Curriculum Guide. The CATCH kindergarten classroom curriculum utilizes a group of cartoon characters to introduce students to eating and physical activity habits that promote health. A variety of teaching strategies is used, including songs and stories, educational games and activities, goal setting, and hands-on snack preparation and taste-testing.

Home Letters. Home Letters provide information to parents about physical activity and how to incorporate fruits and vegetables into the family's diet.

Curriculum Guide. The CATCH first grade classroom curriculum continues with the same cartoon characters, who teach first graders about eating and physical activity habits that promote health. A variety of teaching strategies is used, including songs and stories, educational games and activities, large-group discussion, goal setting, and hands-on snack preparation and taste-testing.

Home Letters. Home letters provide information to parents about physical activity and how to incorporate fruits and vegetables into the family's diet.

Curriculum Guide.In the CATCH second grade classroom curriculum, the same cartoon characters reinforce eating and physical activity habits that promote health. A variety of teaching strategies is used, including songs and stories, educational games and activities, large-group discussion, goal setting, and hands-on snack preparation and taste-testing.

Home Letters.Home letters provide information to parents about foods high in fiber and tips for limiting fat in the diet.

Curriculum Guide. A classroom curriculum based on the adventures of Hearty Heart and his friends. Children learn how to prepare healthy snacks, set physical activity and healthy eating goals, and are introduced to GO, SLOW, and WHOA foods.

Hearty Heart and Friends Videos Eight entertaining episodes tell the story of Hearty Heart and his friends from Planet Strongheart, who travel to Planet Earth and teach children about healthy eating and physical activity behaviors.

Hearty Heart Home Team Players Guides Six homework assignments describing the adventures of Hearty Heart and his friends as they explore Planet Earth and teach Earthling children about healthy eating and physical activity. The assignments coincide with activities and objectives in the curriculum. The student and his or her adult family members form a home team and complete the homework activities together.

Curriculum Guide. A classroom curriculum that introduces an intergalactic cartoon reporter named Tillie Tellstar. Topics such as energy balance, types of fats, added sugars in foods, and food advertising are covered using entertaining activities. Activities reinforce the skills needed to select and prepare healthful means and snacks, guide physical activity patterns, and foster an environment of peer support.

Families on the GO. Six abbreviated homework assignments that coincide with activities and objectives in the classroom curriculum. The student and his or her adult family members form a home team and complete the homework activities together.

Exploration of Planet Strong heart, Home Team Travel Guides. Six optional extended homework assignments describing the adventures of Earthling children as they visit Planet Strong

Curriculum Guide A classroom curriculum in which students apply their knowledge of healthy eating and physical activity to help them overcome barriers to a healthy lifestyle. Students are also introduced to MyPlate, pulse taking, and body cues for physical activity, and they participate in problem-solving activities.

Healthy Trek... The Journey Continues, Home Team Tip Sheets. Six homework assignments containing activities and tips for healthful behaviors. The assignments coincide with activities and objectives in the curriculum. The student and his or her adult family members form a home team and complete the homework activities together.

A classroom curriculum focusing on introductory information about the two types of diabetes, risk factors for the disease, and ways to prevent and treat diabetes.

This manual for Child Nutrition Services includes information to plan, purchase, prepare, and promote healthy meals; it also includes ideas to coordinate nutrition education and health messages with teachers, parents, administrators, and the community.