February 12th, 2010
On Tuesday, First Lady Michelle Obama announced her new initiative Let’s Move! to eliminate childhood obesity in one generation. Here at Learning ZoneXpress, we are ready to get moving too!
“Let’s Move! is going to take families out of their isolation and give them the nationwide support that they need in a wide range of industries to get their kids on track to live healthier lives, eat right, to get more exercise, and to be ready to face the challenges of the future,” said Mrs. Obama in her video on the Let’s Move! web site.
The four key components of Let’s Move! are:
1. Make Healthier Choices
2. Healthier Food in Schools
3. Access to Healthy, Affordable Food
4. Increase Physical Activity
One of our mail goals at LZE is to create innovative and relevant educational tools that promote nutrition and activity, so it’s very exciting for us to see an initiative like this come from the White House! We’ll be posting more information about Let’s Move on our blog as the initiative unfolds. You can learn more about Let’s Move! at www.letsmove.gov.
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February 11th, 2010
We are buzzing in the office about the 2010 Winter Olympics that will begin tomorrow night in Vancouver, B.C.
The Olympics was our inspiration for the Great Apps Poster (a fabulous i-Phone style oversized poster). We now have a Great Apps Bulletin Board…and due to the popularity of the two, more Great Apps products are on the way! Stay tuned.
Go USA!
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February 9th, 2010
This month on Learning ZoneXpress Radio, learn about ADHD in young children. Join hosts Rae Pica and Dr. Adesman and Dr. Peter Breggin as they discuss ADHD: Medical Problem, Discipline Problem or Teaching Problem?
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February 9th, 2010
The whimsical nutritious scene portrayed in the Foodscapes Circus Poster can be recreated at home by using the following ingredients.
Rings and Animal Stands: watermelon, orange slices decorated with lime, tangerine, and lemon peels
Walrus: sweet potato body, lime ball with lemon, tangerine, and lemon peel spots and stripes
Elephant: rutabaga body, parsnip trunk, leek legs, lettuce ears, pepper (red, green, and yellow) body decorations, clove eyes
Dog: new potato head and body, lima bean ears, kale collar, pear stem legs, pepper hat, jumping through red and orange pepper rings
Send photos of your fruit and veggie circus characters to angela@learningzonexpress.com.
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February 5th, 2010
We will be attending an early childhood conference today, which is hosted by the Minnesota Association for the Education of Young Children and the Minnesota School-Age Care Alliance (MnAEYC/MnSACA).
Stop by our booth at the St. Paul RiverCentre for conference specials and 20% off coupons! We can’t wait to share our new mini color posters and Hand Washing Stickers with you!
Fore more information about the conference, click here.
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February 4th, 2010
The farm-friendly Barnyard Poster in our Foodscapes poster series features a rooster, hen, and chick family, as well as a bull, pig, and cat made out of fresh vegetables and fruits. The 2009 Merit Health Information Award Winner promotes nutrition and eating local in a fun, creative way. Make your own Barnyard Poster scene with the ingredient guide below:
Sun: orange
Rooster & Hen: garlic body, pepper tail, shallot head
Chicks: garlic body, grape stem legs
Bull: yellow pepper body and head, white asparagus legs, black eyed pea eyes, Serrano chili pepper eyes
Fence: green asparagus
Cat in the Barn: mushroom body, black eyed pea eyes, wild rice whiskers, surrounded by bean sprout hay
Hay Bale: coleslaw mix
Piggy: kiwi body, grape snout, white asparagus legs, orange rind tail, black eyed pea eyes
We’d love to see photos of the Foodscapes creations that you make. E-mail your photos to angela@learningzonexpress.com.
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February 3rd, 2010
Get ideas for healthy, tasty snacks with the Good Snacks Poster. Download it here free (8.5″ x 11″ PDF).
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February 2nd, 2010
We received such a great response to the President’s Day poster sale that we’ve extended our offer one more week! You now have until Feb. 5 to order as many Washington, Lincoln, and Obama posters at $7.95 each instead of $14.95.
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February 1st, 2010
Thank you to Kansas Coordinated School Health for recommending the Fruit and Veggie Fun Book and Seedie Kit in your January 2010 e-newsletter. Here’s what they had to say:
“The Learning ZoneXpress website has all kinds of neat nutrition resources. One of the items we are ordering is the Fruit and Vegetable Fun Book and Seedie Kit. The kit includes fruit and vegetable shaped bean bags, a book of activities, instructions, and fruit and vegetable trivia.”
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January 29th, 2010
Make sure to take advantage of our President’s Day Poster Sale today. Today is the last day to get the Barack Obama, Abe Lincoln, and George Washington posters for $7.95 each (regular price: $14.95).
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On Tuesday, First Lady Michelle Obama announced her new initiative Let’s Move! to eliminate childhood obesity in one generation. Here at Learning ZoneXpress, we are ready to get moving too!
