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Watch out Bobby Flay and Rachel Ray, Chef Remmi is on her way! Parents will love the fact this soon-to-be teen will share ideas on how to make a healthy meal more appealing and kids will be able to relate to someone their own age serving up ways they too can pitch in - in the kitchen.
Chef Remmi Smith is a 12-year old culinary phenomenon who will fire up the ‘grill’, toss in some fun factoids and spice up her recipes with children and families during PlayFit on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.
Surprise… the museum is partnering with Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St.Vincent to create fun and engaging museum activities designed to help families and children learn how to live a healthy lifestyle together that is filled with good nutrition and physical activity. You won’t believe what happens when the museum opens at 10:00 a.m. – a large “mob” of Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St.Vincent doctors, nurses, staff, families and patients will have a surprise that is sure to get you moving like a dinosaur.
PlayFit, presented by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation, fits right in with Chef Remmi’s passionate mission. The young dynamo hosts a television program, has her own website and is about to release her first cookbook. This one is called Global Cooking for Kids and it offers kid-friendly, healthy alternatives to unhealthy eating. "My objective is to get kids in the kitchen having fun and to link the skill of cooking to improved nutrition,” said Smith. “I am concerned about the childhood obesity epidemic and also the hunger problem in America. Learning how to cook is a life skill that will lead to healthier eating habits." Remmi is Sodexo’s national Student Ambassador for Nutrition and Health.
Visitors will be sure to work up an appetite with all of the PlayFit activities going on at the museum including a supervised area for young children to romp and play with hula hoops, carpet skates and inflatable bouncing animals!
St.Vincent will sprinkle serious information about health and nutrition in with fun activities that demonstrate the point. Children will learn how extra weight feels by performing a physical activity then repeating that same activity while wearing a five- pound weight belt. A doll house will show parents and older siblings how common household items may pose a choking hazard for young children.
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is a nonprofit institution committed to creating extraordinary learning experiences across the arts, sciences, and humanities that have the power to transform the lives of children and families. For more information about The Children's Museum, visit www.childrensmuseum.org, follow us on Twitter @TCMIndy, Facebook.com/childrensmuseum and YouTube.
