4th H for Health – February Edition
Chocolate-Covered Strawberry” Frozen Greek Yogurt Bites
Ingredients
1/2 cup nonfat blended strawberry Greek yogurt (not fruit on the bottom yogurt)
3 1/2 tablespoons 100% fruit seedless strawberry jelly
4 teaspoons mini chocolate chips
Tooth picks
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine yogurt and jelly.
- Chop chocolate chips and add them to the yogurt mixture, stirring thoroughly.
- Spoon mixture into molds, or dollop from a spoon onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. If using molds, tap gently on the counter so the yogurt levels smoothly.
- Add “popsicle sticks” if desired
- Freeze until solid. Unmold or peel from parchment immediately after removing from freezer, while still thoroughly frozen.
- Serve immediately or return to freezer tightly wrapped or packaged in airtight containers.
Heart Rate Tracking:
1.Leader will explain the different ways to take your heart rate and how to take pulse and how to calculate heart rate. (# of pulses in 10 secs x 6)
- Leader will ask youth to count pulse for 10 seconds and calculate resting heart rate. Youth will then write down resting heart rate.
- Leader will start a warm-up and youth will mirror their leader.
- Leader will tell youth they are walking in a forest and march in place for 1-2 minutes.
- Leader will then tell youth a bear is chasing them and run-in place for 1-2 minutes.
- Youth will count pulse for 10 seconds and calculate heart rate, then write heart rate.
- Leader plays upbeat music while youth jumps rope to music getting faster as they jump rope for 10-15 minutes.
- Youth will take heart rate after jumping rope.
- Youth will begin cool-down with slow jump roping for 1-2 minutes. Youth will take heart rate and record it. Youth then stop jumping rope and begin stretching. Leader can decide what stretches youth will do (have youth mirror stretches).
- Leader will then talk about reflection with you