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K-12 Resources

K-12 Menu Templates
Use these K-12 Breakfast and Lunch editable menu templates for your school foodservice planning needs.  Simply type in your menu and other school news and print.
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Breakfast = School Success Toolkit
A toolkit to help you sell the benefits and to gain support from key stakeholders to grow your school breakfast program.
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Breakfast = School Success Handout
A handout summarizing the key messages on the importance of school breakfast to distribute to your audience.
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Breakfast = School Success Presentation
A slide presentation highlighting the benefits of breakfast, ways to increase school breakfast participation, and school breakfast success stories. Includes a customizable slide at the end of the presentation.
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Whole Grain Kid Favorites
It's getting easier to serve whole grain kid favorites at schools. This article offers some easy ideas for adding whole grain to existing kid favorite school menu items. Source: 2010-11 CN Executive Guide
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Go With the Whole Grain for Kids Complete Resource
The Go With the Whole Grain for Kids curriculum features two delightful Whole Grain Heroes to help children learn about the benefits of whole grains and how they can incorporate whole grains into their diet. The fun and engaging curriculum includes a program designed for children in grades kindergarten through second grade and a more in depth version for children in grades three through five to help you meet the learning needs of your students. Scroll down to find the curriculum which best meets your age groups needs.
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Go With the Whole Grain for Kids Leader Guide
This guide will summarize the topic of whole grains and provide educational strategies and lesson plans to help educate your students.
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Go With the Whole Grain for Kids: Classroom Activities (Complete Set)
These educational and entertaining classroom activities are designed for younger and older students. They include games, art activities and problem-solving to help students identify whole grain foods and how they can add them to their daily diet.
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Go With the Whole Grain For Kids: Fitness Activities (Complete Set)
There are fitness activities for both classroom and outdoor or gym settings. These creative activities help emphasize the curriculum message that whole grains provide energy to be active and play.
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Go With the Whole Grain for Kids: K-2 Slide Program
This colorful slide program is a great way to introduce the topic of whole grains to your K-2 students. There is a slide program for both younger and older students which can be read by the teacher or leader. In this program, the students will be introduced to Grain Boy and Grain Girl the energetic Whole grain Heroes, who explain what whole grains are, the benefits of eating whole grains, how to identify whole grain foods, and how many servings of whole grains are recommended each day.
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Go With the Whole Grain for Kids: K-2 Slide Program Notes
Notes to accompany the Go With the Whole Grain For Kids K-2 Slide Program
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Go With The Whole Grain For Kids: Grades 3-5 Slide Program
This colorful slide program is a great way to introduce the topic of whole grains to your students. There is a slide program for both younger and older students which can be read by the teacher or leader. In this program, the students will be introduced to Grain Boy and Grain Girl the energetic Whole grain Heroes, who explain what whole grains are, the benefits of eating whole grains, how to identify whole grain foods, and how many servings of whole grains are recommended each day.
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Go With the Whole Grain For Kids: Grades 3-5 Slide Program Notes
Notes to accompany the Go With the Whole Grain For Kids Slide Program
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Now Chex Has More Gluten Free Options For Your Operation
Gluten free eating just got easier in foodservice for your patrons.
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Have You Heard the Buzz about Whole Grain?
This handout provides an overview on whole grains and gives you ideas for easy ways to add whole grain to your menus.
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Go With the Whole Grain Leader Guide
This guide summarizes the current Dietary Guidelines and USDA MyPyramid, providing educational strategies and lesson plans to help you educate your clients in a variety of counseling and education settings.
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Go With the Whole Grain Slide Program (pdf and ppt)
This consumer education program presents an overview of current Dietary Guidelines and USDA MyPyramid, focusing specifi cally on the whole grain guidelines. High-impact visuals and consumer-friendly concepts help you deliver compelling nutrition education programs about whole grain and the latest nutrition recommendations.
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Go With the Whole Grain Slide Program (pdf)
This consumer education program presents an overview of current Dietary Guidelines and USDA MyPyramid, focusing specifi cally on the whole grain guidelines. High-impact visuals and consumer-friendly concepts help you deliver compelling nutrition education programs about whole grain and the latest nutrition recommendations.
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Go With the Whole Grain Slide Program (ppt)
This consumer education program presents an overview of current Dietary Guidelines and USDA MyPyramid, focusing specifi cally on the whole grain guidelines. High-impact visuals and consumer-friendly concepts help you deliver compelling nutrition education programs about whole grain and the latest nutrition recommendations.
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The Whole (Grain) Story
This fact sheet provides the latest information for health professionals on the important benefi ts of whole grain and recommendations from current Dietary Guidelines and USDA MyPyramid.
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Whole Grain and Health-Get the Whole Story: A self-study guide for health professionals
This guide summarizes the lasted research about whole grain and chronic disease and was previously approved for continuing education credits.
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