First lady Michelle Obama and Mexican first lady Margarita Zavala visit New Hampshire Elementary School in Silver Spring, Md., Wednesday, May 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
First lady Michelle Obama, left, and Mexican first lady Margarita Zavala, right, participate in gym activities during their visit to New Hampshire Elementary School in Silver Spring, Md., Wednesday, May 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
First lady Michelle Obama, center, and Mexican first lady Margarita Zavala, left, run along with students during their visit to New Hampshire Elementary School in Silver Spring, Md., Wednesday, May 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
First lady Michelle Obama, center, and Mexican first lady Margarita Zavala, right, run with students during activities in the gym during their visit to New Hampshire Elementary School in Silver Spring, Md., Wednesday, May 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Mexican first lady Margarita Zavala participates in gym activities during a visit to New Hampshire Elementary School, with first lady Michelle Obama, Wednesday, May 19,2010, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
First lady Michelle Obama participates in gym activities during a visit to New Hampshire Elementary School, with Mexican first lady Margarita Zavala, not shown, Wednesday, May 19, 2010, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
First lady Michelle Obama sits down to eat with students during a visit to New Hampshire Elementary School, with Mexican first lady Margarita Zavala, not shown in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Mexican first lady Margarita Zavala waves as she hands out gifts during a visit to New Hampshire Elementary School, with first lady Michelle Obama, Wednesday, May 19, 2010, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivai
Mexican first lady Margarita Zavala sits down to eat with students during a visit to New Hampshire Elementary School, with first lady Michelle Obama, not shown, Wednesday, May 19, 2010, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
First lady Michelle Obama eats a piece of broccoli as she sits down to eat with students during their visit to New Hampshire Elementary School, Mexican First Lady Margarita Zavala, not shown, Wednesday, May 19, 2010, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
First lady Michelle Obama sits down to eat with students during a visit to New Hampshire Elementary School, with Mexican first lady Margarita Zavala, not shown, Wednesday, May 19, 2010, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Mexican first lady Margarita Zavala hands out gifts during a visit to New Hampshire Elementary School, with first lady Michelle Obama, not shown, Wednesday, May 19, 2010, in Silver Spring, Md., Wednesday, May 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
First lady Michelle Obama flexes her muscles as she meets with students during their physical activities class at New Hampshire Elementary School, with Mexican First Lady Margarita Zavala, not shown, Wednesday, May 19, 2010, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
First lady Michelle Obama, left, and Mexican first lady Margarita Zavala, right, visit New Hampshire Elementary School in Silver Spring, Md., Wednesday, May 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
SILVER SPRING, Maryland (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama and her Mexican counterpart Margarita Zavala hopped, skipped and played a parachute game with elementary school students in the state of Maryland.
The first ladies later sat down with students in a free lunch program at Silver Spring’s New Hampshire Estates Elementary School on Wednesday. The women helped students pass bowls of broccoli around the cafeteria tables, and Zavala gave the students she met butterfly books from the Mexican state of Michoacan.
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The school recently won an award for teaching healthy living and is involved in a program designed to protect and restore butterfly habitats across North America.
Zavala and Mexican President Felipe Calderon were earlier welcomed to the White House by President Barack Obama and the first lady.
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