Tour Stats
GRADE LEVEL
Pre K - 2 (60 Minutes)
3 - 6 (90 minutes)
AGE LEVEL
4 - 12
Materials
Activities
PRE K - GRADE 2
GRADES 3 - 6

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Well Balanced Kids
Healthy Bodies, Healthy Communities, Healthy Planet!

Teaching Moments on this Tour:
Discover whole health concepts that contribute to a lifetime of healthy eating and living. Analyze the complete meal by considering food groups and portion sizes. Explore many ways the body can get all the vitamins and minerals it needs to grow strong and healthy. Each trip is lead by registered dietitian Mary Jo Brunner, MS, RD, CD!

Additional learning topics:

  • Organics
  • Personal Care
  • Physical Activity
  • Recycling

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MyPlate
Created by the USDA, the MyPlate is a practical tool that shows guidelines for making better food choices - your trip has been updated with these guidelines. Download your own MyPlate here.

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Aligns with Your Local Learning Standards and STEM*
Contributes to Scout Related Awards

Lessons come to life as children are active, engaged and challenged during this fun and educational Field Trip. Each trip will be customized to be age appropriate and meet the educational needs of your group. See the outline below for the many ways Well Balanced Kids benefits students and scouts.

Tour Highlights and Activity Sheets
Review the Tour Highlights for a detailed outline of the Field Trip content. Don't forget to download the activity sheets designed to help support your lessons! You can use them before the trip to get children excited, or after to continue the learning. (Both are located on the left sidebar)

Trip Learning Standards
Health
  • Understands essential concepts about nutrition and diet.
  • Knows how to maintain and promote personal health.
  • Understands the fundamental concepts of growth and development.
Life Work
  • Manages money effectively.
Mathematics
  • Uses basic and advanced procedures while performing the processes of computation.
  • Understands general nature and use of math.
Working With Others
  • Contributes to an overall effort of a group.
  • Displays effective interpersonal communication skills.
  • Demonstrates leadership skills.
Physical Education
  • Uses a variety of basic and advanced movement forms.
  • Understands benefits associated with participation in physical activity.
  • Understands how to monitor and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
  • Understands the social and personal responsibility associated with participation in physical activity.
Scout Related Awards
Girl Scouts - Brownie
  • Eat Right, Stay Healthy
  • Healthy Habits
  • Penny Power
girl scouts - junior
  • A Healthier You
  • Consumer Power
  • Food Power
  • Highway to Health
girl scouts - cadette
  • Dollars and Sense
  • The Food Connection
boy scouts
  • Personal Fitness
Look at What Your Colleagues are Saying

“One of the best trips we have been on and we go on many trips in the community.”
-Diane Stadelman, High School Special Ed Teacher

“My students really enjoyed choosing items to put in the cart, and they LOVED the samples. I loved that they had a chance to taste some healthier food products so they may choose them at home eventually.”
-Char Selleck, 2nd Grade Teacher

“The kids had an awesome time!”
-Jessica Weyer, Pre-K Teacher

About the Host

A part of the Nash Finch Company, Family Fresh Market serves Wisconsin with two locations that strive to keep their customers and the planet healthy by offering organic and natural selections with up to 150 varieties. Family Fresh Market uses their Well Balanced program to actively provide great products, knowledge and support to community members, contributing to healthy lifestyles and choices. Extensive health and wellness, nutrition and recipe information can also be found on Family Fresh Market’s website. Through its Feeding Imagination program, Family Fresh provides reading books to children in grades K-6. Further, with Labels for Learning, the store supports community schools and their teachers and students.

Bus Funding

We know that while our trips are FREE, your busing situation may not be so cost-effective. We have three different options to help get you to the field trip for FREE too! Click the MORE BUS FUNDING INFO button below to find out your next steps!

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*Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics