Chef Combo's Fantastic Adventures

Education Standards

Nutrition Objectives
The Chef Combo® program is designed to help children:

• Discover a variety of nutritious foods
• Develop a willingness to taste foods that may be new to them
• Understand that there is a variety of foods that can help them grow and stay healthy
• Understand that different foods help the body stay healthy in different ways
• Understand the importance of "Being Clean and Being Careful" when working with foods
• Develop confidence, independence and the motor skills associated with preparing nutritious foods.

National Health Education Standards
Activities in the Chef Combo® program can help teach the following National Health Education Standards for Kindergarten through Grade 4. (Please note that National Standards are not a federal mandate nor do they define a national curriculum. The Standards are intended to serve as a flexible framework for organizing health curricula and to give direction in moving toward excellence in teaching health education.)

Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention.
Describe relationships between personal health behaviors and individual well-being.

Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and reduce health risks.
Identify personal health needs. Demonstrate strategies to improve or maintain personal health.

Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting and decision-making skills to enhance health.
Demonstrate the ability to apply a decision-making process to health issues and problems.

Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health.
Express information and opinions about health issues.