Sofia’s {Ideas}
A Sunday series. A single idea. One of way too many.
Even though I use Coupon Mom to help generate our grocery lists, we still get at least 1 copy of our local Grocery Sales Flyers every week. They usually come with our village paper and sometimes they stuff duplicate copies in there. Even though we’ve drastically reduced our junk mail, we still get some. Some we shred, some we recycle, these we use!
One of the things we use them for is to reinforce our family’s ideas on good nutrition. When they are young, we introduce the idea of “traffic light eating” based on Dr. William Sear’s book “Eat Healthy, Feel Great”. The general idea is that there are green light, yellow light, and red light foods. Green means go: eat as many of these you want. Yellow means slow down: its fine in moderation. Red means stop: pick a healthier choice. We slightly disagree with Dr. Sears’ ideas of what categories specific foods belong to, but thats why its great to do this activity according to our family’s philosophies.
I cut 3 circles out of green, yellow, and red construction paper. The kids cut out the pictures of the foods.
Then they decide where each food belongs.
Makes for a great family discussion! And sometimes, sibling debate! 
Using the grocery sales flyers to reinforce good nutrition is one way we apply Sofia’s Ideas on Simplicity, Frugality, and Frivolity… all with an Eco-Mentality!
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What a fantastic and fun exercise to have the kids do! Learning about eating healthy and nutrition can never begin too early.
I agree!
THANK YOU SOFIA. You are a woman after my own heart. I just posted today about reusing stuff! I put into to practice that thing your mom does about saving lids. It has honestly made my life so much easier. those lids are the only thing that will keep my 14 month old occupied while I am working in the kitchen. she loves them. Now I am going to do this too, my 2 oldest will adore it. THANK YOU
Oh, I’m so glad! That actually brings a tear to my eye! Thanks for taking the time to come here and share that with me. It means so much!