So, once again, the trick to ensuring all kids eat breakfast is all about timing! Many school breakfast programs take place prior to the start of the school day in the cafeteria. When the bus is late or your carpool\u2019s caught in traffic, the opportunity for breakfast might be missed. The solution is a \u201cGrab N Go\u201d or \u201cBreakfast in the Classroom\u201d opportunity. Breakfast becomes available to everyone \u2013 and it\u2019s served after the opening bell. This makes it easier for all children to easily participate if they wish.<\/p>\n
<\/a> The approach is simple.\u00a0 Children eat together in the classroom, usually the homeroom, at the start of the school day. They enjoy nutritionally well-balanced foods like breakfast wraps, yogurt, fruit, and milk served directly in their classroom or grabbed from a cart in the hallway.\u00a0 Students then eat breakfast while the teacher takes attendance, collects homework or teaches a short lesson plan.<\/p>\n In about 10 minutes, the meal is over and the school day continues.\u00a0 And so do the benefits of breakfast in the classroom.<\/p>\n Encourage your local school to rethink the model they use for offering breakfast so that all children have access WHEN and WHERE they want it!\u00a0 For great tools and resources visithttp:\/\/www.midwestdairy.com\/0p26a28\/breakfast-revitalization-tools-and-resources\/<\/a>.\u00a0Does your school need help getting started? These Fuel Up to Play 60 Healthy Eating Plays are designed to help make nutrient-rich breakfast options including low-fat dairy, fruits, vegetables, and whole grains available outside the cafeteria. Each link below will bring you to the interactive <\/span>playbook<\/a> on the Fuel Up to Play website and includes activation tips and ideas students can use to promote and expand breakfast at their school.<\/span><\/p>\n For tasty recipe ideas, visit the Midwest Dairy Council website at www.midwestdairy.com<\/a> and click on recipes.\u00a0 Take the boredom out of breakfast and start enjoying today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Guest Blog from Beth Bruck-Upton MA, RD, Health and Wellness Program Manager, Midwest Dairy Council It\u2019s a typical weekday morning, scrambling to get ready for work, get the kids up and ready for school or childcare, checking bags for homework, permission slips, and then loading the car.\u00a0 As you are driving down the street, you realize \u201cOh my, I forgot Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,780,45],"tags":[1090,49,1084,77,168,555,145,212,51,179],"class_list":["post-4806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e","category-nutrition-2","category-g","tag-breakfast","tag-children","tag-d","tag-fruit","tag-fruits-and-vegetables","tag-fuel-up-to-play-60","tag-healthy-eating","tag-healthy-meals","tag-kids","tag-vegetables","cat-42-id","cat-780-id","cat-45-id"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Fuel-Up-60blog-300x266.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4806"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4806"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7507,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4806\/revisions\/7507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/nutrition.dadeschools.net\/images\/brktime.gif\")
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