Games:

Pedometer Calorie Counter Game:

Materials Needed: One pedometer per child, at least one food label, and equipemnt for activity.

Start by looking over the food label with your child so they can remember how to find the serving size and the calories per serving.  Next, explain that they are going to have the opportunity to pick a food label out of a food they would like ot eat or one that they have eaten or plan to eat that day.  Show them how to put their weight into their pedometers.  Set their pedometers on the calorie count mode. Once they have their label and have found the information about serving sizes and calories per serving, they are free to pick the activities of their choice and get to work on burning those calories.  The challenge is to try to burn the number of calories in one serving of the food that they chose.  This activity is really eye opening for some students who didn't realize how hard it is to burn calories and the number of calories that some of their favorite foods contain.  You can also discuss if their choice was a healthy one, and if not, you can discuss what foods may have been a better choice.  Also, talk about the fact that if we choose to put those extra calories in our bodies, we are going to have to work hard to burn them.