Children

Learn why it’s important to stop eating when you are full, and teach your child about “full” and “empty” using bowls of water.

Find out how to help your child recognize what feeling full is like, and encourage your child to practice “full” by filling a plastic bag with flour or cornstarch.

Learn why breakfast is essential to good health, and encourage your children to make breakfast more interesting with healthy toppings for their hot or cold cereal.

Check out breakfast ideas that include foods from several food groups, and encourage your child to draw a favorite breakfast food.

Read tips to help your child drink enough water every day, and help your child keep track of water drinking with a simple chart.

Learn about the five food groups that make up MyPlate, and help your child learn the groups by coloring in sections of a paper plate.

Find out how to make eating foods from all of the food groups more fun, and encourage your child to eat fruit by making silly fruit faces on a plate.

Learn why drinking water is an important part of keeping yourself and your family healthy, and help children learn about hydration by exploring wet and dry sponges.