About Eat Move Learn

Welcome to Eat Move Learn – an interactive hub for children aged 7–11 years old to explore healthy eating and keeping active. Our programme is filled with engaging resources that help children form healthy habits from a young age, setting them on their way to a lifetime of good health and wellbeing.

We understand the importance of giving children a good start in life. By encouraging healthy eating and regular physical activity from a young age, Eat Move Learn aims to empower children to make choices that benefit their health today and in the future.

From left to right: Mixer, Flower, Pedal and Searcher

What’s on Eat Move Learn?

At Eat Move Learn, we’ve created a treasure trove of resources to help children discover the wonders of healthy living. From exploring different fruit and vegetables to learning essential cooking skills, our activities are designed to be both educational and enjoyable. Here’s what you can find:

• Grow your own: Instructions on how to grow fruit and vegetables, even if you don’t have a garden, teaching children where their food comes from.
• Healthy recipes to cook and eat: Simple and nutritious recipes that children can cook with adult supervision.
• Food and fitness facts: Interesting facts that help children understand 5 A DAY, food groups, the human body and more.
• Active play ideas: Fun, screen-free activities to keep children moving.

Eat Move Learn is brought to life by our 4 fun characters, each sharing different aspects of healthy living:

• Flower: The green finger, teaching children how to grow fruit and vegetables.
• Mixer: The cooking maestro, sharing essential cooking skills and guiding children through tasty recipes.
• Searcher: The fact fan, providing expert info about food and fitness.
• Pedal: The activity guru, encouraging children to keep moving with fun, physical exercises.

From left to right: Flower, Mixer, Searcher and Pedal

Recipes for children

Cooking is a great way for children to learn about healthy eating while developing essential life skills. Starting young allows them to become familiar with a wide range of foods, especially fruit and vegetables, making healthier choices easier as they grow up.

Our Eat Move Learn recipes for young chefs use simple instructions and child-friendly methods. Look out for Mixer’s picture to find recipes that are perfect for young cooks. While these recipes are designed for children to help cook and enjoy eating, adult supervision in the kitchen is always recommended.

Many of Mixer’s recipes are available as a PDF to download and print, with step-by-step photos, making it easy for children to follow along.

All our recipes are designed to be low in fat, sugar and salt, while including plenty of fruit and vegetables. Children have unique nutritional needs, and we address these in the following ways:

No added sugars

We use natural sugars found in fruit, vegetables, yoghurt and milk, and avoid added sugars (such as sugar and honey) that can contribute to tooth decay.

Towards 5 A DAY

Each recipe includes at least 1 portion of fruit or vegetables, helping children eat at least 5 A DAY.

No calorie information

Our recipes adhere to nutritional guidelines, but we focus on promoting healthy eating habits rather than calorie counting. For this reason, we only show how many portions of fruit or vegetables are in each recipe, and not the other nutritional information that you’ll find on our recipes designed for adults.

Portion sizes

We use portion sizes based on the School Food Standards recommended by the UK Department for Education, ensuring they are appropriate for children.

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