Once the children arrive at their destination, they meet a variety of new and interesting friends. Mr. Pyramid teaches the children games to help them classify foods into food groups. Bonita Bread teaches her new friends a song about the grain group and Pete Pineapple hosts a fresh fruit-tasting party. Clucking on and on about his meat group friends, Chuck Chicken completes the pyramid tour by leading the group in a stretching activity. The classroom is set up so they can go shopping for the right foods at the little corner grocery store, cook a balanced dinner for their family in the class kitchen and practice good table manners at a local restaurant.
Training includes completing nutrition lessons and participating in reinforcing activities.
Fourth graders begin journals that they maintain during the program to record their experiences. Food analysis includes totals for numbers of servings from each of the five food groups and the percent of fat, sugar and fiber. They helped us make a game about nutrition and then played with us. Take a quick peek inside one of the kindergarten or first grade classrooms. It will only take a few minutes as you watch the program's magic cast its spell on the students.