Create a healthy eating poster
Tuesday, 11 Jan 2022

It's common knowledge, a balanced diet is essential for good health. Knowing this, it's critical that our children understand this too.
Use this activity to engage your children in discussions about the 5 key food groups and how they can make healthy choices around food.
What you’ll need
- Healthy eating poster template
- Magazines, newspapers and/or a printer
- Coloured pencils
- Scissors and glue
Step 1: download the poster template
Step 2: discuss the five food groups; grains, vegetables, fruit, dairy and lean meats
Step 3: children cut and paste, draw or take photos of foods in each group
Step 4: display your healthy eating poster proudly
Questions to help guide discussions
- Which food included would you like to eat most today?
- Are there any foods here you’d like try?
- How could we include more fruit and vegetables in our diet?