Vitamin D
Lesson Plan
Use this on well-baby day, at CPNP, at parents and tots group, or even at
a cooking class when you’re waiting for something to cook in the oven!
Key messages to share often:
• Rickets is 100% preventable. It is a painful disease that causes
bones to get soft and bend.
• All babies under the age of 2 (breastfed or formula fed) need
2 drops (800IU) of Baby Ddrops™ every day.
• Pregnant and breastfeeding women need to take a vitamin D
supplement every day in addition to prenatal vitamins.
• Baby Ddrops™ are colourless, tasteless and
do not turn babies’ teeth brown.
Learning plan objectives:
Participants learn how to get enough vitamin D and why it is important.
Activity 1
Vitamin D Trivia
Materials: Vitamin D Trivia Flash Cards
1. Sit in a circle.
2. Take out the Trivia Flash Cards and ask participants the first question. Once everyone
has answered, show them the correct answer [on the back of the card]. Continue with
all questions.
3. Ask the group what they learned from the game. Encourage them to share what
they learned and what they had already known.
Activity 2
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Materials: Copies of the Vitamin D Activity Worksheet, copies of the Vitamin D
Activity Sheet – For Kids!, pens/pencils and crayons/markers.
1. Pass out copies of the Vitamin D Activity Worksheet. If there are children
present, give each one a copy of the Vitamin D Activity Sheet – for Kids!
2. Have participants complete the sheet by working in small groups.
3. Once everyone has finished, take up the answers in a large group.
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Giving Vitamin D to Babies
Worksheet Fun!
Vitamin D
Trivia
Materials: Copies of the Baby Ddrops™ for Strong Bones and Teeth tear sheet
1. Pass out copies of the Baby Ddrops™ for Strong Bones and Teeth tear sheet.
2. Read or have parents and caregivers take turns reading out the
information.
3. Questions to ask: Has anyone given their babies under 2 years old Baby Ddrops™
before? How did they give it and when? Why have or haven’t they given their babies
Baby Ddrops™? Have the group share their experiences.
4. Remind parents that Baby Ddrops™ are available for free at the Health Centre.
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Vitamin D
Lesson Plan
Sources of Vitamin D
Other activity ideas:
Recipe Contest
• Have participants submit recipes that have vitamin D
foods as the main ingredient.
Vitamin D Poster Contest
• Have children, youth or CPNP participants design a
poster about vitamin D. You could use any of the key
messages as themes for the contest.
Grocery Store Scavenger Hunt
• Take CPNP participants or other groups through your local
store and see how many products they can find that contain
vitamin D. [Hint: only some yogurt has vitamin D, check the
• Vitamin D supplements
• Maqtaaq
• Seal liver
• Arctic char
• Milk
• Chocolate milk
• Soy beverages (check the label)
• Eggs
• Fish like salmon, tuna and sardines
• Yogurt (check the label)
• Margarine
Nutrition Label]
Story Telling / Group Discussion
In a group, have members share stories
about taking vitamin D. Some prompting
questions include:
• What was your experience taking vitamin
D and prenatal supplements while pregnant and/or breastfeeding?
Vitamin D Memory Dice Game
Materials: 2 dice, 4 sheets of paper, marker or pen
Preparation:
• Cut up sheets of paper, write down each food with vitamin
D (see box above) on two pieces of paper (to form a pair)
Directions:
1. Form a circle and mix papers face down in the middle
2. Choose a number between 1 and 6 (i.e. ‘5’)
• What was your experience giving Baby
Ddrops? [Remind participants that Baby
3. Each person around the circle takes turns rolling both dice
• How do you give your children over 2
years old vitamin D? [Remember
5. They go into the middle and flip over two pieces of paper,
if it is a match (i.e Milk and Milk) then they pick it up and
keep the pair, if they do not match they flip them over and
turn over two more until they find a pair
Ddrops™ are free at health centres]
multivitamins are often free at the health centre
for children under 6 years of age – check with
yours!]
When someone identifies a problem that
they had, ask others in the group if they have
any suggestions for that person. Refer to the
key messages and the handouts in the toolkit
for more information.
4. When someone rolls doubles of the chosen number,
(i.e. double 5s) then it’s that person’s turn
6. They continue until the next person rolls doubles of the
chosen number, at that time they take the pairs they
found with them back in the circle
7. The person with the most pairs at the end wins
8. Debrief by reminding participants of the key messages