Wisconsin: State Developed Materials
Got Veggies? A Youth Garden-Based Nutrition Education Curriculum (PDF | 11.7 MB)
Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
Got Veggies? is a garden-based nutrition education curriculum created with the goal of getting children to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. The curriculum features 7 full lesson plans that are aligned with Wisconsin's Model Academic Standards for Nutrition, Health, Science, and other related subjects. A series of shorter garden-based activities are also included, as well as recipes and helpful tips for cooking and eating in the garden.
Nutritious, Delicious, Wisconsin: Connecting Nutrition Education and Local Foods (PDF | 2.64 MB)Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
This curriculum is a thematic unit of instruction that uses local foods to teach nutrition concepts to elementary students. The focus is on Wisconsin foods with a connection to Wisconsin’s history, culture, and people.
Role Modeling Action Guide: Promoting Healthy Eating and Physical Activity (PDF | 2.06 MB)Milwaukee County Nutrition and Physical Activity Coalition.
This guide combines many available curricula, tools, and educational materials for individuals and agencies to use to promote role modeling as a method of decreasing the rate of childhood obesity.
Nutrition Education for Early Childhood (PDF | 1.52 MB)Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
This resource provides three activities for use in early childhood settings. Each lesson includes information about corresponding Content Standards and Performance Standards, as well as a summary and key concepts.
CACFP Menu Planning Guide (PDF | 1.5 MB)Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
This toolkit is a how-to guide to following Meal Planning at a child care home or center. Materials include: The CACFP Meal Pattern, Information on choking hazards and allergies, 16 weeks of menus, 120 CACFP-reimbursable recipes with nutritional information, 8 shopping lists of items needed for every two-week menu cycle.
Got Dirt? A Garden Toolkit for Implementing Youth Gardens (PDF | 2.7 MB)
Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
The toolkit is designed to provide the basic steps of starting and maintaining a youth fruit and vegetable garden. Includes several examples of successful community, childcare, and school gardening projects in Wisconsin.
What's Right for Kids 2: Building a Healthy School Nutrition Environment (PDF | 1.85 MB)Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction; 2008.
This packet provides schools with ideas and resources to improve the school nutrition environment, whether your school is just beginning to consider school nutrition or is far along in the process.
Wisconsin Physical Activity and Nutrition Resource GuidesWisconsin Department of Public Instruction; Wisconsin Department of Health Services; Wisconsin Department of Children and Families.
- Active Early: A Wisconsin Guide for Improving Childhood Physical Activity
- Healthy Bites: A Wisconsin Guide for Improving Childhood Nutrition
Active Early and Healthy Bites are companion guides designed to help early care and education professionals address childhood obesity by improving physical activity and nutrition in the program. Active Early focuses on physical activity while Healthy Bites focuses on healthy eating, nutrition environments and on strengthening the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) meal pattern. The guides are based on current science, public health research and national recommendations.
Wisconsin School Breakfast ProgramThe University of Wisconsin-Extension, Cooperative Extension.
The Wisconsin School Breakfast blog contains information and resources about School Breakfast Programs in general as well as school breakfast program-related information specific to Wisconsin. Check out the Breakfast Scoop Newsletter.