Reaching Kids in the Classroom
Elementary (K-4)
Kindergarten 5-A-Day Power Play
All Kindergarten classes in the Fort Dodge Community School District and St. Edmond’s are visited by a Thrive educator 4 times a semester. Each visit consists of a fun, educational activity that exposes students to knowledge of how to live a healthy, active lifestyle.
Lessons and activities for the Kindergarten visits were created using the Healthy Hops program, research-based curriculum. Healthy Hops is an adapted version of the evidence-based comprehensive Healthy Start curriculum.
3RD Grade 5-A-Day Power Play
All third grade classes in the Fort Dodge Community School District and St. Edmond’s are visited by a THRIVE educator 4 times each semester. The 3rd grade curriculum was developed to introduce students to the USDA’s MyPyramid for Kids and to teach students how to use MyPyramid to help them make better nutrition choices. Students at this stage of life are exposed to a variety of subjects in school so this curriculum’s lessons were designed to integrate nutrition with science, math, language arts, music, and art. Physical activity is also emphasized.
The lessons communicate nutrition concepts through age-appropriate, fun activities. Other objectives include identifying the food groups and learning how much from each food group to eat, discussing the importance of eating all the food groups and learning nutritional qualities of different food groups.
Middle School (5-8):
5TH Grade 5-A-Day Power Play
Mrs. Donita Getting's 5th grade health class is visited by a THRIVE representative 3 times each semester. Each visit consists of a fun, educational activity on healthy snacks, beverages and dining out. The activities expose students to knowledge of how to live a healthy, active lifestyle. The visits supplement units already covered in Mrs. Getting's health class and mainly focus on nutritional choices.
7TH Grade 5-A-Day Power Play
Mrs. Gretchen Enke's 7th grade LifeSkills classes is visited by a THRIVE representative 4 times each quarter. The 7th grade curriculum was developed with the goal of sharpening adolescents' knowledge of the Nutrition Facts Label, while making them aware of the vast nutritional choices available to them.
By this stage in life, young people are very much influenced by their peers and most have a sense of what foods they prefer to consume, healthy or not. Our hope is that students will come away with the knowledge needed to make better health choices in an era of fad foods and drinks.
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