Thursday, July 01, 2010 - Saturday, July 31, 2010
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27	28	29	30	1 Second half of the year day	2 Blueberry Month Blueberries are an excellent source of vitamin C	3 Blueberries are one of three fruits native to North America - Concord grapes and cranberries are the other two
4 Happy Fourth of July! Make red, white and blue yogurt parfaits	5 Get Involved... With Fuel Up to Play 60 in your school	6 Plan Now... For World School Milk Day, September 29	7 Tour de France Begins in Rotterdam Bike instead of drive for physical activity; find Rotterdam on a world map	8 Fun Fact Strawberries are the only fruit with the seeds on the outside	9 National Baked Bean Month Beans are an excellent source of fiber	10 Food History Pilgrims learned to make baked beans from Native Americans
11 Read Blueberries for the Queen	12 Research Finding Milk is the leading food source of calcium, phosphorous, vitamin D and potassium in the American diet	13 Find the recommended progression for teaching Five Food Groups concepts.	14 Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? Find out the answer	15 Teach the importance of healthy snacks with a game of Too Many "Others" Foods Tag	16 Low-fat and fat free milk provide the same amount of calcium as full-fat milk	17 Fun Fact Tomatoes last longer when stored with the stem side down
18 Fun Fact Vanilla continues to be Americans' favorite ice cream flavor	19 National Ice Cream Day Make Ice Cream in a Bag	20 Send Home... The July Fun Facts newsletter(PDF)	21 Preschool Fun Put on a Five Cows Finger Play	22 Make Five Ways We Like to Move and Fuel Mini Posters (PDF)	23 Summer Fun Take Milk Mustache photos and create a celebrity gallery	24 Download and send home Little D's Smart Snacking handout
25 National Cowboy Day Read Rodeo Ron and His Milkshake Cows	26 Parents' Day Take a walk with your kids today	27 Have kids take our online poll	28 Rainy Day Activity Solve paper and pencil Nutrition and Physical Activity Puzzles	29 Foods from the MyPyramid Five Food Groups are "nutrient-rich" foods	30 Summer Snack Activity Make Creamy Orangsicles	31