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Exercise and Healthy Habits That Last a Lifetime!
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Teaching Moments on this Tour:
Explore daily health and wellness practices – from eating right to staying active. Understand the importance of vitamins, minerals and a well-balanced diet. Discover the fundamental concepts of growth and development. Learn everyday Kid Healthy Ideas that will create a lifetime of nutrition.
Additional learning topics:
- Food Groups
- Physical Activity
- Organics
- Recycling
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.
MARTIN’S Partners with Fit4Kids!
MARTIN’S is partnering with nonprofit organization Fit4Kids to promote healthy nutrition. Select MARTIN’S stores offer a Healthy Ideas checkout lane. Instead of picking up an unhealthy snack, Healthy Ideas lanes offer fruit, nuts, and healthy snack packs as a healthy alternative to the infamous “impulse buy.”
Click here for more information!
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Aligns with Your Local Learning Standards and STEM*
Contributes to Scout Related Awards
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Lessons come to life as children are active, engaged and challenged during this fun and educational Field Trip. Trained tour leaders will customize your trip to be age appropriate and meet the educational needs of your group. See the outline below for the many ways Kid Healthy Ideas 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 (located on the left sidebar).
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Trip Learning Standards
Health
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- Understands essential concepts about nutrition and diet.
- Knows how to maintain and promote personal health.
- Understands the fundamental concepts of growth and development.
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Life Work
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- Manages money effectively.
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Mathematics
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- Uses basic and advanced procedures while performing the processes of computation.
- Understands general nature and use of math.
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Working With Others
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- Contributes to an overall effort of a group.
- Displays effective interpersonal communication skills.
- Demonstrates leadership skills.
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Physical Education
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- 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.
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Scout Related Awards
Girl Scouts
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boy scouts
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Look at What Your Colleagues are Saying |
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“I liked how the tour reinforced our health units on healthy habits. We especially enjoyed how they tied the food pyramid into the tour. The tour was excellent!”
- Thomas Burk, 4th Grade Teacher |
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“I liked that the program worked towards one of our meetings. My troop is working on their healthy eating/lifestyle try-it patch. The program complemented that goal well.”
- Tiffany Pursell, Troop Leader |
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“The Field Trip provided hands-on experiences for the healthy food choices from my lessons. The tour leader kept their interest the entire time.”
- Joanne Messer, 2nd Grade Teacher
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About the Host
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Headquartered in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, GIANT/MARTIN'S operates nearly 200 grocery stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, under the names of GIANT Food Stores and MARTIN'S Food Markets. Founded in 1923, GIANT and MARTIN'S have a long-standing commitment to eradicate hunger and improve the quality of life for children in addition to working with hundreds of local organizations annually. The company was recognized for its leadership in the fight against hunger with the Golden Grocer Award by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In addition, GIANT/MARTIN'S is one of the top ten fund-raisers in the country for local Children's Miracle Network hospitals. GIANT and MARTIN'S are Ahold Companies. |
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Bus Funding |
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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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Continue the Learning - Resources |
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Visit Passport to Nutrition to view and download fun, helpful videos and activities. It's the perfect way to reinforce lessons learned on the Kid Healthy Ideas field trip! |
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*Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics |
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