Whether serious or silly, designated celebrations are a fun way to introduce or practice a concept. Run a keyword search in Share, and you’ll be amazed at what you can find! Scroll down for lesson ideas for Nutrition Month (plus Peanut Month And Bubble Gum Week!)…

Some Are Straightforward

Some celebrations, like National Nutrition Month, are a straightforward way to introduce and discuss core topics like Health Literacy. Lessons on the food pyramid or good eating habits are appropriate at every ability level. Complex, higher level issues in healthy eating can be made more accessible. Or you can also be topical and work on more basic goals like generalization, or behavioral problems like pica.

Check out:

• Food Pyramid, VizZle ID Number: 4487
  Images and text w/audio about healthy nutrition, with quizzes and pop-ups, 9 pages
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• Nutrition, VizZle ID Number: 20248
  Each tile has an image with popup of a text question about vocabulary related to nutrition, (e.g., “Which is a healthy breakfast?” ) TO image with text label, 12 tiles, number spinner
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• Artificial Flavor, VizZle ID Number: 30241
  Images and text about frozen or processed foods losing flavor, and the artificial flavors added to enhance them, with comprehension quizzes at the end, 14 pages
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• Generalization: Bread, VizZle ID Number: 16629
  Black and white line drawing of generic bread with text directive, “Find the Bread” TO image, field of 3 choices with set distractors, 20 pairs.
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• What Is OK to Eat?, VizZle ID Number: 16253
  Each tile has an image with a popup matching quiz with a text question (i.e., “What is OK to eat?”) TO image, 12 tiles, number spinner
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Some Are Just Fun!

Some celebrations, like National Peanut Month or National Bubble Gum Week are too fun to ignore, and can be interpreted however you choose. Maybe a student has a peanut allergy and this is a way to introduce the topic? Or maybe it’s a reason to have a lesson about George Washington Carver? Or maybe just a reason to teach some fun lessons like the ones below (the kids don’t need to know that they are great ways to hone ADL skills, or practice things like following directions or breath control…)

• PB&J Recipe (w/Video), VizZle ID Number: 30847
  Images and text w/audio of how to make the perfect peanut butter and jelly sandwich, with video model, popups and custom PB&J song celebration, 14 pages
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• The History Of Bubble Gum, VizZle ID Number: 9072
  Images and text about the invention of bubble gum, with video and custom celebration 12 pages
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You Can Always Make Your Own!

And if you can’t find that perfect lesson already in the library for Something on a Stick Day (March 28th), be the first to make one and share it!!