Our country celebrates Nutrition Month every July and the Department of Education (DepEd) advise all schools to participate in the celebration of Nutrition Month by engaging into activities that will promote the importance of health and nutrition. “Gutom at Malnutrisyon, Sama-sama Nating Wakasan.” is Nutrition Month 2013 theme.
Every year, my kids’ school celebrate Nutrition Month with a parade where in the kids wear anything with vegetables or fruits followed by a simple program. A nutritionist or a doctor speaks in front of the students and tell the importance of good health and nutrition. Also inline with the celebration, a dental check up is scheduled for the students.
They also have poster making contest, short cooking contest and sometimes singing and dancing contest. I’m sure a lot of schools are looking for Nutrition Month Celebration Ideas, so here are some that I can think of:
Dental Check Up. You organize a dental check up for the students but aside from the usual check up where the students line up, you can make this activity an opportunity to discuss proper tooth brushing, how sweets affect the teeth and the diet (with a little background on the food pyramid).
To keep the dental organize and to ensure that all the students can hear the discussion, you can do this by Grade Level. While the other section lines up for the check up, the next section can attend the discussion. It would be better to have the discussion in a smaller group of students.
Poster Making Contest. Ask every students to create a poster from the said theme as an elimination process. In this case, every students get to participate on the activity. Choose 2-3 students per Grade level to represent their level to the contest.
Talk from a Nutritionist. Make sure that you will get a Nutritionist that can capture the students’ attention and also make sure the Nutritionist talks about things that can easily be understood by the students. You can also ask the speaker to talk about a certain topic, like the food pyramid or the Go, Grow Glow food.
Class Report. You can ask the students to prepare a report about Nutrition. Prepare a simpler topic for lower grade level. You can assign this as a project and include it in Values subject or HELE.
Cooking Contest. If your school does not have the facility to hold this kind of contest, you can still have one by choosing ingredients that does not need to cooked. You can have a sandwich making contest, salad making contest.
Acrostic writing contest. This contest is best for higher level students. Ask them to form an acrostics from the word NUTRITION, here is an example:
N- nuts are important! a great source of protein!
U-ube or purple yum for carbohydrates!
T- tomato makes your skin glow!
R- Rice to give us energy!
I-Ice cream is good but not too much!
T-Tuna is a fish and we can eat that!
I-Ice pop is another treat, but too much will break your teeth!
O-Orange, the fruit we need for Vitamin C!
N-Nachos with lots of veggies and some cheese makes a good meal!
For Nutrition Month Celebration Costume Ideas, here are some:
For girls: white blouse and skirt and let them carry a small basket with fruits or veggies.
For boys: white shirt and shorts with a hat decorated with fruits or veggies.
You can even create vegetables or fruits costume.
Monika says
July 18, 2013 at 3:51 pmAwww…. your post made me miss celebrating nutrition month with my students. Nkakamiss yung preparation for programs and contests. 🙂
Kim @ Mom On Duty says
July 19, 2013 at 12:46 pmNone of my kids are going to school yet, but I’d like to try some of the activities you mentioned. My toddler has (almost) a full set of teeth so I’d like to give her a quick lesson on how to take care of her pearly whites.
Badet says
July 19, 2013 at 1:45 pmI was excited to celebrate Nutrition Month, first time eh. Kaya lang Gwen doesn’t want to go to school. Kaya next year na lang. 🙂
Mommy Pehpot says
July 21, 2013 at 9:19 amnaku yan ang kinatatakot ko.. pag si Sati na nag school hahaha malamang eh umover ako sa paiging stage mommy LOL
Peachy @ The Peach Kitchen says
July 19, 2013 at 2:12 pmI saw a fruit/veggie costume being sold at the palengke at P250! Ang mahal pero cute naman…
Patty says
July 19, 2013 at 8:14 pmThose are nice activities. In my son’s school they have a nutrition month challenge. Kids who bring fruits as their snacks for the day get points. Students who manage to bring fruits for the whole month get a prize at the end of the activity. 🙂
Roch says
July 20, 2013 at 8:33 amI wanted to see more creative costumes? Do you have more pictures of them?
Franc Ramon says
July 20, 2013 at 9:53 amNice costume. It’s nice that nutrition month can help emphasize the importance of proper nutrition.
itsberyllicious says
July 20, 2013 at 10:06 ami don’t remember celebrating nutrition month in my school before 🙁 But we did made hats with vegetables and fruits on it 🙂 It would be interesting to add a vegetable/fruit eating contest to encourage the kids to eat vegetables hehe 🙂
sef tiburcio says
July 20, 2013 at 10:43 ami love the idea that children are doing this, awareness are the best key for good health.
lily says
July 20, 2013 at 10:54 amMy niece participated in their school’s celebration of nutrition month. They danced to the tune of Makulay ang Buhay. (not sure about the title) They wore a layer of red and yellow skirt partnered with a white blouse. They looked so cute. They had a dental check up too!
papaleng says
July 20, 2013 at 1:05 pmJoining Poster making one is a nice one for kids. Nutrition month costume, why not wear a ‘Tong Talong’ one.
Cheryl Zamora says
July 20, 2013 at 3:13 pmNutrition month was my favorite month when I was still a student especially during elementary days. But the best part was during highschool when we’re asked to cook for the best nutritios food. As I grow older, every month becomes my nutrition month 😀
Joy Felizardo says
July 20, 2013 at 3:43 pmMy two little girls are in grade school already, I’m not sensing whether they are doing something for the celebration of Nutrition month. But I’m promoting eating Malungay in blog and have been posting lots of my dishes on IG with it. I guess I still have that teacher-character still intact in me.
Riza Acebuche says
July 20, 2013 at 7:26 pmI remember the days wearing a costume for nutrition month and the program in school.
Mark Morfe says
July 21, 2013 at 5:21 amI remember wearing a pumpkin costume back in High School. I kinda looked rediculous whenever I think of it.
Mommy Pehpot says
July 21, 2013 at 8:10 amin high school? hahaha I can’t imagine!
Tess says
July 21, 2013 at 7:07 amI like the dental check up idea and poster making ideas.
serene shikukeza says
July 21, 2013 at 9:05 amNice ideas. I think the school also should include in their clinic records the health situation of the kids especially in the public schools to monitor their progress as well.
levy says
July 21, 2013 at 11:12 amAt Ren’s school, the teachers told me that they don’t celebrate Nutrition Month because for them Nutrition Month is EVERY Month. So kung ice-celebrate nga naman nila e di lagi every month LOL
Mommy Pehpot says
July 21, 2013 at 2:30 pmparang mother’s day or vday lang no hehehe eveyrday ang celebration!
ana karen says
July 21, 2013 at 1:55 pmoh my! i remember my elementary days and we join in wearing vegetable costumes and poster making contests too. hahaha but with a teacher mom, nutrition awareness programs like these have been part of growing up.
marri says
July 21, 2013 at 4:05 pmThis kind of school activities will help promote awareness about good foods for good health. Students will be reminded that proper nutrition is essential to have long life.
jane says
July 21, 2013 at 5:52 pmtotally missing my grade school days! dancing with sitaw and and other veggies to the tune of pearly shells!
Michael Macalos says
July 21, 2013 at 6:06 pmhehe lovin’ the headdress made out of leaves! lakas maka high fashion! love it!! 🙂
Sky says
July 21, 2013 at 6:55 pmI used to hate Nurition Month celebration when I was in primary years, due to the fact that we’re force to eat vegetables.
Tetcha Figuerres says
July 21, 2013 at 6:59 pmYour kids’ school is very proactive in making the students aware of the benefits of eating fruits and vegetables. That’s really praiseworthy! If we want our kids to learn the value of healthy eating, then parents and the children’s schools should work hand in hand.
Roxi | Mr. Jacob's Mom says
July 23, 2013 at 2:21 amNutrition Month! I can’t believe it’s been years since I’ve been required to wear something for a school event and to write something related to it. I’m telling you, kaka-ririn ko pag nagsschool na si Jacob. 😀
Shinigami Mae says
July 23, 2013 at 3:53 pmDapat we have a “nutrition week” every month so all year round there’s a motivation to eat healthy. Though it’s a good thing that it’s still an ongoing movement 🙂
Justin says
July 23, 2013 at 9:10 pmhaha.. I remember those back in my high school and elementary days.. back then, these are horrible days since who would want to dress up as a veggie right?? but now, it’s just so cute! 🙂
RAQUEL F. ANOR says
May 16, 2014 at 11:45 pmNutrition Month celebration was for kids to know and easily set in their mind the importance of eating veggies and fruits, and classification of GO, GLOW, & GROW foods.. My daughter was kinder last year and she was her favorite nanabanana 🙂