The Healthy Living Pyramid Jigsaw Puzzle retails for $11.95 and is available in both 12 and 60 pieces.
The Healthy Living Pyramid shows foods in 3 groups: Eat most, Eat Moderately and Eat in small amounts. It is a simple food selection guide that depicts basic foods only. It is a first step to understanding healthy eating.
The Healthy Living pyramid also emphasise the need for regular activity. The ‘Move more' layer showing lots of moving legs adds the concept of physical activity as being an essential link with eating. In order to maintain body weight food eaten (energy in) needs to be balanced with physical activity (energy out).
Jigsaw puzzles are sometimes considered ‘brain food’ for young minds
Nutrition Australia’s Healthy Living Pyramid Jigsaw Puzzle not only promotes healthy eating but also has the ability to enhance children’s development.
Jigsaw puzzles are a fantastic learning tool and are said to:
Improve hand-eye coordination
Develops shape/size recognition and matching ability
Develops logical thinking
Develops pre-reading skills (enhances the ability to recognize shapes)
Enhances children’s perseverance attitude
Enhances social skills if completed with others
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