What's New at the Barn...

It's A New Year and It's All About Doing Things Differently! At HealthBarn USA our #1 priority is teaching children and families how-to live a healthy-lifestyle through a fun, hands-on experience.  No matter where you are in your journey to be healthy, now is the time to embrace new concepts and put them into practice. We put together our top healthy-lifestyle action items to keep it simple and to help you focus and succeed in 2012 and beyond! 

• Be Positive: Keep a positive attitude about new ideas and smile everyday!
• Eat Fresh Food: Buying fresh food (including frozen veggies) will naturally keep you away from highly processed "boxed" food and cut down on your grocery time by minimizing your food label reading time!
• Cook at Home: Moms "in the know" are cooking with their kids and sharing simple and fun recipes with family and friends.
• Grow Food: The best way to appreciate food is by getting your hands dirty.  Don't be overwhelmed with a vegetable garden, start simply by planting a windowsill herb garden and snipping away while cooking.
• Play: What's your favorite way to play?  Dance, yoga, taking a walk to clear your head, hoola hoop, Wii Fit... go for it everyday!
• Be Down to Earth: Look for ways to conserve energy (simply switch your light bulbs!) at home to help protect our precious planet -- she needs help!
• Eat meals as a Family: Focus on sitting at the table and participating in spirited conversations with your family while turning off the TV, phone and blackberry... it's amazing how much you will learn about each other.  

Upcoming Programs:  Early Bird Specials for Holiday Camps, Summer Camp and Spring Programs.

Boost Your Child's Brain Power in 2012 with hands-on fun and learning at the barn! 

If you are a parent who wants:
- Healthy kids who are adventurous eaters,
- Nutritious and great tasting ideas and recipes for what to serve and eat 24/7,
- Green kids who grow and eat their own organic food,
- Simple, fun-to-take steps that will get your family to a happier, healthier place - from a leading voice in family nutrition, come spend time with us at the barn!

Don't delay, please click here for more information and enrollment forms.

The Best of HealthBarn USA Day, Monday, January 16, 2012:  School is off and we are offering an exciting one-day program for children, ages 5-13 from 9:00 - 3:00 p.m.  Enrollment is limited to 20 children, so please click here or call 201-891-2066 to reserve a space today!

Winter Recess Camp, February 20-24, 2012:  Not flying south for break?  Don't miss out on all of the fun at the barn for children, ages 5-13 from 9:00 - 3:00 pm (extended day is available upon request). Click here to download enrollment forms or contact us at 201-891-2066.

"My daughter has really enjoyed her week so much.  A parent knows when their child is "glowing" and you all have given her that sunny, happy, healthy joy down deep and it shows all over.  We will all benefit from her experience for years through the gifts you have shared,"  a camper mom.

Summer Camp 2012: Voted editor's pick and Best of Bergen by (201) magazine, it's the ultimate "farm-to-fork" experience for children, ages 5-12.  During the day from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. campers indulge in delicious, nutritious food and the healthy lifestyle that goes with it!  Each week brings a new experience, the "Be a Chef" week features the opening of The Healthy Place with parents being the first customers.  And, "Be a Farmer" week features campers selling their hand-grown produce at their very own farmstand.  We have two HealthBarn USA camp locations at: Abma's Farm Bergen County, NJ and Hilltop Hanover Farm and Environmental Center, Westchester, NY. Transportation is available for children coming from New York City to the New York location.  We are gearing up for summer fun, click here to download enrollment information.

Spring Programs: We are starting our super cool, educational springs programs early this year beginning the week of March 10.  The programs Seedlings, ages 3-5, Sprouts, ages 5-7, Young Harvesters, ages 8-15 and Continuing Ed for Grown-Ups.  Stay tuned for the Spring Veggie Workshop for Adults Only, too.  Please click here for enrollment forms!

School Enrichment Programs:

Ready to make a difference in kids' lives?  Partner with HealthBarn USA through our enrichment programs because we make a difference in empowering children to make healthy choices.  Click here for the list of our 2012 offerings in school and at the barn. Here are some highlights:

Parents-in-the-know are sharing, "HealthBarn addressed Cliffwood’s second and third graders last spring with an assembly and was phenomenal at making healthy food fun!  Each student interacted during the assembly, a rare feat for an assembly, but critically important as each student actually engaged in whole body learning.  As a result, the assembly was enthusiastically received by the students as well as the 15-20 parent volunteers. Almost a year later, students still say, 'I loved that assembly!  It was my favorite!' The PTO members have been thrilled by the lasting impression HealthBarn left on our students!"

Healthy-Lifestyle School Assembly: Engage your student body in HealthBarn USA's "Try It -- You'll Like It," one-of-a-kind, hands on healthy-lifestyle experience that empowers children of all ages to: try new foods that are nut free, be active, participate in family meals, and much more.  Click here to read the latest testimonials from other schools.  If you haven't experienced the assembly LIVE yet, click here to watch the team and kids in action.  Need a grant?  The Life in Sync 501c3 Charity has approved the HealthBarn USA assembly as a program that it will support financially when schools and/or community organizations apply for a grant. Not in NJ?  HealthBarn USA loves to travel!  Bring this thumbs up assembly to your school district and receive an amazing price package for an experience of a lifetime for students K through 8th grade. 

School & Scout Healthy-Lifestyle Field Trips: With nutrition education being a hot topic in schools among administrators, children, the PTO/PTA and parents, our hands-on, one-of-kind field trip is a must-do! The field trip curriculum meets the NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards, 2.1, 2.2, 2.5, 2.6, 5.4, 5.8, 5.10, 8.2 and 9.2. And, the HealthBarn USA experience is a perfect supplement to school curricula.

We are booking school and scout trips for Winter and Spring 2012 -- don't miss out on this one-of-kind experience.  Click here for school trips; click here for scout field trip information.

After-School Enrichment Programs and Workshops:  These programs are very popular with kids because they are fun and create a positive learning experience as an extension to the school day with a hot topic for families.  Beginning January 2012, we will be offering after-school programs at Gerrard Berman Day School, Oakland, NJ and Mountainside Elementary, Franklin Lakes, NJ.  We are now scheduling for Winter and Spring 2012.  The workshop format for classes of 25 students during Wellness, Science, Health or Environmental Days are age-appropriate and cover a variety of topics, click here for more information.

Private One-on-One Nutrition Counseling for children, teens and adults. To schedule a one-on-one appointment with Stacey Antine, MS, RD, in New Jersey or New York City, please click here to find out more. 

We are giving you double thumbs up for making the health of you and your family a priority!  We'd love to hear your healthy living stories, please click here to email us! Thank you for reading about HealthBarn USA.  Want to learn more... visit us at the barn!