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4-H Healthy Living Activity Guide (PDF)
Try one or all 30 of these fun, skill-building activities to help your kid live a healthy life.
Please note that the web links included in this guide to expanded activity resources no longer work.
4-H S.N.A.C. Club Digital Download
4-H SNAC (Student Nutrition Advisory Council) Clubs are student led 4-H clubs that promote leadership skills that focus on healthy living, nutrition, physical activity, cooking, and public speaking.
4-H SNAC Club is a way to integrate positive youth development and community engagement into existing nutrition (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – Education (SNAP-Ed) or Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) programs, while increasing equitable access and opportunity to participate in 4-H among limited resource communities.
This curriculum is a guide provides facilitators with templates to use when planning a 4-H SNAC Club program, communication tools for setting up a successful program, and supportive structure for fostering increasing levels of youth leadership and club decision-making.
Heads in, Hearts In: Full Healthy Living Activity Book – Michigan State University Extension
The Heads In, Hearts In family enrichment program encourages families to use their minds as a tool to expand their knowledge around a variety of topic areas. This packet contains all 15 healthy living activities.
Building Healthy Habits – University of Minnesota Extension
In this lesson, youth in grades K-2 learn about physical health by practicing strategies for healthy eating and movement habits.
4-H Ritual and Pledge – Yoga for Kids – Arkansas Division of Agriculture (YouTube video)
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From 4-H Programs
This series of six lessons focuses on whole-body wellness for youth in grades K-3. The lesson themes are based on the MyPlate template and include healthy living skill-building, such as mindfulness and physical activity, as well as trying new foods by making healthy snacks. Each lesson was created to be used in a 30-minute online format but can be easily adapted for use in person.
Handwashing, a 4-H Spark Activity – North Carolina 4-H (YouTube video)
How do you correctly wash your hands? Join in on this fun activity to find out. Presented by Kristen Bedell, a Doctoral student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Graduate School of Education.
Materials needed: glitter, petroleum jelly, measuring spoons, and a plate. Be careful! This is messy. Talk to your caregiver first and get permission.
From the NC 4-H curriculum, I am an Ecosystem.
4-H Health Rocks Beginner Level Activities – Tennessee 4-H (YouTube playlist)
4-H Health Rocks Intermediate Level Activities – Tennessee 4-H (YouTube playlist)
4-H: A Healthy Livin’ Summer – Tennessee 4-H (YouTube playlist)
From Higher Education Institutions
From Related Organizations, Journals, and Professionals
- Kits, Projects, and Activities from National 4-H
National 4-H Foods, Nutrition, and Healthy Lifestyles Curriculum Collection