Healthy Foods Unit Study : A guide for nutrition and wellness (Grade K-5) [Paperback]

Leanne Ely (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up

With children suffering more than ever before from obesity and too much sedentary activity, it's more important than ever for parents to be proactive in their nutrition. This wonderful unit study helps children understand how to make nutrition work for them. It teaches basic nutrition, menu planning and much more through interactive questions, projects and worksheets. A great way to spend time with your child in the kitchen and a perfect nutrition resource for homeschoolers.

* note: takes 1-4 weeks to complete. Need the book Healthy Foods: an irreverant guide to understanding nutrition and feeding your family well to accompany the Unit Study.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Leanne Ely, C.N.C. stumbled across nutrition when her daughter was facing allergies. After many doctor visits and prescriptions, Leanne was frustrated and sought a better way. She learned the key to remedying her daughter's allergies wouldn't be found in a plastic bottle with a childproof lid, but insider her own pantry. This began Leanne's lifelong quest for better nutrition. She has gone on to become a respected nutritionist.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Champion Kids Publications; Unbnd edition (January 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1891400150
• ISBN-13: 978-1891400155
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 9.3 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,909,231 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Help Your Kids Make the Right Choices, March 17, 2001

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"wolfecrew" (Sterling, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Healthy Foods Unit Study : A guide for nutrition and wellness (Grade K-5) (Paperback)

Combined with the "Healthy Foods" cookbook, the Unit Study has been a wonderful tool for teaching my three boys to be responsible for their own health and nutrition! We've been using it as a homeschool science elective--they love it! My boys are now reading food labels, drinking more water and--I can't believe this one--turning down donuts!! If you want to plant some great seeds in your young ones lives, this is a fantastic tool!

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's Fun to be Healthy, May 21, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Healthy Foods Unit Study : A guide for nutrition and wellness (Grade K-5) (Paperback)

This unit study is written in a way kids can understand nutrition and WANT to eat healthy foods. You must have the Healthy Foods Cookbook to go along with it. Mom (or teacher) goes over the info in the cookbook and the children have short work pages in the Unit Study to fill in. Leanne Ely writes in such a humerous style, it makes the study fun!

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Overpriced..........., December 11, 2004

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BluestemMom (Midwest USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Healthy Foods Unit Study : A guide for nutrition and wellness (Grade K-5) (Paperback)

I'm a big fan of Ms. Ely's book, Saving Dinner, so I was very excited to find her study guide for kids. However, I was disappointed to open the box and find only 32 one-sided pages, loose with no binding at all. Of these, only 21 pages are worksheets and parent guides--the rest are a food diary! It's cleverly designed and kid-friendly, but not worth $8.95! In addition, the information is heavily weighted toward identifying carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Good info for kids, but I was hoping to steer my picky eater toward fruits and veggies and there was little information on the their benefits.