1 - Keeping Fit with Boombah [click here to download pdf]
2 - Make a healthy snack

Make a healthy snack

Suggested Age
• Standard I
• Standard II

Educational Goal
• To develop children’s interest in eating different kinds of food
• To help them understand the importance of including a variety of nutritious foods in their meals

Materials
• Soft fruits like mangoes, bananas, and papayas (Wash, peel, cut, and remove seeds before your child begins helping you.)
• Juice of one lime
• Grated ginger and chaat masala (optional)
• Large bowl


Directions
1. Wash your hands and your child’s hands before beginning.
2. Put the cut fruit into large bowl
3. Pour lime juice over the fruit. Add grated ginger and chaat masala, if desired.
4. As you prepare the snack, explain to you child that what you are about to eat is both delicious and nutritious. Discuss how all the fruits have Vitamin C, which helps your body fight disease; calcium, which helps bones grow; Vitamin A, which makes eyes strong; and potassium, which helps muscles work.
5. Wash your hands and eat.

Additional Activities
• Invite friends over to share a healthy snack with you. Have you child ask them which healthy snacks they like to eat. Make a plan to make these snacks together.
• Discuss how fruits help fight sickness and improve eye sight. Discuss other foods you eat and what makes them healthy.

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