MyPlate Relay

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Written By Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII
This MyPlate Relay will get students moving!!
MyPlate RelayYou need:• Lots of pictures of food.• Several MyPlate posters with the sections made into pockets.Directions:Divide group into teams of 4-6 children each.Put the myplate posterss on one side of the room.You can either divide the food pictures among the groups, or mix all the pictures on the other side of the room.Have the groups on a third side (part of the goal of this game is to get the kids moving).At the start signal, the first child in each group picks a food picture, runs to the poster, places it in the correct pocket and runs back to his or her team to tag the next player.Player two repeats the action, and so on, until all players have run or all the pictures are used.To make it more demanding, each team would have to choose a picture from all food groups, so their plate has at least one food in each pocket when they are done.The first team to correctly place all their pictures wins, or the team with the most correctly placed pictures at the end of a specified time wins.By CFFH reader Mary KeithEditor note: you can also have the kids color a large poster like myplate and set it on the table. Have them arrange the food on the plate according to the food group.
Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII

Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII discovered her love of cooking at her grandmother's side, stirring raisin oatmeal on a Saturday morning. By 15 she had her first food service job. At 18 she was accepted to the Culinary Institute of America, where she graduated second in her class, then went on to the Fachschule Richemont in Switzerland to study pastry arts and baking. A decade with Hyatt Hotels followed before she founded Food and Health Communications with a single conviction: food that is good for you should taste extraordinary.

Judy holds a Master of Professional Studies in Food Business from the Culinary Institute of America, a Bachelor of Science in Culinary Arts from Johnson and Wales University (Summa Cum Laude), two art certificates from UC Berkeley Extension, and the CIA's Pro Chef II certification. She has earned the American Culinary Federation Bronze Medal, Gold Medal, and ACF Chef of the Year award.

Today she develops every recipe on this site, shoots and styles food through her food photography and motion studio, and publishes nutrition education materials for dietitians, schools, extension offices, and health professionals through nutritioneducationstore.com. She uses the latest nutritional science and Dietary Guidelines to drive her creativity — whether that means a new twist on fajitas or Italian brownies made with toasted nuts and cooked honey. Her mission has never changed: help everyone make food that tastes as good as it is for them.

https://nutritioneducationstore.com
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