Table 1.

Eat Healthy, Be Active curriculum taught to children aged 3-5 in 8 childcare programs during a 6-week Healthy Child Care Georgia classroom intervention, Clarke County, Georgia, June-October 2015^a

Week	Key Concept Taught	Activities Included in Classroom Curriculumb
1	Eat a variety of foods.	Healthy Bearc says, “Choose MyPlate” (large group) Awesome Applesauce (science) Fishing for Healthy Food (math) Growing Bodies Song (music) Fruit and Vegetable Tasting (math) Eating the Alphabet: Fruits and Vegetables From A to Z by Lois Ehlert (children’s literature)
2	Be physically active.	Healthy Bear says, “Get Up and Go” (large group) Body Shapes (math) Bubble Wrap Dance (outdoor activity) My Healthy Body Song (music) Fruit and Vegetable Tasting (math) Get Up and Go by Nancy Carlson (children’s literature)
3	Eat breakfast.	Healthy Bear says, “Eat Breakfast” (large group) Breakfast Foods Lotto (math) Oatmeal Makes a Tasty Breakfast (science) Eat Your Breakfast Song (music) Fruit and Vegetable Tasting (math) If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff (children’s literature)
4	Stop eating when you’re full.	Healthy Bear says, “Stop When You’re Full” (large group) Full or Empty? (math) Stop or Go (outdoor activity) If You’re Full and You Know It (music) Fruit and Vegetable Tasting (math) The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (children’s literature)
5	Eat a variety of foods.	Healthy Bear’s Healthy Lunch (large group) Food Groups Bingo (math) MyPlate Spin and Stretch (outdoor activity) Growing Bodies Song (music) Fruit and Vegetable Tasting (math) Go, Go, Grapes: A Fruit Chant by April Pulley Sayre (children’s literature)
6	Drink water.	Healthy Bear says, “Drink Water” (large group) Water With a Slice (science) Ice Cube Painting (art) Drink Your Water Song (music) Fruit and Vegetable Tasting (math) A Cool Drink of Water by Barbara Kerley (children’s literature)

^aAll activities are taken from Eat Healthy, Be Active,²⁰ a curriculum for children aged 3-5 in childcare. Activities are developmentally appropriate for young children and organized around 5 key concepts that young children can understand about nutrition and physical activity.

^bCopies of these and other Eat Healthy, Be Active activities are available at http://eathealthybeactive.net.

^cHealthy Bear is a bear puppet provided to classroom teachers by researchers to promote curriculum concepts to children.