Tips For Parents - National School Breakfast Week

I thought I would top off National School Breakfast week with this clever infographic that gives some facts about school day breakfast.  

• cereal
• eggs
• toast
• waffles
• pancakes

and the top beverage for breakfast was milk!

If you are a parent struggling to get your kids to eat breakfast or maybe you just need some good ideas, here are some parenting tips from our dietitians.

Rise and Shine: It’s Breakfast Time!

Start your child's day with these healthy breakfast foods!

 

How To Make Time For Breakfast

Busy family's guide to eating breakfast every morning.

 

Healthy Back To School Breakfast

Start the school year with these simple steps to a healthy breakfast

 

Healthy Breakfast Foods For Children Organized By Food Groups

Wondering what to cook for breakfast and create a balanced meal. Here is a chart of breakfast meal ideas and the food groups.

Breakfast Printables for Children

Energize Your Brain With A Healthy Breakfast Activity Sheet For Children

Kids sometimes forget that a good start for school always starts with a healthy breakfast. This activity worksheet is designed to remind children that the brain needs foods from the five groups to be energized for learning.

Published: Aug 26, 2012

Grades: PreK-3

Ages: 4-8

Draw Your Healthy Breakfast On Your Plate Activity

Teach children about the healthy foods that make a balanced and healthy breakfast. This worksheet is a good tool and supplement following a lesson on the foods that comprise a healthy breakfast.

Published: Aug 26, 2012

Grades: PreK-5

Ages: 3-13

Breakfast Themed Writing and Phonics Activity

Healthy Breakfast themed activity for children. Writing activity for young writers. Find the words that best match the sentence.

Published: Aug 26, 2012

Grades: K-2

Ages: 5-8

Healthy Breakfast Words Alphabetize Activity for Young Writers

Reinforcing the importance of a healthy breakfast with our writing activity for young children learning to read and write. Alphabetize the breakfast words printable.

Published: Aug 26, 2012

Grades: K-1

Ages: 5-7

Healthy Breakfast Writing Activity For Elementary School Children

Creative writing activity for children. Great for younger writers who can write a couple of sentences and for older writers who can write a paragraph about the importance of breakfast every morning. Combine writing skills with healthy habits for school and after school activities for kids.

Published: Aug 26, 2012

Grades: 2-5

Ages: 8-13

Cereal and Fruit Math Fun For Children Learning To Count

Counting worksheet for children just learning to count and write numbers. How many fruits can you add to your cereal bowl. Remind children that fruit is a tasty and nutritious addition to cereal.

Published: Aug 26, 2012

Grades: K-1, PreK

Ages: 5-6, 4

Calorie Count Math Worksheet For Elementary School Children - Breakfast Time

Math calorie fun for children. This great worksheet teaches children to read a chart, practice addition and see how different foods carry different calorie levels. This exercise provides a series of common breakfast meals to compute the calories and see which foods are higher and lower in calories.

Published: Aug 26, 2012

Grades: 3-5

Ages: 9-13

Breakfast Starts My Day Right Healthy Goal - Printable Agreement

Children can make a commitment to eat healthier and be healthier with our kid-friendly healthy goals agreements. This goal contract is for children who would like to eat a healthy breakfast that includes at least three of the food groups.

Published: Jul 17, 2011

Grades: PreK-5

Ages: 4-13

'Breakfast Starts My Day Right' - Eating Healthy Goals - Printable Tracking Sheet

Make tracking children's healthy goals fun with our very cute healthy goals trackers and food diaries. Daily breakfast meal tracker. Just color the stars for each morning breakfast is eaten. For use with "Breakfast Starts My Day Right Healthy Goal - Printable Agreement"

Published: Jul 18, 2011

Grades: PreK-5

Ages: 3-13

Printable Nutrition Crossword Puzzle - Breakfast

Crossword puzzles and Answer Key These crossword puzzles focus on healthy topics. These also provide a fun way for students to promote their cognitive, spelling and reading skills.

Published: Jul 15, 2011

Grades: 3-5

Ages: 8-13

Breakfast Fun 7-Word Search Puzzle for Children

Children love word puzzles. This word search puzzle has a breakfast theme and helps promote the importance of a healthy breakfast. This word search puzzle has 7 breakfast themed words and good for younger readers too. No diagonal words, only horizontal and vertical words.

Published: Aug 26, 2012

Grades: K-5

Ages: 5-13

Breakfast Fun 15-Word Search Puzzle for Children

Elementary school children love word puzzles. This word search puzzle has a breakfast theme and helps promote the importance of a healthy breakfast. This word search puzzle has 15 breakfast themed words and challenging with diagonal words, horizontal and vertical words.

Published: Aug 26, 2012

Grades: 3-5

Ages: 8-13

Breakfast Works Scramble Puzzle Activity For Children

Breakfast words scramble for children. Kids love puzzles and once they have unscrambled the words and entered in the correct letters, a secret message is revealed that promotes the importance of a healthy breakfast!

Published: Aug 26, 2012

Grades: 3-5

Ages: 8-13