
foods in the style of a parade.
3-A-Day™
Lesson for Grade 2 – Engage students
creating bar graphs, writing creatively, and being
physically active, all while learning about healthy
bones.
Upper Elementary and Middle
School Activities
Healthy
Bones Mobiles – Create mobiles showing
that 3-A-Day™ of Dairy and physical activity
help build healthy bones.
The
Healthy Bones Relay – Practice choosing
Milk Group foods in a relay that reinforces the
importance of physical activity for strong bones.
Snacking
the Calcium-Rich Way –- Mix and match
foods according to fun challenges to create calcium-rich
snacks. Includes a “Calcium-Rich Snack Challenge”
worksheet.
3-A-Day™
Lesson for Grade 4 – Engage students
by creating bar graphs, writing creatively, and
being physically active, all while learning about
healthy bones.
High School and Adult
Activities
Calcium
Line-Up – Rank 13 Food Models in a calcium
continuum to learn about the best sources of calcium.
A good label-reading activity.
Bridges
to Wellness™: The 3-A-Day Nutrient Package
Lessons – Lessons for grades 5-6, 7-8
and 9-10 blend classroom instruction with cafeteria
connections. Each grade-level lesson includes
downloadable handouts and transparency masters.
Additional Resources
Additional
Resources Children’s Booklist (pdf)
– Supplement instruction with reading from
this list of 13 recommended titles.
Recipes
(pdf) – Find 16 recipes for beverages, smoothies
and shakes, dips, and snacks and entrees that
you can use for classroom cooking or food tasting
activities.
