Description
The MyPlate Island Activity Cube puts five sides of hands-on nutrition education in the middle of your waiting area. Built around the USDA’s MyPlate framework, each panel teaches children about healthy food choices through magnetic puzzles, matching games, and interactive play, not worksheets or posters. Children who are waiting learn something real without knowing they’re being taught.
| Specification | Detail |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 28″ H x 28″ W x 26″ D |
| Weight | 135 lbs |
| Finish | Maple |
| Number of panels | 5 – one per side including top |
| Loose parts | None – all elements secured within panels |
| Construction | Heavy-duty melamine, softly rounded corners |
| Assembly | Some assembly required – ships in 5 boxes, hardware included |
| Item number | 15-P25-MYP |
| Warranty | 2-year manufacturer’s warranty |
| Manufacturer | Playscapes / Gressco, made in the U.S.A. |
Five Panels, Five Activities
| MyPlate Magnetic Puzzle
Children arrange food group pieces on the MyPlate diagram, learning how to build a balanced meal through hands-on play. |
MyPlate MatchUp
A matching activity that reinforces the five food groups, fruits, vegetables, grains, protein, and dairy, in a game format that works independently or with a partner. |
| Fruit Mirror
A fun-house style mirror framed with colorful fruit illustrations. The reflection draws children in with a smile while reinforcing the fruit food group visually. |
Community Garden
An interactive garden panel where children explore fruits, vegetables, and flowers growing together, encouraging cooperative play and conversation about fresh food. |
| MyPlate Magic (top panel)
The interactive top panel combines activity sliders and bead runs with healthy eating messaging, giving children something to do while they stand at the cube. |
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Cleaning Note
Avoid ammonia-based cleaners on acrylic panel surfaces, as ammonia may cause cloudiness over time. Most commercial hospital-grade disinfectant solutions are safe for all surfaces of this cube.
Why Clinics and Health Centers Choose It
Nutrition education that happens naturally
Children engage with the MyPlate framework through play rather than instruction. For pediatric practices, WIC offices, and health centers where nutritional messaging matters, the cube reinforces those messages in the waiting room before the appointment even begins.
Five activities hold attention far longer than one
A child who finishes one panel simply moves to the next. With five distinct activities across the cube, a single installation keeps multiple children occupied at the same time without any of them getting in each other’s way.
No loose parts, no staff involvement required
Every element is permanently secured within its panel. Nothing falls on the floor, nothing gets pocketed, and nothing needs to be reset. The cube runs itself while your staff handles patients.
What to Expect in Your Space
A waiting area with the MyPlate Island in it is a different kind of waiting area. Children who might otherwise be restless are standing at the cube, moving puzzle pieces, matching food groups, and making faces in the fruit mirror. That engagement is good for the children and good for the adults in the room with them.
| • Heavy-duty melamine, maple finish | • Softly rounded corners throughout |
| • No loose parts, no batteries | • Healthcare infection control rated |
| • Ships in 5 boxes, assembly hardware included | • 2-year manufacturer’s warranty |
| • Made in the U.S.A. by Gressco | • Item 15-P25-MYP |
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