Object: A big bottle of vitamins, box of Wheaties, jar of peanut butter

Good morning, boys and girls. How is everyone today? Are you getting excited about Christmas? It will be here before we know it! I'll bet your mothers and fathers have been so busy that they could use some of the things I brought with me today. (Hold up and name the items.) Why do we take vitamins, boys and girls? (Let them tell you.) That's right. Vitamins help us when we are young to grow into healthy men and women. When we are adults, vitamins give us energy and keep us healthy, too. They give us strength to do our work. Baseball and football players, swimmers and runners, probably take a lot of vitamins, don't you agree, boys and girls? (Let them respond.) They prob…