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Health education, school environment, family/ community involvement work together. Aimed at improving school nutrition, physical activity, food service. $200 classroom curriculum available for purchase. 
 
Source: 
CATCH 
 
Link: 
<a href="https://www.schoolspecialty.com/catch-resources#elementary">Visit the CATCH website</a>

CATCH K-5 “GO for Health” Lessons

Cooking Academy (ages 9-12) inspires upper elementary school age “chefs” to engage actively with food. They learn basic culinary skills to prepare healthy recipes from start to finish with guided supervision. There are six 1-1/2 to 2 hour lessons.

<ul>
	<li>Lessons can be led by adults or 4-H teens ages 14 and up who are educated to be the "Teens as Teachers."</li>
	<li>Kitchens are not necessary! Electric skillets and griddles are used.&nbsp;</li>
	<li>USDA approved curriculum for use with CalFresh Healthy Living, UC and EFNEP.</li>
</ul>

2025 Cooking Academy Leader Guide UPDATED Website coming soon

The updated guide contains recipes and parent consent forms in English &amp; Spanish.&nbsp;

Link: 
<a href="https://sites.google.com/ucdavis.edu/ca4h-resourcecenter/projects/healthy-living/food-nutrition#h.sgxyx8opzt0h">https://sites.google.com/ucdavis.edu/ca4h-resourcecenter/projects/healthy-living/food-nutrition#h.sgxyx8opzt0h</a>

Cooking Academy

The Grub Club curriculum contains 6 hands-on lessons. Each lesson includes activities, a cooking demonstration, preparation of a recipe, mealtime with discussions, and clean-up.

The Grub Club was adapted from the Cooking Academy by CalFresh Healthy Living, UC in Yolo and Sacramento counties.

<ul>
	<li>Lessons can be led by adults or 4-H teens ages 14 and up who are educated to be the "Teens as Teachers."</li>
	<li>Simple recipes for younger ages to prepare and taste.</li>
	<li>USDA approved curriculum for use with CalFresh Healthy Living, UC and EFNEP.</li>
</ul>

Link:

<a href="https://sites.google.com/ucdavis.edu/ca4h-resourcecenter/projects/healthy-living/food-nutrition#h.sgxyx8opzt0h">https://sites.google.com/ucdavis.edu/ca4h-resourcecenter/projects/healthy-living/food-nutrition#h.sgxyx8opzt0h</a>

Grub Club

Health education, school environment, family/ community involvement work together. Aimed at improving school nutrition, PA, food service. $300 Coordination Kit available for purchase. Includes classroom curriculum. 
 
Link: 
<a href="https://www.schoolspecialty.com/catch-resources#elementary">Visit the CATCH website</a>

CATCH PE Box, Grades K to 2

Teen Battle Chef (TBC) is a direct education and PSE change intervention designed to develop skills in nutrition, cooking, and leadership for participants and their families through cooking lessons, a PSE campaign, ongoing nutrition education, development of youth leaders, and supporting a culture of wellness in partner organizations.

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LINK:&nbsp;<a href="https://familycookproductions.org/programs/teen-battle-chef/">https://familycookproductions.org/programs/teen-battle-chef/</a>

Email: 
info@familycookproductions.com

Teen Battle Chef

BE Physically Active 2 Day (BEPA 2.0) is a classroom-based physical activity program aligned to national health education (HE) and physical education (PE) standards for grades K-5. BEPA 2.0 includes over 50 unique, brain-boosting physical activities that teachers can use to reinforce grade-level movement skills and competencies and teach health education and physical education literacy. It can be used inside and outside of the classroom, and works great before, during, or after school.&nbsp;$35 online training per educator;$50 Toolkit; $25 sets of activity cards in English and Spanish.

Contact: 
Oregon State Extension - bepa2.0@oregonstate.edu&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Kathy Gunter at Kathy.gunter@oregonstate.edu

Link: 
<a href="https://extension.oregonstate.edu/bepa">https://extension.oregonstate.edu/bepa</a>

BEPA 2.0: Be Physically Active Today (K-5th grades)

I am Moving I am Learning Is a Direct Education PSE change intervention designed to increase daily physical activity, improve the quality of movement activities and promote healthy food choices among preschool children. 
 
Source: 
info@choosykids.com 
 
Link: 
<a href="https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/physical-health/article/i-am-moving-i-am-learning-imil">https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/physical-health/article/i-am-moving-i-am-learning-imil</a>

I am Moving I am Learning

Dads Around the Table is a nutrition workshop curriculum that upholds principles of trauma-informed engagement and nourishment. Men raising children will enjoy reflection, cooking, movement, sharing a meal together, and exploration of new and traditional holistic skills for nutritional well-being.

Intended audience: Dads and male caregivers of young children 
Available: <a href="https://leahspantry.org/training-calendar/">Fall 2025</a>

An adaptation of the Around the Table Curriculum to meet the needs of single, married, custodial, and non-custodial fathers.

Around the Table with Dads

This is a group nutrition workshop curriculum for older adults that upholds principles of trauma-informed engagement and nourishment. Adults aged 65 and over will enjoy conversation, reflection, cooking, movement, sharing a meal together, and exploration of holistic skills for nutritional well-being.

Intended audience: Adults ages 60+ 
Available: <a href="https://leahspantry.org/training-calendar/">Summer 2025</a>

Older Adults Around the Table

Body Connection is a collection of short mindful movement lessons designed to build a foundation for intrinsically-motivated movement and healthy habits. The 30 minute lessons are designed to be a warm up or break during nutrition interventions. They also serve to regulate the body before or between cognitive activities like nutrition education workshops.

The Body Connection materials will be available soon. In the meantime, we recommend visiting our <a href="https://cfhlstatewidetraining.org/training">training calendar</a>&nbsp;for upcoming trainings. You can also explore more details about the curriculum on the <a href="https://leahspantry.org/programs/body-connection/">Leah's Pantry website</a>.

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This is a&nbsp;physical activity curriculum that should be&nbsp;implemented in addition to a nutrition component or a food tasting.

Body Connection

Food Smarts for College Students&nbsp;is an adaptation of&nbsp;Food Smarts, an interactive, learner-centered nutrition curriculum and was created with input from college students.

This curriculum recognizes the unique challenges and opportunities college students encounter when planning and preparing meals. The goal is to support college-age young adults to develop skills for their busy lives and growing independence. Lessons are designed to build nutrition and food literacy and confidence and are aligned with trauma-informed principles and the most recent Dietary Guidelines. There are eight 60-minute lessons that can be taught by trained facilitators as a series or single sessions in settings with or without a kitchen.

Link: 
<a href="https://leahspantry.org/product/food-smarts-for-college-students-instructor-guide/">https://leahspantry.org/product/food-smarts-for-college-students-instructor-guide/</a>

Food Smarts for College Students

Preschool program for September to May. Each month provides 3-4 brief lessons around specific fruit or vegetable. Recipes, recommended literature and optional activities. Can correlate with HOTM items. 
 
Source: 
Occidental College Contact Rosa Romero, rromero@oxy.edu 
 
Link:

<a href="https://www.uepifood.org/farm-to-pre">https://www.uepifood.org/farm-to-pre</a>

Harvest of the Month Farm to Preschool

A curriculum that helps children become aware of food and nutrition by reading story books with food-related themes and participating in hands-on nutrition education and physical activities. 
 
Source: 
UC ANR 
 
Link: 
<a href="https://ucdavis.box.com/s/staoa7qwgnedilqxjx4ac6fk6q8o14kx">https://ucdavis.box.com/s/staoa7qwgnedilqxjx4ac6fk6q8o14kx</a>&nbsp;

Can be used in Pre-K, K, and 1st-grade classes.

Happy Healthy Me:  Moving, Munching and Reading Around MyPlate  (Pre K-1) 

Promotes a healthy lifestyle in students by encouraging nutrient-rich foods and physical activity. This curriculum provides a fun introduction to preparing and eating healthy meals. Free download from website.&nbsp; 
 
Source: 
UC ANR 
 
Link: 
<a href="http://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/Items.aspx?search=healthalicious">http://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/Items.aspx?search=healthalicious</a>

Healthalicious (4-6)

Health education, school environment, family/ community involvement work together. Aimed at improving school nutrition, PA, food service. &nbsp;$300 Coordination Kit available for purchase. Includes classroom curriculum.

<a href="https://catch.org/whole-child-wellness/">Visit the CATCH website.</a>

CATCH PE Box, Grades 3 to 5

The Junior Master Gardener program is an international youth gardening program of the university cooperative Extension network. JMG engages children in novel, “hands-on” group and individual learning experiences that provide a love of gardening, develop an appreciation for the environment, and cultivate the mind. Contains a literature connection, garden kitchen recipe options and garden kitchen options. $56 to purchase from website.&nbsp;

The curriculum is only available in English; participant materials are available in Spanish.&nbsp; 
 
Source: 
Junior Master Gardeners 
 
Link: 
<a href="https://jmgkids.us/earlychildhood/">https://jmgkids.us/earlychildhood/</a>

Spanish materials: 
Student Journals: <a href="https://jmgkids.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Spanish-LGEG-journal.pdf">https://jmgkids.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Spanish-LGEG-journal.pdf</a> 
Parent Letters: <a href="https://jmgkids.us/lgeg/learn/">https://jmgkids.us/lgeg/learn</a> 
Recipes: https:<a href="https://jmgkids.us/gardenkitchen/">//jmgkids.us/gardenkitchen/</a>

Early Childhood Learn, Grow, Eat & Go!

A home-based, family-level, direct education intervention designed to increase fruit and vegetable consumption, decrease added sugar intake, increase physical activity, decrease sedentary/screen time, promote healthy sleep, and promote emotional regulation, providing low-income, SNAP-eligible American Indian (AI) families with skills and tools needed to make healthy lifestyle choices.The program addresses the need for family based culturally appropriate materials and combines Indigenous knowledge with US diet and physical activity guidelines. The program also can be delivered in group settings or family visits if more direct engagement is desired. Monthly wellness kit is sent to families with children aged 3-8 years. $30 per kit per family. 
 
Source: 
Emily Tomayko 
Email: emilytomayko@montana.edu 
Phone: 406-994-4191 
 
Link: 
<a href="www.turtleislandtales.org">www.turtleislandtales.org</a>

Turtle Island Tales Family Wellness Program

Telephonic Health Coaching (THC) trains educators to be health coaches that engage with clients by telephone and use behavior change techniques to craft individual goals related to healthy eating and physical activity. THC’s health coaches guide the participants through client-centered conversations that promote the implementation of the current USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans. THC offers a convenient and accessible modality. Toolkit is free. 
 
Source: 
Elizabeth Boucher 
Phone: 860-231-5302 
Email: eboucher@usj.edu 
 
Link: 
<a href="https://www.usj.edu/academics/sihs/nutrition-public-health/snap-ed/">https://www.usj.edu/academics/sihs/nutrition-public-health/snap-ed/</a>

Telephonic Health Coaching Intervention Toolkit

Direct education intervention that helps individuals and caregivers of those with chronic health conditions build a “toolbox” of strategies they can utilize to help achieve their health goals. Through actively achieving small goals, participants obtain success which builds confidence in their ability to manage their health. * Note-no medical nutrition therapy allowed with CFHL programs. 
 
Training and licensing required for a fee to access curriculum and materials. 
 
Source: 
Self-Management Resource Center 
Email: smrc@selfmanagementresource.com 
Phone: 650-242-8040 
 
Link: 
<a href="https://selfmanagementresource.com">https://selfmanagementresource.com</a>

Chronic Disease Self Management Program

Operation Thistle and Operation Water curricula teaches the world of gardening with hands-on activities, worksheets, rhythms, and reading passages formatted for standardized tests. Includes life skills and career exploration, culminates with service learning projects and certification as a Junior Master Gardener.&nbsp;

 
$56 for purchase from website. 
 
Source: 
National Jr Master Gardener Program 
 
Link: 
Operation Thistle: Seeds of Despair–<a href="https://jmgkids.us/curriculum-2/operation-thistle/">https://jmgkids.us/curriculum-2/operation-thistle/</a>

Operation W.A.T.E.R.–<a href="https://agrilifelearn.tamu.edu/s/product/jmg-level-2-operation-water-dr-thistle-goes-underground/01t4x000002dF1YAAU">https://agrilifelearn.tamu.edu/s/product/jmg-level-2-operation-water-dr-thistle-goes-underground/01t4x000002dF1YAAU</a>

Jr Master Gardeners - Level 2 (6-8)

Fostering Nourished Families is a training curriculum focused on supporting kinship/foster/resource parents to nourish foster children. Materials and lesson plans are appropriate for adult caregivers of foster children. Instructor Guides offered in English, participant materials available. Evaluation tools available and facilitator training required. 
 
Source: 
Leah's Pantry 
 
Link: 
Coming soon

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Fostering Nourished Families

Food Smarts Waste Reduction for Kids (FSWRK) is a flexible, learner-centered cooking and nutrition curriculum with a focus on food waste reduction. Materials and lesson plans developed for grades 3-5 and can modified to implement with grades K-12. Instructor Guides offered in English.&nbsp;

 
Source: 
Leah's Pantry 
 
Link: 
<a href="https://www.leahspantry.org/what-we-offer/cultivate-nourished-communities/food-smarts-curriculum/">https://www.leahspantry.org/what-we-offer/cultivate-nourished-communities/food-smarts-curriculum/</a>

Food Smarts Waste Reduction for Kids

ELLD is a line dancing curriculum for older adults featuring food demonstrations and nutrition messages. Line dancing videos and instruction are available for African Americans, Latinos, Filipino, and Country Western music fans, 
 
Source: 
Innovative Health Solutions, Napa/Solano AAA, Leahs Pantry, Calif. Dept. Aging. 
 
Link: 
Contact Norma Lisenko, Innovative Health Solutions, normalisenko@innovativehealths.com

Training Video: 
<a href="https://youtu.be/YCvJ7P62xrQ">Everybody Loves Line Dancing Instructor Video Training</a>

Everybody Loves Line Dancing

Preschool:

Physical activity intervention program for pre-K. Designed to provide children ages 3-5 with high activity, enjoyable movement opportunities that foster social and motor development and enhance school readiness skills. Curriculum available for purchase.

Elementary School:

Physical activity intervention programs for elementary school grades. Curriculum available for purchase - $249 for 3 year use.

Middle School:

Physical activity intervention programs for middle school grades. Curriculum available for purchase - $249 for 3 year use.

High School:

Physical activity intervention programs for high school grades. Curriculum available for purchase at $249 for 3 year use.

After School:

Physical activity intervention programs. Curriculum available for purchase - $249 for 3 year use.

Source:&nbsp;

Sports, Play y Active Recreation for Kids (Spark)

Links:

<a href="http://www.sparkpe.org/early-childhood/">http://www.sparkpe.org/early-childhood/</a>

<a href="http://www.sparkpe.org/">http://www.sparkpe.org/</a>

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