Top 20 reasons to vote for Chef Solus' Healthy Games in Michelle Obama's Apps for Healthy Kids contest

Let’s Move’s Apps for Healthy Kids Challenge is happening now- Voting for Popular Choice ‘People’s Award’ Ends this Saturday!

Haven’t picked your favorite game yet?  There’s still time but act quick..oh and vote for Chef Solus. Why him, you ask?

Top 20 Reasons to Vote for Chef Solus’ Healthy Games for Kids Right Now

20. He’d vote for you

19. He’s cute, funny, smart, healthy and… loves to cook- what more could you ask for?

18. He’s going to create more FREE healthy eating games and learning tools for schools and families, whether he wins or not!

17. Because cartoon food never tasted so good! ( & healthy!)

16. He is created by a woman owned business- vote for smart, hardworking, fun, and creative women! (1:10 ratio of women:men holding leadership positions in business)

15. A vote for him is truly a vote the little guy

14. He promises to “Like” your page

13. Kids are counting on your vote so their teachers can have even more free lesson plans and nutrition worksheets to give them, well ok- maybe not. But kids do love his educational games!

12. If you don’t vote, how can he win?

11. His ‘Healthy Harvest Maze’ is a farm food game that promotes farms and teaches kids what fresh fruits and vegetables are, how they grow, and how yummy they are to eat! Which is a good thing, especially after Jamie Oliver’s show revealed so many kids have no idea the names of produce or where food comes from! Plus, it’s way better (for everyone) than that other farm game, you know ‘that’ one.

10. He’s definitely not looking to have his own reality show

9. Raise you hand if you’re really NOT interested in the idea of packing up your backpack (with yummy snacks) right now and heading out to explore inside a Pyramid with Chef Solus on an Adventure

8. He’s bilingual, so you can play and learn in English or Spanish

7. His printable monthly healthy family calendar has cute graphics, easy healthy food and physical activity tips for busy parents.

6. Did we mention the word, free? (& 100% AD free kids wing)

5. He really has his heart set on being David Letterman’s next guest!

4. He already got his haircut and a new chef hat for his photo with the First Lady and the Let’s Move crew!

3. Polls say he’s the best candidate to have a drink… a fresh fruit and veggie smoothie with

2. His motto: The Fun Way to Learn About Nutrition! Fun and nutrition in the same sentence, is a big step towards combating unhealthy food ads and messaging directed at kids!

1. It takes less than 3 minutes to vote for Chef Solus

Ready to vote?

1. Register here

2. Check your email to confirm

3. Click here and you’ll see   button, click on it and you voted for Chef Solus' Game!

Thank you, together we can create a healthier future for all children. Over 2000 schools and communities and 40,000 members use the games to teach children about eating healthy and being active. If Nourish Interactive wins more children and families will discover his fun nutrition games and tools for wellness. They are all free and available in English or Spanish.

Once you're registered at Apps for Healthy Kids, you can help out more by clicking to vote for the other 3 Nourish Interactive Games that are finalists!

The Popular Choice Awards will have two winners- 1 for games and 1 for tools. We have 3 games and one tool in the finals.

Kevin's Build a Meal- Tool

Healthy Harvest Maze

Ride the Food Label

Chef Solus Food Pyramid Adventure Thank you for supporting our fun nutrition games for kids in Apps for Healthy Kids Challenge!

About our Games and links to play them! We have over 20 free online nutrition education games and interactive wellness tools. These are the four games that we created that are finalists in the Apps for Healthy Challenge.

Play Chef Solus and the Food Pyramid Adventure- This is our main 7-level game where the child will enter a virtual food pyramid and learn about each of the food groups, create balanced meals and find the balance between food and exercise. This game requires a log in so that the child can save their place in the game, accumulate points and test scores. Teachers and parents can receive progress reports via email for each level completed with tips and activities about the key messages the child just learned. Anyone can play the first two levels of the game without signing up by playing the demo version.  or Sign up to play all the levels- it's free!

Try out Kevin's Build a Meal Game virtual meal planner- Kids make a customized meal plan based on the USDA guidelines. The child will need to enter their age, gender and activity level (this has audio and “game help” if they need more guidance). Based on their information they are given their required calories and the servings by food group their body requires for a healthy balanced meal. Kids go into a kitchen, cafeteria and grocery store and look into cabinets and open drawers to find the foods. Kevin will judge their meal and see how well they did making a healthy meal that has the right amount of servings from each of the food groups!

Go- Ride the Food Label Game We bring the food label to life with our talking food label game. As the child scrolls over different parts of the food label, Chef Solus talks (along with written text) begins to teach the child about the various parts of the food label. Then kids can take a quiz where they go into a virtual grocery store and select two food items. The associated food labels pop up and then they are asked a few questions where the child will compare 2-3 food labels. If they get enough answers right, they will see the food label turn into a roller coaster and ride the food label!

Visit the Farm! Play Healthy Harvest Maze our newest game, is a fun game that teaches children about the importance of fruits and vegetables. Children will enjoy helping Chef Solus pick fruits and vegetables as they find their way through a farm field, orchard and a garden maze. Children get points for picking these healthy foods while learning about the healthy benefits, and nutrients for each food item they have harvested.

About Nourish Interactive and Apps for Healthy Kids Challenge

Apps for Healthy Kids Challenge created by Let's Move is part First Lady Michelle Obama's campaign to end childhood obesity. In the Spring, she challenged developers to use innovative games and media technology tools to teach children about nutrition, in a fun and engaging way to help fight childhood obesity. There are 95 games and tools on the Apps for Healthy Kids Website to try online and voters are needed to vote for their favorites!