Add Movement to the Day with Arianna's "Going Further" Activities

Get kids moving with fun activities that review and reinforce the importance of eating healthy and being active. Found in the Going Further at the end of each lesson, the activities:

• Add variety to classroom instruction
• Complement movement incorporated into the stories and lessons
• Channel students' pent-up energy
• Help children get the 60 minutes of daily physical activity they need

Try these Going Further activities during a classroom break or recess.

Five Food Group Races (Activity 1)
Work in teams and race against time to complete large, Five-Food-Group charts.

Health Benefit Speedball (Activity 2)
The "thrower" names a food group and the "catcher" states the health benefit, nutrient or a food within the group.

Get Moving (Activity 3)
Perform a 60-second "Antarctic Calisthenics" routine similar to what scientists might do to stay healthy.

Field Trip on Foot (Activity 4)
Walk to an ethnic restaurant or grocery store and learn more about the foods Arianna and Marcus encounter on their Nutrition Expedition.

Balloon Basket Relay (Activity 5)
Silently and cooperatively work in teams to move 19 balloons, which represent the food group servings students need each day, to the appropriate Food Group basket.

Combination Two-Square (Activity 6)
Name Combination Foods while hitting and bouncing the ball during a game of Two-Square.

Musical Food Groups (Activity 7)
Move around the room to music and gather with the nearest students to form groups of three. Each group must think of a Combination Food represented by their assigned food groups.

Do the Twist (Activity 8)
Create a nutrient-health benefit floor grid, spin the spinner, then bend and twist to place a hand or a foot on the nutrient or health benefit designated on the spinner.