Based on the staggering statistics surrounding childhood obesity and the increasing prevalence, with obesity rates more than doubling in the past two decades, addressing health and nutrition at an early age is imperative. Not only can childhood obesity predict weight management problems later in life, which are associated to numerous health risk factors, but it also has a huge effect on the students' self-esteem and overall well-being. By providing early experiences with foods, supplying nutrition education, and encouraging daily physical activity students will begin healthy habits and a young age. By utilizing children's books to launch lessons about health and nutrition, the author created five lessons, to do with a group of Kindergarten students, at Helman Elementary in Ashland, Oregon. The focus was to introduce the students to health vocabulary, the five food groups and the importance of variety and moderation in their diet for lasting health. Students created an A-Z health vocabulary book and place mats to show their learning and were involved in many other hands on activities which encouraged physical activity and personal health awareness.