If you are currently teaching kindergarten, first, second, or third grade, we have some great resources for you.

We understand the complexities of school administration and the difficulty in fitting in another subject. So we make our materials as easy to use as possible, with little to no prep time.

As the grades progress, the topics and skills become more complex. Each grades activities are correlated to the California Department of Education Content Standards.

If your site qualifies as low income (serving a majority of families that fall below 185% of the Federal poverty level - we look at free and reduced lunch data to verify) then all of our services are free.

Our program coordinators will meet with you individually to determine the best way to integrate materials and activities into your exisiting curriculum. All of our resources are age appropriate, support academic standards, address behavioral aspects of health, nutrition, physical activity, and hygeine, and utilize a variety of educational approaches to engage children.

We use a literacy-based model that integrates age approporiate, visually stimulating storybooks that are central to the theme. We will bring the materials to you, and pick them up when you are done.

Program Concepts

Health Skills, such as
-tasting new foods
-overcoming picky eating
-preparing simple health snacks
-measuring and weighing foods
-basic food shopping skills (reading a shopping list)
-food groups
-where food comes from
-practicing yoga and stretching
-practicing balancing 
-how to properly brush your teeth
-how to properly wash your hands
-food safety
-learning physical activity skills 
-gardening
-eating etiquette

Academic skills such as:
-language arts
-mathmatics
-science
-fine motor skills
-large motor skills
-social science

We can also provide training to you and/or your staff, help with a school garden, special events, and advice on menu planning.

If you are interested in our program, please contact us at:

Christie Hedrick, 530-666-8740, clhedrick@ucdavis.edu 

Sonia Fernandez, 530-666-8702, ssfernandez@ucdavis.edu