NUTRITION: LDS Activity Day Ideas – Developing Talents – Goal 9, practice good nutrition, health

Developing Talents – Goal 9

Theme: Apple-a-Day

Subject: Good nutrition, health
USE FOR Faith in God Activity Days Activity or Family Home Evening

See MORE CHOICES below to find five more themes for this Goal 9.

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ACTIVITY DAYS PLANNER

Apple-a-Day (learn healthy eating habits)
1. Apple Benefits. Bite into a cold, crisp, delicious apple (with skin on) as you ponder the following: “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” This saying tells us the importance of eating fruit every day. Apples have natural sugar that gives you a burst of energy. An apple is the ideal snack since it’s 85% water. Apples help prevent heart disease. An apple is called “nature’s toothbrush” because it cleans teeth and massages the gums. An apple calms the nerves, aids digestion, and removes toxins.
2. Print a copy of the three-day food journal (My Apple-a-Day the Healthy Way. For three days, record your food intake for  breakfast, lunch, and dinner, balancing what you eat by checking lines next to the food (based on the Food Guide Pyramid). Get plenty of water, checking off two glasses morning, noon, afternoon, and night. Exercise daily for at least 20 minutes, recording your activities.

Megavitamin Match Game:
1. Print two copies of the Megavitamin Match Game cards. Color, cut out, mount on cardstock, and cut out again. Vitamins help nourish our body. The letters on the cards tell us which parts of our body vitamins nourish:  S = Skin, H = Hair, E = Eyes, N = Nails, B = Bones, and Blood = Blood.
2. To play, divide group into two teams, which sit across from each other. Place vitamin-rich food cards face-up in front of both teams. Explain that when the leader yells out a vitamin, e.g., Vitamin A, the first team to grab two matching cards (representing foods that contain that vitamin) wins a point. The first team to earn 21 points wins! Option: If leader calls out: “skin,” “hair, “eyes,” “nails,” “bones,” or “blood,” grab two matching cards that contain the appropriate letter.

THOUGHT TREAT (Apple). Have a variety of healthy apple treats, e.g., dried apples, apples with peanut butter or cream cheese, applesauce, apple juice, an apple with a sign: “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”

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MORE CHOICES

for Developing Talents – Goal 9:

• Theme #1: Good Choices for My Body (Do I Groan or Glow? – Pin the Choices on Groany Joni or Glowy Cloe)

• Theme #2: Dress Modestly (When I dress modestly, I respect my body as a gift from God – My Modesty Checklist with questions to ask)

• Theme #3: Apple-a-Day (Apple-a-Day – Learn healthy eating habits, and   Megavitamin Match Game) (see top of this page to purchase book*) 

• Theme #4: Beauty Pinches (Beauty Pinches – Personal grooming success story to learn about grooming and personal hygiene, and Beauty Pinches Routine) (see top of this page to purchase book*)

• Theme #5: Beauty Shop Hair Talk (Beauty Shop Hair Talk hair analysis and hairstyling tips, Find Your Face Shape planner, and My Best Hairstyles! poster) (see top of this page to purchase book*)

• Theme #6: Healthy Food Fun (Wrong Choice Wilma Card Game, and  Tic-Tac-Toe-in-the-Know Diet Game) (see top of this page to purchase book*)