Homemade Snack Bars for When You’re Busy
Homemade snack bars can be a healthy way to ensure you have snacks that are tailored to your family’s taste and needs and share in activity time once a week when you make them. Check out these great idea!
Nutrition
Important Nutrients for Growing Kids
As children grow, they need to eat more to keep their bodies moving, shaking, and dancing. They also need to eat a greater variety of their nutrients, those important resources that keep the body healthy. There are different types of nutrients, many of which are important to a person’s muscles, bones, and organs functioning properly. …
4 Fun & Affordable Snacks
A great way to help kids eat nutritious meals, and save money on food, is to pack lunchboxes with snacks they’ll love! Whether it is for preschool snack time, lunch, or a weekend picnic, putting together a lunchbox full of healthy and tasty snacks is always a good idea. Sometimes though, it can seem like …
An Apple a Day
An Apple a Day An apple a day is a healthy choice! Apples are a nutritious, versatile food that can be used in a variety of snacks and meals. There are many varieties which means that whether they like sweet or tart, crispy or soft, there is an apple out there for every member of …
Summer Picnics are Healthy Family Fun
Have a picnic packed with healthy family fun! Sometimes the weather is great and everyone wants to go out and do something; but you don’t have time for an all-day adventure. While weekends and summer breaks are a time of fun and relaxation for kids, sometimes adults have other things to do. A great way …
Heart Healthy Recipes Your Kids Will Love!
Heart healthy doesn’t have to mean boring! Perhaps the coolest muscle in the body is the heart. It is always working and keeps us going. Treating it well contributes to a longer and a higher quality life. For adults, taking care of the heart usually involves cardio workouts, trying to get 8 hours of sleep, …
School Lunch Favorites at Home
Back to school looks a little different this year. Some students are back to school but socially-distanced while others are there half the week, and still others are doing online learning at home. No matter what the classroom looks like, parents, caregivers, and teachers are looking for ways to engage and keep learning fun. One …
Beat the Heat with Homemade Ice-Pop Treats!
If your family is looking for creative family activities, Stretch-n-Grow always advocates something outdoors, active, and energizing; but sometimes the weather doesn’t agree. In the summer it can get too hot to be outside. No one wants a sunburn! When the heat index gets too high, all we really want is something cold. By making …
