How to Teach Your Children About Healthy Eating Without Boring Them
From the archive. This post was first published on the original Green Eggs and Moms blog and is kept here as it was.
Fun, fun, fun.
This is all children ever care about. So, why not put this to your advantage? Here’s how.
Today, there is so much emphasis on healthy eating because of conditions such as obesity and diabetes.
Now, you’re probably thinking…
It’s easy to teach your kids about healthy eating. Just take them to the store or farm to pick out fruits and veggies, have healthy choices at home and of course model good behavior.
But what if both you and your children can have more fun while they learn about the food pyramid or the 5 food groups?
Don’t be a party pooper, mom.
Get entertaining and effective ideas here. Hop on over to GE&M’s guest post titled Eight Entertaining Ways to Teach Your Kids About Healthy Eating on the Silly Creatures blog.
Let us know what your favorite idea is and feel free to add yours too.
A BIG thank you to Flor of Silly Creatures for publishing the original article on her blog. GE&M believes in the value of these wonderful plush toys for kids, so much so that back in 2011, we listed Silly Creatures as one of the best educational gift ideas for the holidays.
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Photo:Creative Commons form Martin Cathrae