Wise Kids Programs
The Wise Kids® curriculum focuses on the Energy Balance concept (Calories IN = Calories OUT) to help fight childhood obesity. This simple theme promotes a healthy, lifelong approach to staying in balance for good health.
There are three programs available (click on the links for kit descriptions and pricing):
Each lesson comes in three parts:
• Learn: a brief reading on the lesson’s topic
• Do: Quick, fun, hands-on projects (mazes, word finds, art projects) based on the topic
• Play: A minimum of 30 minutes of (often silly) physically active games and activities based on the topic
Every lesson includes Energy IN and Energy OUT challenges to give kids goals for better eating and activity behaviors.
- Wise Kids: Introduces Energy Balance and how it works through lessons about MyPlate, food labels, the importance of activity, and how nutrition and exercise benefit the body.
- Wise Kids Two: The follow-on to Wise Kids reinforces Energy Balance with more in-depth explorations of nutrition and activity concepts such as vitamins, water, and bones.
- Wise Kids Outdoors: A stand-alone program which explains the Energy Balance concept while encouraging children to explore the outdoors and to understand the way nature and the earth live in balance, just like humans.
The program kits come in 30- and 100-child sizes, but we can customize to fit any size group. Contact Amy Rea for more information.
Please note: Program materials will ship 4 weeks from order date. If you need a kit to arrive sooner than that, rush fees will apply. Please see the FAQ page for details.
