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North American
Millers’ Association

600 Maryland Ave SW,
Suite 825 West
Washington, DC 20024

TEL: 202.484.2200
FAX: 202.488.7416

EMAIL: generalinfo@namamillers.org

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Kids' Zone

Cover of activity book depicts cartoon character Jenny Johnson, a North Dakota farm girlStory of Wheat
Let North Dakota farm girl Jenny Johnson introduce you to the wheat kernel and explain how it is grown, marketed and made into delicious, nutritious foods. Activities include identifying parts of a wheat kernel and plant, unscrambling terms, crossing out letters to reveal good things about wheat, a crossword puzzle, and recipe. Ages 8 and older. Twenty pages.

Summer Vacation
Join first graders Sammy Spaghetti and Becky Bread along with their teacher Mrs. Goodfood for an exciting tale of how wheat becomes food and why wheat foods are good for you. Activities include coloring the illustrations, a maze, matching drawings, determining the order of a sequence of events, a dot-to-dot picture, and a search for hidden wheat foods. Ages 5-7. Sixteen pages.

agMag
This wheat edition of a magazine issued each semester by the North Dakota Agriculture in the Classroom Council provides production, agronomic, processing, consumption and career information. Offers learning activities that can be integrated into science, math, language arts, social studies and other curriculum. Ages 8-10. Eight pages.

A color diagram showing the parts of a wheat kernel: the bran, germ and endosperm.Kernel of Wheat Flyer
A colored diagram showing the parts of a wheat kernel: the bran, germ and endosperm. Explains the difference between whole and enriched grain foods and their importance in a healthy diet.

Just for Kids Image of Wally, a stalk of wheat with a face drawn on it
Check out the Wheat Foods Council Just for Kids web site, a fun, educational resource created for children ages 9 through 12. The site features recipes, games, quizzes and fact-based information about wheat and other grains, enabling children to understand the grain life cycle from crop harvest to health benefits.

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Kernel of Wheat
How Wheat is Milled
How Wheat is Fractionated
Cross Section View of Wheat

Kidnetic.com
Kidnetic.com is a web site that communicates healthy eating and active living information in meaningful and relevant ways to kids aged 9-12 and their families. Kidnetic.com is intended to encourage kids and their families to begin the process of behavior change toward healthy lifestyles.



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