WATCH Nutrition Lesson Plan by Southern Plains Tribal Health Board

WELLNESS AROUND TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY HEALTH (WATCH)

FAMILY HEALTH NIGHT Welcome to the Wellness Around Traditional Community Health (WATCH) Family Health Night. These are three nights in the semester which are coordinated with established ECE parent teacher nights. Each night is designed to promote the NIH’s Eat, Play, Grow curriculum. One night is dedicated to a specific theme which can be physical activity, nutrition, or a food demonstration. Tonight’s theme is:

NUTRITION The duration of each night depends on the established agenda and can vary due to planned activities and housekeeping. The activities provided serve as a unique interactive experience to include parents and teachers in the child’s health and encourage healthcare providers to attend the family nights as well.

WELLNESS AROUND TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY HEALTH (WATCH) FAMILY HEALTH NIGHT: NUTRITION

SUPPLY CHECKLIST LESSON PLAN

Flow sheet PowerPoint Presentation Food Template Stoplight Template PARENT PACKET

Parent Toolkit Family Health Handout

WATCH Nutrition Calendar

Parent WATCH Night – Nutrition Night – Flow Sheet 60-minute est. length Objective: Learn the three We Can! food categories (GO, SLOW, and WHOA) and how to recognize foods that are the better choices for a healthy body. EPG Key Teaching Messages:

o GO foods can be eaten anytime (most often)—they are lowest in fat, added sugar, and calories. Examples: fat-free and low-fat milk and milk products, fresh and frozen fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. o SLOW foods should be eaten sometimes (less often at most several times a week)—they are higher in fat, added sugar, and/or calories. Examples: 100% fruit juice, pancakes, and baked chips. o WHOA foods can be eaten only once in a while (least often)—they are very high in fat and/ or added sugar and are much higher in calories. Examples: French fries, doughnuts, fried chicken, candy, and fried potato chips. OWG Key Concepts o Making healthy food choices o Drinking plenty of water NATIONAL PRE-K–2ND GRADE HEALTH PERFORMANCE STANDARDS o Identify how the family influences personal health practices and behaviors. Identify healthy behaviors that impact personal health.

*Have PowerPoint pulled up before beginning Introduction (2-5 minutes): •

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Slide 1 - Welcome o Welcome families with name stickers and hand out the parent toolkit as they arrive Slide 2 - Introduction to WATCH o The Southern Plains Tribal Health Board (SPTHB) is a non-profit organization based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Health Board was established in 1972 to provide a unified voice on tribal public health needs and policy for the 43 federally recognized tribes located in the states of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. WATCH is a program funded through the Tribal Epidemiology Center Public Health Infrastructure grant and strives to enhance the quality of life for children ages 3-5 years living in American Indian communities in the Southern Plains region of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. The WATCH program aims to build on

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existing structure and success and further integrate education and health sectors. Slide 3 - Overarching goals of WATCH o Some of the overarching goals of the WATCH program are: ▪ Create healthy spaces for young children to learn and grow ▪ Increase communication between the 3Ps: Parents, Preschool teachers, and Providers at the health care centers ▪ Increase health behaviors, nutrition, physical activities, and limits on screen time of families Slide 4 - Overview o Go over the agenda for the day o Introduction to Eat, Play, Grow (EPG) and OrganWise Guys (OWG) ▪ The WATCH program partners with EPG and the OWG because they have similar messages/lesson plans that align with our program. The OWG curriculum supplies students in the ECEs evidence-based obesity prevention through lifelike characters that encourage smart decisions when it comes to nutrition and physical activity. The EPG curriculum combines the latest science and research from the NIH with CMOM's holistic arts and literacy-based pedagogy to engage families and adults who work with young children with creative programs and consistent health messages in informal and formal learning environments.

Lesson Plan/Discussion (10-15 minutes): •

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Slide 5 - What is a calorie? o Energy that is given to us from food is measured in calories o The body needs a certain amount of calories/energy to perform basic functions like breathing and digesting o Foods give us all sorts of good nutrients and energy and we like to separate these foods into three different categories based on how good they are for us and how often we should be eating them Slide 6 - Go, Slow, Woah (GSW) o The three categories are go, slow and woah o Here is a GSW graphic showing that go foods are high in nutrients and low in calories and woah foods tend to be high in calories and low in nutrients. Slide 7 - Go foods o Go foods are going to be the lowest in fat in sugars, and relatively low in calories but rich in nutrients o GO foods should be chosen most of the time for meals and snacks because they’re so good for our bodies and make us GO GO GO!

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o Some examples of go foods are fruits, vegetables, fat-free or low-fat milk, whole grains, lean meats Slide 8 - Go foods pictures o Ask the kids “What are some of the foods that you see?” o Review the pictures and explain how it is important to try to eat fresh foods in all colors of the rainbow, whole grains, and lean proteins. Slide 9 - Slow foods o Slow foods are in between; they have nutrients but are higher in fat, added sugar, and calories than GO foods o They should only be eaten sometimes o Some examples are: Fruit juice, raisins, 2% milk, peanut butter, fried eggs, cheese sauce, whole grain pancakes Slide 10 - Slow foods pictures o Ask the kids if they can name the food in the pictures. “Can you name some of the foods you see?” o Explain how these foods should be eaten every now and then and may have nutritional value but are fairly high in calories. Slide 11 - Woah foods o These foods are the highest in fat and added sugars o High in calories, with often low levels of nutrients o Ice cream, hot dogs, hamburgers, French fries, soda, whole milk, chips Slide 12 - Woah foods pictures o These foods may be yummy, but we should only be eating them once in a while because they are very high calorie and a low nutritional value. Slide 13 - What are some of your favorite foods? o Ask them what their favorite foods are. Figure out with them if it is a go, slow, or woah food Slide 14 - EPG We Can! Messages: o EPG has some We Can! Messages to help promote a more energy balanced lifestyle o We can! stands for: Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition o Some ways to do this are: ▪ GO foods should be eaten often; SLOW foods should be eaten sometimes; and WHOA foods should be eaten sparingly. ▪ Limit the availability and accessibility of high-fat, high-density/low nutrient foods in the home. ▪ Increase availability and accessibility of healthy foods in the home. ▪ Balance energy in and energy out. ▪ Limit the availability and accessibility of sugar-sweetened beverages. Slide 15 – Everyday Nutrition Tips

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o Since today we are focusing on nutrition, here are some tips on how to make healthier food decisions every day. These are also listed in your parent toolkits ▪ Change your eating habits ▪ Change the way you prepare food ▪ Watch your portion size o Review tips for each Slide 16 - Key take away o Increase families’ daily intake of “GO” foods, while reducing servings of “SLOW” and “WHOA” foods

Activity (10-15 minutes): •

Slide 17 – Go, Slow, Whoa Stoplight Collage o Using a selection of GO, SLOW, and WHOA color-coded food images provided, children will create a collage that helps them learn to identify healthy food choices and GO, SLOW, and WHOA foods o Materials: Oak tag paper with GO, SLOW, and WHOA stoplight image, popsicle sticks, cut out images of different GO, SLOW, and WHOA foods, glue, crayons/markers. o Set-up: Place the WHOA stoplight image at each seat. Use masking tape on all four corners to secure paper. Place the GO, SLOW, and WHOA cut out images in three different piles on the table. Help both children and parents identify and choose images from each group, and color them in before gluing them on the proper section of the stoplight collage. When children are finished with their collage, tape a popsicle stick on the bottom as a post. Have a marker in hand to write the children’s names on their artwork when they are finished. o Clean-up: Give children a 5-minute warning. Always let children know that you will be transitioning and ending the project soon. After the warning, sing a cleanup song to focus the children and encourage participation in the clean-up process. One example: “Clean up, clean up, one, two, three. I’ll help you and you help me. Clean up, clean up, one, two, three. I’ll help you and you help me.”

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Slide 18 – Music and Movement o “Marching Movement Song” We’re marching, marching, marching We’re marching in a circle We’re marching, marching, marching until it’s time to stop! We’re jumping, jumping, jumping We’re jumping in a circle, We’re jumping, jumping, jumping until it’s time to stop!

(add hopping, stomping, running, tiptoeing, etc.) o “Moving to Healthy Foods” ▪ Page 51 in Wisercise book o EPG “GO, SLOW, WOAH Movement Game” (based on red-light, green-light) ▪ Children develop body awareness and listening skills as they play a game of red-light, greenlight based on GO, SLOW, and WHOA foods. ▪ When the educator calls out or shows an image of a GO food children run in place, when the educator calls out or shows an image of a SLOW food children walk in place, and when educator calls out or shows an image of a WHOA food children sit down.

Review Parent Toolkit (2-5 minutes): •

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Slide 19 - Parent Toolkit o What’s Included: ▪ Lesson Recap ▪ The Hidden Sugar Truth Handout ▪ How to make a meal ▪ Eating Smart at Home ▪ Convenience and Gas Station Guides ▪ Tips for Picky Eaters ▪ Farmers Market Shopping Tips ▪ Local Farmers market information ▪ Notes/Goal Sheet o Family Health Handout ▪ This is separate from the family toolkit and is used as a worksheet for families to help implement the lesson Slide 20 - At Home Strategies o Serve a piece of fruit instead of cookies. o Serve water, fat-free, and low-fat milk instead of soda or juice. (Bonus: Tap water is free!) o Remove tempting WHOA or SLOW snacks from the house (this includes regular soda, cookies, crackers, sugary cereals, etc.) Replace with healthy GO choices like water, fruit, and fat-free or low-fat yogurt. o Remember, if you eat sweets and snacks, eat small amounts and only once in a while.

Incentives *This is not a required piece of the Family Health Night, but if resources allow, then you can plan time for a raffle

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Slide 21 - Crockpot raffle o (x number of crockpots)

Resources: EPG Curriculum: Go, Slow, Woah, https://www.eatplaygrow.org/Lessons/?l=19 We Can! Resources: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/wecan/ OWG Resources: An OrganWise Field Trip https://digital.organwiseguys.com/book/9

FAMILY HEALTH NIGHT NUTRITION

WELCOME

OVERARCHING GOALS

Create

Create healthy spaces for young children to learn and grow

Increase

Increase communication between the 3Ps: Parents, Preschool teachers, and Providers at the health care centers

Increase

Increase health behaviors, nutrition, physical activities, and limits on screen time of families

OVERVIEW • Lesson Discussion • Activity • Wisercise • Parent Toolkit

• Raffle

WHAT IS A CALORIE? • Energy that is given to us from food is measured in calories • The body needs a certain amount of calories/energy to perform basic functions like breathing and digesting

High in Nutrients High in Calories

SLOW

WOAH

GO FOODS

• Lowest in fat and added sugars

• Relatively low in calories, but rich in nutrients

• Fruits • Vegetables • Fat-free or low-fat milk • Whole grains • Lean meats

Fat-free

SLOW FOODS

• Slow foods are in between; they have nutrients but are higher in fat, added sugar, and calories than GO foods

• They should only be eaten sometimes

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Fruit juice Raisins 2% Milk Peanut Butter Fried Eggs Cheese sauce Whole grain pancakes

WOAH FOODS

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Sugar Cereal Pizza Hamburgers French Fries Soda Whole milk Chips

• High in calories, with often low levels of nutrients

• Highest in fat and added sugars

WHOLE

GO WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE FOODS?

SLOW WOAH

EAT, PLAY, GROW WE CAN! MESSAGES

• GO foods should be eaten often; SLOW foods should be eaten sometimes; and WHOA foods should be eaten sparingly

• Limit the availability and accessibility of high-fat, highdensity/low nutrient foods in the home • Increase availability and accessibility of healthy foods in the home • Balance energy in and energy out • Limit the availability and accessibility of sugarsweetened beverages

EVERYDAY NUTRITION TIPS

Change your eating habits

Change the way you prepare food

Watch your portion size

Eat together as a family

Grill, steam, or bake instead of frying

Share an entrée with someone

Don’t eat late at night

Cut back on added fats and/or oils in cooking or spreads

If entrees are large, choose an appetizer or side dish

Keep a regular eating schedule Stop eating when you’re full Drink water before a meal

Pay attention to flavors and textures

Serve several wholegrain foods every day Top off cereal with sliced apples or bananas

Don’t serve seconds Share dessert, or choose fruit instead Eat off smaller plates Skip buffets

• INCREASE families’ daily intake of “GO”

KEY TAKE AWAY

foods, while REDUCING servings of “SLOW”

and “WHOA” foods

ACTIVITY GO, SLOW AND WHOA STOPLIGHT CHALLENGE

MUSIC AND MOVEMENT EPG – Marching Movement Song

OWG – Moving to Healthy Food EPG – GO, SLOW, WOAH Movement Game

How to Make a Meal

Go, Slow, Woah Food Groups Parent Tips

Helpful Handouts Lesson Recap

PARENT TOOLKIT

• Serve a piece of fruit instead of cookies. • Serve water, fat-free, and low-fat milk instead of soda or juice. (Bonus: tap water is free!) • Remove tempting WHOA or SLOW snacks from the house (this includes regular soda, cookies, crackers, sugary cereals, etc.) Replace with healthy GO choices like water, fruit, and fat-free or lowfat yogurt. • Remember, if you eat sweets and snacks, eat small amounts and only once in a while.

AT HOME STRATEGIES

RAFFLE TIME!