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Teach Kids Healthy Eating Through Play | A Parent’s Guide
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Teach Kids Healthy Eating Through Play | A Parent’s Guide

Use fun play-based games and movement activities to teach your child healthy eating and active habits.
Last updated 3/2026
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn the steps to teaching fitness and nutrition to your 3 - 10 year old children through games and activities.
  • Learn about children's anatomy and physiology and how it is different from adults.
  • Learn the physical, social, cognitive, and emotional development children go through as the grow.
  • Learn how to safely teach exercise to children
  • Learn how to create and narrate an exciting movement-based activity story that will engage 3-4 year old children’s imagination

Course content

6 sections19 lectures50m total length
  • Introduction0:54
  • Get to know Me, Your teacher : )1:27

Requirements

  • There are no requirements or prerequisites to take this course.
  • You do not need any prior knowledge of nutrition or fitness to complete this course

Description

Learn how to teach your children about healthy eating, nutrition, and fitness using fun educational movement-based games and play activities.

Raising healthy, active children can feel challenging. As a parent, you play the most important role in shaping your child’s habits and helping them understand the importance of staying active and eating well. One of the most effective ways young children learn is through movement, imagination, and play.

In this course, you will learn how to combine fitness activities with nutrition education to create engaging games that help your children understand healthy habits from an early age. By learning through play, children develop positive associations with physical activity and healthy eating while building confidence and curiosity.

This course is designed to help parents introduce important nutrition and health concepts to their young children in a fun and practical way. You will learn how to create simple games and activities that encourage movement while teaching children about healthy foods, exercise, and making good choices.

By the end of the course, you will have the knowledge and resources to confidently use play-based learning to help your children develop healthy habits that can last a lifetime.

In this course you will learn

  • The importance of nutrition education during the preschool years

  • The key stages of early childhood development and how children learn

  • The differences between adult fitness and children’s fitness

  • Why play-based learning is one of the most effective ways for children to learn

  • How to build your child’s confidence and self-esteem through movement and active play

  • How to create your own movement-based activity stories to teach nutrition topics in a fun and memorable way

Resources included

You will receive resource booklets and practical “how-to” guides that explain all the games, activities, and exercises included in the course.

These ready-to-use resources will help you confidently teach your children about nutrition, fitness, and healthy habits through play-based activities at home.

Who this course is for:

  • Beginners course for parents who want to learn how to teach their own children at home about fitness and nutrition through fun games and activities