San Bernardino County Department of Public Health Nutrition Program
Schools
The Network for a Healthy California—Children’s
Power Play! Campaign has developed a research-
based educator-friendly School Idea & Resource
Kit for 4th and 5th grade teachers to use in the
classroom. You can help kids lead healthier lives
by developing their knowledge, skills, and motivation. The School Idea & Resource Kits for fourth and fifth grades each offer 10 interactive nutrition and physical activity lessons in English and Spanish free of cost to qualifying schools*. The lessons have direct links to the California Content Standards for Math and Language Arts as well as the newly adopted California Health Education Standards.
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What is Included in a Teacher Kit?
The School Idea & Resource Kit
A pack of 35 student workbooks, no need to make copies!
Parent brochures in English and Spanish
What do I have to do to participate?
Simply fill out and return your
Teacher Registration Form, making
a commitment to complete all 10
lessons by the end of the school year.
Once you complete all 10 lessons,
return your Teacher Participation
Report to receive a “Kids…Get
Cookin’!” cookbook for each
student in your class.
What else can I do?

* Materials are available to teachers whose school has more than 50% of its students enrolled in the free and reduced price school meal program. Non-qualifying schools may download the Idea & Resource Kit or purchase materials at cost for use at non-qualifying sites.

You can enhance your Idea & Resource Kit lessons by promoting specific fruits and vegetables each month through Harvest of the Month
We can help you reinforce the nutrition and physical activity messages with posters for your school and items to reward and motivate your students such as posters, flying disks and jump ropes.
If other grade levels in your school would like to incorporate nutrition into their classrooms, we can connect you with kindergarten through third grade materials produced by our partners.

Conduct an outdoor Nutrition Decathlon event at your school site. Contact your regional Children's Power Play! Campaign Coordinator to find out how.
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Principal funding is from the USDA Food Stamp Program through the Network for a Healthy California, which is an initiative of the California Department of Public Health. These institutions are equal opportunity providers and employers. The Food Stamp Program provides nutrition assistance to people with limited incomes that can help them buy nutritious foods for a better diet. For information, call 1-888-328-3483.