As more children face health struggles, related to poor diets and lack of exercise, it is important that we reach out about nutrition, in as many ways as we can. These fun activities will help your toddlers learn about the importance of nutrition and maintaining a healthy diet.

Something Orange >

We love this activity as it will enable your child to become familiar with different varieties of food, especially fruit and vegetables, and makes eating fun. There is no need to stop at orange; you can eat through all of the colors of the rainbow.



You will need:

• 3 slices American cheese
• Orange slices
• Orange bell pepper
• 2 carrots
• Round cookie cutter (you can also use the rim of a glass or lid of a container)
• Knife
• Cutting board or plate to work on

Benefits: Fine motor skills, creative exploration, food recognition

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Dinosaur Dive >

There are some great apps on the market to teach kids about healthy eating and good nutrition. This dinosaur game shows children the importance of drinking water and how we need to replenish ourselves after exercise.

You Will Need: Download the Dinosaur Dive app

Skills Learned: Healthy habits, importance of balanced meals

Healthy Halloween Muffins >

Halloween is such a fun time for kids, but there is often too much candy found in those trick or treat buckets! Rest easy with this healthy muffin recipe that will satisfy your child’s appetite without giving him too much sugar.





You will need:

• 1 cup bran cereal
• 1 cup milk
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 Tbsp. baking powder
• 2 tsp. pumpkin spice or ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 2 Tbsp. canola oil
• 36 mini marshmallows
• Small cup of chocolate sauce
• A toothpick

What you do:

1 Preheat the oven to 400°F.
2 Ask your child to soak the cereal in the milk until softened and to drain out the surplus milk.
3 Get your child to measure the flour, the baking powder, the pumpkin spice/cinnamon, sugar and the salt into a large bowl.
4 Ask your child to beat the egg in another bowl with the vanilla and applesauce, then add the wet cereal and mix well.
5 Have him sprinkle the raisins into the dry ingredients.
6 Invite him to add the wet ingredients and to mix until moistened.
7 Help him fill 12-14 paper muffin cups 2/3 full of muffin mixture.
8 Bake the muffins for 18-20 minutes until firm and lightly browned.
9 Have your child place three mini marshmallows on each muffin in a triangle shape and return to the hot oven until the marshmallows have melted.
10 Take the pan out of the oven and put the hot muffins on a cooling rack.
11 Squash the marshmallows with the back of a teaspoon so that they join together and make a "ghost" shape.
12 When the muffins have cooled, let your child dip the toothpick into the chocolate sauce to make three dots to on each marshmallow ghost for the eyes and mouth.
13 The muffins are ready to enjoy!

Benefits: Baking skills, food science, healthy snacking, measuring

Yay or Nay

Next time you go to throw out your weekly grocery catalogues … don’t! With some glue, scissors, a large sheet of paper or two separate sheets, make two columns labeled "Yay" and ‘"Nay". "Say Yay" to ‘healthy’ food choices and "Nay" to ‘sometimes’ foods. Use the catalogues to cut out pictures for your toddlers to glue into the corresponding column. Talk about the choices your children have made and discuss improvements where necessary

You will need:

• Glue
• Scissors
• Large sheets of paper
• Grocery catalogues

Benefits: Information about balanced diets, good foods verses bad foods, nutritional information

Banana Palm Trees >

Like we said earlier, food should be fun and children should have a positive association with fruits and vegetables. This simple food related activity will allow your toddler to explore his creative side and he gets to eat his yummy homemade treat at the end of the play session.

You will need:

• Large plate
• Banana
• Kiwi
• Tangerine

Benefits: Creative play, makes food fun, can explore new fruits

We are sure that you will enjoy teaching your children about how to stay fit and healthy through these fun activities. Here are more ways to adopt a healthy attitude to food. Who says education is not fun?

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