Lesson Planet
Search educational resources
  • Sign In Try It Free
  • AI Teacher Tools
    • Discover Resources Search reviewed educational resources by keyword, subject, grade, type, and more
    • Curriculum Manager (My Content) Manage saved and uploaded resources and folders To Access the Curriculum Manager Sign In or Join Now
    • Browse Resource Directory Browse educational resources by subject and topic
    • Curriculum Calendar Explore curriculum resources by date
    • Lesson Planning Articles Timely and inspiring teaching ideas that you can apply in your classroom
    • Our Story
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Testimonials
    • Contact Us
  • Pricing
  • School Access
    • Your school or district can sign up for Lesson Planet — with no cost to teachers
      Learn More
  • Sign In
  • Try It Free

Hi, what do you want to do?

Create a lesson plan
Create a lesson plan
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Find a teaching resource
Find a teaching resource
Healthy Snacks Lesson PlanHealthy Snacks Lesson Plan
Publisher
Curated OER
Resource Details
Curator Rating
Educator Rating
Not yet Rated
Grade
Pre-K - 1st
Subjects
Health
2 more...
Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategies
Modeling
1 more...
Usage Permissions
Fine Print
Lesson Plan

Healthy Snacks

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet
This Healthy Snacks lesson plan also includes:
  • Activity
  • Project
  • Join to access all included materials

Teach little learners the difference between a healthy snack and an unhealthy one. After a class discussion about what constitutes a healthy vs. an unhealthy snack, pupils cut out pictures from magazines and sort them into categories based on their nutritional value. 

43 Views 23 Downloads

Concepts

snacking, healthy eating, junk food, healthy habits, Nutrition, childhood obesity

Additional Tags

health

Classroom Considerations

  • Designed for preschoolers, kindergartners, and first graders, but adaptable for older kids if needed
  • Based on an episode of Arthur that is not available, but the lesson still works without the clip

Pros

  • Reinforces important messages about nutrition at an early age

Cons

  • None

See similar resources:

Lesson Plan

Healthy Snacking: Grades K-2

Nemours KidsHealth
Two lessons, all about snacking, look closely at how to make smart, balanced choices. Lesson one challenges pupils to create a menu for the hypothetical restaurant, The Snack Shack. Lesson two offers a variety of informative...
K - 2nd Health
Unit Plan

Nutrition and Physical Activity

Out-of-School Time Resource Center
Emerging nutritionists explore what it means to be healthy. In the beginning of the unit, your class will examine the five food groups and learn how food gets from the farm to our plates. This leads into the investigation of...
1st - 6th Health
CCSS: Adaptable
Lesson Plan

Healthy Snacks

Baylor College
Assess your pupils' ability to identify healthy food choices in the final lesson of this series on food science. Given five different food labels, young nutritionists will rank them from most to least healthy, supporting their choices...
K - 5th Science
CCSS: Adaptable
Handout

Sugar Shocker

Cooking Matters
A well-balanced meal is crucial to living a healthy lifestyle. Support healthy living with a learning exercise that focuses on the amount of sugar we find in our food. The packet begins with an overview, then goes into an...
K - 8th Health
Lesson Plan

Jr. Chef Club Super Snacks Lesson 6

Curated OER
Students explore healthy snacks. In this nutrition and cooking instructional activity, students observe and identify food groups on USDA's MyPyramid food guide. Students discuss how fiber helps our digestive system and follow a recipe...
1st - 3rd Science
Lesson Plan

Serving Up My Plate

US Department of Agriculture
Offer your youngsters an extra helping of nutritional knowledge and healthy tips with this resource, which centers around the MyPlate nutritional guide and offers three "courses" of plans and worksheets on the food groups and the...
1st - 2nd Health
CCSS: Adaptable
Lesson Planet Article

Nutrition and Physical Education Activities in the Classroom

Curated OER
You can promote health and wellness using nutrition activities and lessons. With physical education activities and suggestions about snack times, you can help impvove the habits of the youngsters under your charge. 
K - 6th Health
Lesson Plan

Nutrition Plates

Curated OER
Students investigate healthy eating habits by studying the food pyramid.  In this personal health lesson, students write a recipe for a healthy meal including one item from each section of the four food groups.  Students...
1st - 5th Career & Technical Education
Lesson Plan

Healthy Snacks Project Lesson

Curated OER
After learning why it is important to limit salt, fat, and sugar in their diets, divide your class into pairs or groups to complete this project. Each group will create two charts: unhealthy and healthy foods. They will cut out food...
Pre-K - 5th Science
Lesson Plan

Snack Smart Move More

Curated OER
Show your kids that staying healthy is the smart choice! They examine nutrition, healthy snacks, and the importance of staying active in a several-part lesson plan. There are different ideas for older and younger students here, and you...
K - 5th Visual & Performing Arts
Try It Free
© 1999-2026 Learning Explorer, Inc.
Teacher Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Resources

Sign up for the Lesson Planet Monthly Newsletter

Open Educational Resources (OER)

  • Health
  • Language Arts
  • Languages
  • Math
  • Physical Education
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Special Education
  • Visual and Performing Arts
View All Lesson Plans

Discover Resources

  • Our Review Process
  • How it Works
  • How to Search
  • Create a Collection

Manage Curriculum

  • Edit a Collection
  • Assign to Students
  • Manage My Content
Contact Us Site Map Privacy Policy Terms of Use