Healthy U (5 & 1 Experiment)

05/07/2013

So we all want to be the best parents that we can be and are continuously trying!

Something that I just came to the realization the other day is that we don’t need to know everything and that there are so many supports out  there that maybe I should take advantage of what our community has to offer.

And then this email came to me! Talk about perfect timing.

I am sure you have all seen the Healthy U logo around!?  

Now they have come up with an initiative to get called 5 & 1 Experiment. So of course that intrigued me right away what does 5 & 1 mean?  So I thought I would check it out.

Here’s the website : http://5and1.healthyalberta.com/

There I found 42 EPIC EXPERIMENTS. Basically it is a way to eat 5 vegetables or fruit a day PLUS getting 1 hour of physical activity.

There is a tutorial to watch with your children a parents section to give you the information about the initiative and then the EXPERIMENT section! Sign up and you are given 21 days of experiments for both food (shopping list and coupons even) and physical activity!

What do I say?

Awesome!

We all know kids love enthusiasm and a new thing to look forward to everyday. Let this be it!

What fun experiment to do together. I signed my son up I know he is only 5 but I wanted to check it out see what sort of fun COOL EXPERIMENTS we could do and the dashboard is pretty cool. There is even an app you can download (all over that one!) And everyday you get an email about what experiment is that day and what to come in the following days (in case you need to purchase certain fruits and veggies).

App link here>>>>

Thumbs Up from me! Definitely worth giving a try!

Here is the site again: http://5and1.healthyalberta.com/

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