Getting kids to eat a healthy and balanced diet can be a nightmare sometimes with them refusing to eat anything that even looks as if it could do them some good. Aside from bribing them with sweets and toys there is not that much that you can do to change these fussy eating habits…or is there?
Actually nutrition games for kids are the best ways in which you can try and encourage your little darlings to eat some of the healthy stuff. Coming up with your own ideas for these can be rather difficult so I’m going to save you some of the time and fill you in on a few ideas!
First of all one of the first nutrition games for kids that you should try is to get yourself a little chart and place it in the kitchen or on the wall next to the dining table. On this chart you should have each of your children’s names and also have it separated into days and also the three different meals of the day. These charts can be bought from quite a few paces and looking online is a great idea but you can also make them fairly easily at home by making your own on the computer and printing it off. You could always encourage the kids to get out their colouring pencils and do the job themselves!
Once the chart is complete you should get the kids to fill in all the healthy food that they are eating, so for broccoli you could have them draw a picture of the vegetable on the chart and follow this pattern for all of the meals that you present them with. This not only encourages them to get creative but also teaches them about healthy eating and also to be able to identity different food groups. You could always supply the child that manages to eat the most nutritional food with a prize at the end of the week to spur them on even further!
You could play nutritional games for kids when you are shopping for the groceries as well and this can be great fun as long as you can keep an eye on them all running about and driving you mad! One good idea for this is to tell your children to find a vegetable or fruit that is a certain colour and then they can place it in the shopping trolley and then choose the next item. This can be great fun and again provides an education for your kids as well as encouraging them to eat healthier and have fun at the same time.
Teaching the kids how to cook while you are cooking is another great nutrition game for kids and can also prove to be an educational experience for both them and you! Try to encourage them to eat more healthy foods by allowing them to cook alongside you and this can also prove helpful in future when they get older as they will have no excuse not to cook!