What Makes A Rainbow? + Rainbow Kit Giveaway!

My sproutlets are getting over a couple of days of mild illness. Birdie, the youngest, was the first to start feeling better, so I encouraged her to eat some fruit, cheese & crackers by arranging them like a rainbow. To go with her rainbow snack, we read one of her favourite books - one we've had since Beanstalk was her age - What Makes a Rainbow? by Betty Ann Schwartz. 

 

It's such a cute book. With every turn of the page, another ribbon colour is added to the rainbow. Now, it's not accurate - there are only 6 colours in this rainbow, which ends with purple rather than indigo, then violet - but that doesn't bother me, she'll learn what really makes a rainbow eventually, and I only had 6 colours of muffin cups and fruit anyways :)

Birdie's favourite page is the blue one, because it has a bird on it (she got her nickname from the way she likes to chirp like a bird - she loves "birdies"). As we read each page, I encouraged her to eat the colour of fruit that matched the colour in the book. After we read through the book in the order it was meant to be read, she played with it, opening pages randomly then eating that colour.

Bella & Sprout wanted in on the fun too and between the 3 of them they ate the rainbow of fruit & cheese, leaving only a few bunny shaped pretzels :)

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My sproutlets love to eat rainbows. Any time I want to get them to eat a variety, or try something new, I use rainbows in some way - arranging them in rainbow order, in rainbow coloured containers, or just encouraging them to add that colour to their Today I Ate A Rainbow chart. Hooray for eating rainbows!

  

Today I Ate A Rainbow!

I love our Today I Ate A Rainbow! Kit - it's really helped me get even the pickier sproutlets to eat enough fruits & veggies every day, and try new ones. It's even encouraged Pickle, our little man with autism and a very short list of likes, to try things - and that is amazing :)

The Rainbow Kit comes with all you see here:

• The Today I Ate A Rainbow chart
• The Rainbow Bunch book & bookmark
• Grocery shopping list
• Rainbow Magnet set

You might have noticed the Today I Ate A Rainbow! chart looks a little different from the one I reviewed in February... it's a new one!  There are now more fruit & vegetable suggestions for each colour, and lovely growing garden graphics. My boys really like this new version - although the girls are loyal to our original chart featuring Hannah, the original Rainbow Kid ♥ We've got both charts on our fridge now - one for the boys and one for the girls - which sometimes spurs a little healthy competition :)

The Today I Ate A Rainbow website is a super fun resource too, for caregivers and children alike! The site has a new look that matches the new chart, and there's lots of new free stuff, like fruit and veggie coloring pages,  and on the resource page, a Rainbow Eaters Certificate and a new chart called Today I Tried. Did you know it can take at least 10 exposures to a new food before it's accepted? I know in the past I've given up after only 3 or 4 tries... The Today I Tried chart can be a helpful visual tool, both as a reminder to caregivers not to give up too soon, and as a record for children to see their progress :)

One of my favourite parts of the Today I Ate A Rainbow! website is the video section,  Hannah & Kia cook up healthy fun in the Rainbow Kitchen. My little girls and I made kale chips following along with them!

I know my kidlets are more likely to try foods they had a hand in preparing, and cooking along with the videos is fun and easy for even beginners to follow :)

And my sproutlets love The Rainbow Song.

Sprout & Birdie sang The Rainbow Song on Green Day, 

so this time big sister Mia Bella wanted a turn:

Want your own Rainbow Kit?

You're in luck! March is Nutrition Month, so the wonderful Kia, creator of the Today I Ate A Rainbow! chart & kit, author of The Rainbow Bunch,  and advocate of rainbow eating for good nutrition, is offering my readers another chance to win a new Rainbow Kit of their own!

All you have to do is leave a comment on this post!

Visit Today I Ate A Rainbow! then come back here and leave a comment telling me & Kia something you liked  ♥

I'd also love it if you would visit the Today I Ate A Rainbow on Facebook and Like them - you can make a bonus entry if you do, or already did - just make another comment saying so :) And if you also Like Bent On Better Lunches on Facebook, or you already did, you can make another comment saying so! That's 3 chances to win :)

The winner will be chosen (by comment # using Random.org) and announced on Friday, March 23rd.  Good luck! And remember, I need a way to contact you if you win, so make sure your comment includes one! Thank you :)

Bonus! I will now be drawing 2 winners!
Thank you Today I Ate A Rainbow!

Disclosure: I received a Rainbow Kit from Today I Ate A Rainbow! to review.  No other compensation or payment was given. All opinions & descriptions are my own.

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