Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - Thursday, April 30, 2009
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29	30	31	1 Solve... The Case of the Missing Food Groups	2 Play... Too Many "Others" Foods Tag today	3 Get Ready for Earth Day Discuss our Earth Day Student Tips and Earth Day Facts throughout the month	4
5 Earth Day Fact Recycling a ton of plastic milk bottles saves the equivalent of 3.8 barrels of oil	6 NEW! 2009-10 FREE Fuel Up to Play School Wellness Activation Kit Enroll today!	7	8 Research Finding Milk is the number one source of protein in 2 to 11 year-olds' diets	9 Passover Begins Read the Mouse and the Matzah Factory	10 Earth Day Student Tip Turn off the lights when nobody is in the kitchen	11 Teach.... What Belongs, What Doesn't
12 Happy Easter Fun Fact Hard-boiled eggs spin easily, while raw eggs wobble when spun	13 Thomas Jefferson Day Jefferson ate lots of vegetables with meat as a "seasoning"	14 Egg Salad Week Eggs are in the Meat Group, even though stores sell them in the dairy case	15 Read the Mighty Muscle Meat Group story and pantomime ways we use muscles	16 Nutrition Fact The calcium in an egg is in the shell	17 Trivia Days (17th-19th) Have each student find and share food trivia for Five Food Group Foods	18 Earth Day Student Tip Drink milk and other beverages in plastic containers, and recycle the bottles
19 Earth Day Student Tip Pack sandwiches in reusable containers instead of sandwich bags or sandwich wrap	20 TV Turn off Week Have students "get up and play" 60 minutes a day instead of watching TV	21	22 Earth Day Send home April Fun Facts with 12 Kitchen Tips for Saving the Planet	23 Instant Kids Poll Have students learn how many daily Milk Group servings they need	24 Make and Taste... Carrot Cake Smoothies	25 National Dance Week Take Snack Dancing breaks this week
26 Sign up for Nutrition Explorations eNews	27 Preschool and Kindergarten Teachers Get a Feel for Food	28 Earth Day Fact It's far easier to recycle plastic bottles than paperboard cartons	29 Nutrition Fact 8 ounces of milk provides as much potassium as a banana	30 Teach Nutrition and Physical Activity Lessons.... Track how long it takes to climb three famous monuments	1	2