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Jazzy Food and Nutrition Bulletin Board Ideas

Division of Nutrition Assistance

Fuel-Up for the Day with School Breakfast

Directions for Design
A woman in an "energetic" car is depicted.

Suggested Materials

An illustration of a smiling car, a woman, and a sun
Markers for lettering or prepared letters

Learning Activities

1. Take a class survey.
To track how many students had something to eat or drink before school, record on a chart each day the number of children eating breakfast. Older students might figure the percentage of students eating breakfast each day or each week and plot it on a graph. Explain to students that breakfast is important because it helps supply the energy and nutrients needed to begin a new day.

Research has shown that, during the morning hours, individuals who eat breakfast are more alert, better able to concentrate and learn, can react faster, and tire less easily than individuals who skip breakfast.
In addition, skipping breakfast can make it difficult to meet the body's daily nutrient needs.
It is recommended that individuals eat a breakfast consisting of foods from at least three of the five food groups.
Also, a nutritionally adequate breakfast should supply approximately one-fourth of the day's nutrients. Although we tend to think of breakfast foods as cereal, juice, eggs, etc., there are other less conventional food combinations that can provide a nutritious breakfast, such as: sandwiches, soups, grilled cheese, or pizza.

2. Schedule a dough activity.
Yeast dough can be as much fun to work with as modeling clay. Students would enjoy an opportunity to shape yeast rolls, watch them rise, then bake and taste the finished product. Ask a parent or the school food service manager to make up the dough in advance so that it will be ready to shape during class; or use the bread in a bag recipe. Suggest how to make various shapes. Watch the shaped dough rise. Arrange to have the dough baked in the school cafeteria. Hand washing is a must before handling the dough. “Coding” the rolls is suggested, so each student will get the one that he/she made. Discuss the texture, color, aroma, and taste of the rolls. Students may be surprised that shape has nothing to do with taste.

3. Interview parents and grandparents.
Ask students to interview parents and grandparents about the breakfast foods they ate when they were young. Also, ask parents from other countries or regions of America to share their native breakfast foods with the class.

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