Monday, March 01, 2010 - Wednesday, March 31, 2010
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28	1 National Nutrition Month® Post Food Groups to Encourage Message Signs	2 Dr. Seuss's Birthday Read Green Eggs and Ham	3 Hurry! March 12 Deadline Enter the School Breakfast 'Ready, Set, Go!' Art Contest	4 Teach Bridges to Wellness™ Lesson 4... Making Breakfast Count	5 New Parent Handout Send home Make It Breakfast First	6 Download... School Breakfast ‘Ready, Set, Go!’ activity sheets (PDF)
7	8 National School Breakfast Week March 8-12	9 Nutrition and Language Arts Identify the main and supporting ideas in Arianna Bones and the Case of the Missing Food Groups story	10 March Fun Facts Newsletter Send it home today!	11 Johnny Appleseed Day Apples are an excellent source of fiber with about 4 grams in a small apple	12 Implement a Fuel Up to Play 60... Physical Activity Action Strategy this month; take In-Class Movement Breaks	13 Nutrition Fact Milk is the number one source of calcium, vitamin D, phosphorus and potassium in 12-18 year-olds' diets
14 Spring Forward! Daylight Savings Time begins at 2 a.m.	15 National Ag Week Learn how dairy farmers bring us fresh, great-tasting and wholesome milk	16 Ag Week Activity Match different vegetables with their corresponding plant part: seed, flower, stem, leave, fruit or root.	17 Happy St. Patrick's Day! Make and taste Shamrock Milk Mixers	18 Create a Big Breakfast book for your classroom library	19 Teach V is for Variety Learn what "eating a variety of foods" means	20 Spring Is Here!Check out Chef Combo's My Favorite Bug and Caterpillars activities
21	22 Implement a Fuel Up to Play 60... Healthy Eating Strategy	23 Fun Fact About 20% of people's water intake comes from food, the other 80% from water and other beverages, including milk	24 Play... Food Model 'Go Fish'	25 Have Kids…. Track their healthy eating and physical activity using the Fuel Up to Play 60 Online Tracker	26 Classroom-Cafeteria Connection Create Classroom Menus for the Cafeteria	27
28 Fun Fact Wild rice isn't rice; it's the edible seed of a native grass	29 Check out New Resources for Dairy's Role in Child Nutrition	30 National Frozen Food Month Frozen fruits and vegetables are nutritious alternatives to fresh	31 Nutrition News Low-intake of nutrient-rich foods may contribute to obesity among adolescents	1	2	3