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Kids in the Kitchen  "Nutritional Necessities for Young Cooks"
For more information about Kids in the Kitchen click on the brochure link below:
Kids in the Kitchen Brochure
If you are interested in hosting a Kids in the Kitchen workshop, contact Alison Smith at (859)-278-0899 or by e-mail: asmith@kycattle.org
To incorporate your visit to the Kids in the Kitchen station in your classroom, check out the pre-visit and post-visit curriculum. Please note that you will need the ChooseWell Kit in order to perform these activities. The ChooseWell Kit is FREE to all Kentucky educators. If you would like to order a ChooseWell Kit , click here !
Pre-Visit Curriculum
Kids in the Kitchen Activities
Post-Visit Curriculum
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Dear Kentucky Educators and Health influencers:
Kentucky's Beef Producers are committed to the practice of providing quality educational materials that supplement your curriculum. Here is a list of pre-K to grade 12 materials we offer to Kentucky educators.
These educational aids range from wall charts to contemporary videos with teacher’s guides and reproducible masters. Items can be ordered online at www.kybeef.com or by calling the Kentucky Beef Council at (859) 278-0899. Only Kentucky educators and health influencers may receive only one free kit from the Kentucky Beef Council unless the price is specified. You may also order materials by visiting the web site, www.school-wellness.org and www.family-mealtimes.org . Additional nutrition, environmental and food safety information can be downloaded from this website as well.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me, Alison Smith, at (859) 278-0899, or by e-mail, asmith@kycattle.org .
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Grades 1-6 Health/Nutrition |
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 MyPyramid for Kids Poster
This is a 22” x 34” poster featuring USDA’s MyPyramid for Kids. It includes eight reproducibles including Daily Amount of Food Suggested from Each Group per Day and by Calorie Level, MyPyramid Worksheet, A Close Look at MyPyramid, Dear Teacher Letter, Tips for Families and a Family Take Home Activity (with recipe).
PRICE: One Free Per Classroom
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 MyPyramid for Kids Tear Pad
Here is 8 ½” x 11” 100-sheet tear pad. It teaches kids the importance of healthy food choices and daily physical activity. The back side includes information to help kids determine the right amount of food from each food group that fits their lifestyle.
PRICE: One Free Per Classroom
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 Adventures in Beef
A coloring book describing the journey of three characters; Zinc Man, Iron Woman and Protein Pal. Contains nutritional information, food safety facts and games. It is a great way for children to learn more about nutrition while being creative.
PRICE: One Free Per Classroom
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 Power Up With Lean Beef Brochure
This brochure contains great lean beef recipes that are children-friendly: both in taste and difficulty. The brochure has information explaining the MyPyramid and ZIP (Zinc, Iron and Protein). It also contains trivia games and a table for youth to keep track of their daily intake of all the food groups.
PRICE: One Free Per Classroom |
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 MyPyramid Poster
This is a 22” x 34” poster featuring USDA’s MyPyramid. It includes reproducibles to serve as handouts or for reference: the Anatomy of MyPyramid, information and tips on choosing nutrient-rich foods, MyPyramid’s summarized Key Concepts for Educators, It’s All About You tips, Calorie Levels by Age/Activity, and Daily Amount of Food Suggested from Each Group per Day and by Calorie Level.
PRICE: One Free Per Classroom
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All Grades-Health/Nutrition |
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 MyPyramid Tear Pad
Contains 8 ½” x 11” 100 sheet tear pad. This pad symbolizes a personalized approach to healthy eating and physical activity. The back side charts the five food groups and suggests daily food amounts from each based on a 2000-calorie diet.
PRICE: One Free Per Classroom
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 Enriching Family Mealtimes
A growing body of research shows that regular family mealtimes have a positive impact on all aspects of a child's development-physical, mental, behavioral, social and educational. The Enhancing Family Mealtimes kit provides school leaders, health professionals and parent volunteers the tools needed to promote family mealtimes in their schools or youth organizations. Contents include "how-to" tips, advice, simple recipes, shopping lists, conversation starters plus many other resources.
PRICE: One Free Per Classroom
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Grade 2-4 Health/Nutrition |
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 The Safe Food Journey
A 22” x 34” poster detailing the journey of food from farm to home. The reverse side includes worksheets and activities that help educated students about safe food handling.
PRICE: One Free Per Classroom
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Grade 3-6 Health/Nutrition |
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 Meet the Power Foods Mini-Lessons
This is a mini-lesson based on the Choose Well messages that can easily be presented to students by a teacher, registered dietitian, school nurse or a volunteer parent. The Meet the Power Foods Mini-Lesson is a shrink-wrapped package including a Meet the Power Foods poster and a disk that contains: PowerPoint presentation teaching students about MyPyramid, Interactive food label game called Secret Source, presentation for school leaders and parents on school wellness, and a variety of other school wellness resources. There are two slightly different versions of these lessons-Nutrition Educator Edition (for health professionals or non-school personnel) and Classroom Edition (for teachers or school personnel). The student materials on both are appropriate for grades 3-6 but can be adapted for use with older or younger children.
PRICE: One Free Per Classroom
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Grade 4-5 Math/Nutrition |
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 Choose Well
This is a Math/Nutrition kit teaching students how to read nutrition labels and choose nutrient-rich foods and appropriate portion sizes. The kit includes a teacher backgrounder, activity guide, video, computer game, 17 masters, and 2 posters.
PRICE: One Free Per Classroom
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 Beef Ag Mag
This packet includes thirty magazines and a teacher’s manual. Using the Beef Ag Mag, students can; read and interpret graphs and text to develop a well-rounded overview of beef, compare nutritional value and fat content of beef with other foods in a healthy diet and discover goods other than food provided by beef for human use and how sports connect to beef.
PRICE: One Free Per Classroom
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Grades 4-5 Social Studies |
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 Celebrate America
A social studies kit that provides students the opportunity to explore the foods and traditions of diverse cultures. The kit includes a leader guide with master, videos, and a MyPyramid Poster.
PRICE: One Free Per Classroom
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Grade 5-6 Science |
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 Things We Can Learn From a Cow and a Worm
Contains a 22” x 34” poster demonstrating the positive role ruminants, especially cattle, play in the environment. The reverse side includes a teacher’s guide and reproducible masters.
PRICE: One Free Per Classroom
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Grade 5-6 Science/Math |
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 Fueled For Flight -OUT OF STOCK
A science and math video kit using the principles of space travel to demonstrate how the body uses energy. The kit includes a teacher’s guide, a 20-minute video, 16 reproducible masters, and a pre/post test.
PRICE: One Free Per Classroom
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Grade 5-8 Environment |
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 Caretaker's All
This environmentally-based tool kit tells the story of good "caretaking." The two main points addressed by this curriculum are stewardship and animal husbandry. Students will learn about five different environmental issues and in the 6th lesson they learn how to apply those principles learned in their own community.
PRICE: One Free Per Classroom
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Middle School Science |
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 Beef in Brief
This is a brochure with six activities providing information on the societal contributions of cattle and cattlemen. The topics covered are: “What is beef?” , Cattle Industry History, Nutrition, Food Safety, Environment, and Animal Welfare.
PRICE: One Free Per Classroom
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Grade 5-12 Health/Nutrition |
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 Lifestyle Tearpads
Contains colorful 8 ½” x 14” 100-sheet tear pads. Each includes nutrition information, healthful tips, and a delicious recipe. It also contains the articles: Beef Nutrients that Work as Hard as You Do, Everyday Solutions for Everyday Heroes, The Fitness Connection, The Tween Scene, and Childhood Nutrition.
PRICE: One Free Per Classroom
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Grades 7-12 Consumer Science |
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 Basics About Beef
A 24-page booklet covering the nutritional benefits of beef as well as all aspects of buying, storing, preparing, and serving beef. It is a 8 ½” x 11” booklet that includes word puzzles and games.
PRICE: One Free Per Classroom
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 Take a Cook on the Wild Side- OUT OF STOCK
A Consumer Science Video kit that teaches life skills in food safety, nutrition, and beef preparation. The kit includes a teacher’s guide, 20 minute video, 8 blackline masters, a Retail Cuts of Beef Chart, and 2 booklets on beef.
PRICE: One Free Per Classroom
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School Wellness Program |
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 School Wellness Tool Kit - OUT OF STOCK- Being Revised!
A How-to manual with resources and links to agencies and groups. It contains reprints from the School Foodservice and Nutrition Journal, reproducible handouts, MyPyramid poster, and MyPyramid for Kids poster.
PRICE: Free to participants in the School Wellness Program
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Fit For a Princess
Junior Girl Scout Patch Activity |
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 Fit for a Princess is a participation patch activity for Junior Girl Scouts®. The activity focuses on these messages-eat smart and be physically active-and uses readers theater as the message vehicle. The components are: Girl’s Activity Booklet, recipes, puzzles, princess tiara (found in booklet), “Dear Family” letter , Princess ZIP patch and a Leader Guide.
PRICE: Free to Junior Girl Scout® Group Leaders
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Grades 2-6 Health/Science |
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Wow that Cow
This brochure goes in depth about what cattle contribute to us. It covers the nutritional value of beef and the environmental benefits we get from cattle being here on earth. It also discusses how cattle are recyclers, and even firefighters.
PRICE: One Free Per Classroom
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