Sunday, March 01, 2009 - Tuesday, March 31, 2009
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1 National Nutrition Month® Post Food Groups to Encourage Message Signs	2 School Breakfast Week Celebrate and 'Power Up with School Breakfast'	3 Hurry! March 6 Deadline Enter the Design a Breakfast Superhero Contest	4 Power Up for School Breakfast with... Fun puzzle and brainteaser activity sheets	5	6 Learn fun breakfast facts at the School Breakfast Hall of Fame	7
8 Spring Forward! Daylight Savings Time begins at 2 a.m.	9 Nutrition and Language Arts Identify the main and supporting ideas in Arianna Bones and the Case of the Missing Food Groups story	10 March Fun Facts Newsletter Send it home today!	11 Johnny Appleseed's Day Apples are an excellent source of fiber with about 4 grams in a small apple	12 Take a Physical Activity Break Lead students on a silent walk through the school halls Find more ideas	13 Nutrition Fact Milk is the number one source of calcium, vitamin D, phosphorus and potassium in 12-18 year-olds' diets	14 Fun Fact Apples are in the rose family
15 National Ag Week Learn how dairy farmers bring us fresh, great tasting and wholesome milk	16 Ag Week Activity Match different vegetables with their corresponding plant part: seed, flower, stem, leave, fruit, or root	17 Happy St. Patrick's Day! Make and taste Shamrock Milk Mixers	18 Create a Big Breakfast book for your classroom library	19 Teach V is for Variety Learn what "eating a variety of foods" means	20 Spring Is Here!Check out Chef Combo's My Favorite Bug and Caterpillars activities	21
22 Nutrition News! Eating cereal for breakfast may have a positive effect on children's and teens' nutrient intake	23 Fun Fact About 20% of people's water intake comes from food, the other 80% from water and other beverages, including milk	24 Play... Food Model 'Go Fish'	25 National Family Day Meet the Royal Food Family in Little D's Nutrition Expedition®	26 Classroom-Cafeteria Connection Create Classroom Menus for the Cafeteria	27	28 Nutrition News A report by ENVIRON based on data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that schools have been very successful at transitioning to low-fat and fat-free milk
29 Check Out... New Resources for Dairy's Role in Child Nutrition	30 National Frozen Food Month Frozen fruits and vegetables are nutritious alternatives to fresh	31 Nutrition Fact School Lunch eaters are more likely to consume 3 of the Food Groups to Encourage—dairy, fruits, and vegetables	1	2	3	4