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Need help meeting the Show-Me Standards?
We can help you!
Our nutrition curricula target the Show-Me Standards
Here's what we offer:
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Sequenced pre-K-12 nutrition curricula |
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Lessons that teach knowledge and health behaviors |
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Weekly visits - 30-50 minutes per lessons |
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Up to 12 lessons |
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Experiential learning |
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Age/grade appropriate activities |
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Tasting healthy foods |
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Integrated fitness activities |
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Behaviorally-based evaluation |
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Special summer school programs |
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Fun lessons available for each grade level |
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Each grade level builds on previous lessons |
Preschool -- Let's Read
Kindergarten -- Chef Combo's Fantastic Adventures
First Grade -- Fun with Food and Fitness
Second Grade -- Building My Pyramid
Third Grade -- Building My Body
Fourth Grade -- Choosing Foods for Me
Fifth Grade -- Exploring the Food Guide Pyramid
Sixth Grade -- Digging Deeper
Seventh - eighth Grade -- Choices and Challenges
Ninth - twelfth Grade -- The Balancing Act
Pregnant and parenting teens -- Teenage Moms
How can my school get these classes?
That's the easiest part. Just contact:
Dana McGuire, Nutrition Education Assistant
Texas County Extension Center
1418 S. Sam Houston Blvd.
Houston, MO 65483
(417) 967-4545
mcguirede@missouri.edu
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University of Missouri Extension Texas County texasco@missouri.edu Updated 01/11/06 |
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