This document discusses singular and plural nouns. It provides examples of singular nouns like "person", "animal", "fruit", and "vegetable" and explains how to make nouns plural by adding "s". Singular and plural forms of specific nouns like "boy", "apple", "fox", and "balloon" are given. The document encourages practicing identifying singular and plural nouns for additional words like "goat", "carrot", "orange", "child", "tomato", "leaf", "mango", and "cherry". It directs reading an activity book to page 14 for further practice.
The Bull City Fit Gardening Curriculum outlines activities for summer 2014 that involve growing and tasting vegetables. On June 4th, students will play a seed-to-harvest game and discuss what vegetables will be planted. On June 18th, they will plant seeds and seedlings and learn gardening safety. Vegetables to be grown include okra, beans, eggplant, peppers, and tomatoes. Later meetings in July involve checking the garden's progress, doing seed experiments, tasting different vegetables cooked in various ways, and having a recipe competition using vegetables from the garden.
This document provides summaries of children's books and resources that focus on environmental education themes. It summarizes 10 books/resources on topics like taking learning outdoors, the senses, seasons, trees, gardening with children, ladybugs, caterpillars, ponds, and fireflies. For each, it provides a brief overview of the content and educational value for early childhood educators.
The document provides instructions for simple Earth Day crafts that can be made from recycled household materials with children. It includes directions to make goldfish from egg cartons, flying saucers from plastic materials like bottle caps and plates, and elephants from tissue boxes, lunch bags, and paper plates. The crafts aim to teach children about reducing, reusing, and recycling while allowing them to be creative. Nature walks and leaf crafts are also suggested as Earth Day activities.
It’s important that we eat plenty of different fruits and vegetables every day. Diets rich in fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of cancer and other chronic diseases. Fruits and vegetables provide essential vitamins and minerals, fiber, and other substances that are important for good health. Most fruits and vegetables are naturally low in fat and calories and are filling.
This beautiful food art poster from SchoolFoodserviceXpress.com encourages us to think local when it comes to the foods that we eat.
(www.SchoolFoodserviceXpress.com
ChildFund International Addresses Emergencies and Natural DisastersDV Medical Supply
DV Medical Supply has delivered medical supplies in the US since 1977 and supports ChildFund International's efforts to help children in poverty. ChildFund responds to crises like drought in East Africa and Typhoon Nina in the Philippines in 2016, providing food, water and rebuilding support. They helped over 8 million at risk of malnutrition in Africa and displaced children in the Philippines post-typhoon.
This document discusses singular and plural nouns. It provides examples of singular nouns like "person", "animal", "fruit", and "vegetable" and explains how to make nouns plural by adding "s". Singular and plural forms of specific nouns like "boy", "apple", "fox", and "balloon" are given. The document encourages practicing identifying singular and plural nouns for additional words like "goat", "carrot", "orange", "child", "tomato", "leaf", "mango", and "cherry". It directs reading an activity book to page 14 for further practice.
The Bull City Fit Gardening Curriculum outlines activities for summer 2014 that involve growing and tasting vegetables. On June 4th, students will play a seed-to-harvest game and discuss what vegetables will be planted. On June 18th, they will plant seeds and seedlings and learn gardening safety. Vegetables to be grown include okra, beans, eggplant, peppers, and tomatoes. Later meetings in July involve checking the garden's progress, doing seed experiments, tasting different vegetables cooked in various ways, and having a recipe competition using vegetables from the garden.
This document provides summaries of children's books and resources that focus on environmental education themes. It summarizes 10 books/resources on topics like taking learning outdoors, the senses, seasons, trees, gardening with children, ladybugs, caterpillars, ponds, and fireflies. For each, it provides a brief overview of the content and educational value for early childhood educators.
The document provides instructions for simple Earth Day crafts that can be made from recycled household materials with children. It includes directions to make goldfish from egg cartons, flying saucers from plastic materials like bottle caps and plates, and elephants from tissue boxes, lunch bags, and paper plates. The crafts aim to teach children about reducing, reusing, and recycling while allowing them to be creative. Nature walks and leaf crafts are also suggested as Earth Day activities.
It’s important that we eat plenty of different fruits and vegetables every day. Diets rich in fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of cancer and other chronic diseases. Fruits and vegetables provide essential vitamins and minerals, fiber, and other substances that are important for good health. Most fruits and vegetables are naturally low in fat and calories and are filling.
This beautiful food art poster from SchoolFoodserviceXpress.com encourages us to think local when it comes to the foods that we eat.
(www.SchoolFoodserviceXpress.com
ChildFund International Addresses Emergencies and Natural DisastersDV Medical Supply
DV Medical Supply has delivered medical supplies in the US since 1977 and supports ChildFund International's efforts to help children in poverty. ChildFund responds to crises like drought in East Africa and Typhoon Nina in the Philippines in 2016, providing food, water and rebuilding support. They helped over 8 million at risk of malnutrition in Africa and displaced children in the Philippines post-typhoon.
Formative assessment importance of propagating treesLeoj Hewe
The document contains a quiz about the importance of planting fruit-bearing trees. It lists 5 statements and asks the reader to identify whether each one is true or false. The statements regard making food available to everyone, the economic contribution of fruit and plantation crops, whether most trees are sources of food and medicine, the role of trees in controlling floods and soil erosion, and common fruit-bearing trees produced in the Philippines. The key provided at the end answers each statement.
The Sunshine Club focused on fruits, colors, and numbers from 1-20 during the week of October 7-11, 2013. Students learned new vocabulary words for fruits and colors, practiced numbers and days of the week, and sang songs, read stories, and did activities about fruits, colors, and caterpillars eating different foods on different days.
This document summarizes a bug-themed 3rd birthday party. Decorations included green, yellow, and orange tablecloths with plastic bugs, easter grass, plastic leaves, and balloons with paper wings and faces. Activities included painting coffee filter butterflies, a bug hunt with a prize for the first to find a candle-taped bug, a bug relay crawl through an obstacle course, and a game of "bug bug spray" similar to duck duck goose. The cake was shaped like a bug with a green frostied body, licorice antennae and legs, and googly eyes. Food included ants on a log and butterfly hot dogs.
This document provides tips for teaching kids to be eco-conscious, including explaining why it's important to protect the planet, encouraging energy conservation, limiting waste through sharing and reusing, starting recycling by separating items, growing their own food to appreciate where it comes from, and visiting a website for more information.
Gardening for children - Horticultural Therapy Association of VictoriaElisaMendelsohn
Children can greatly benefit from gardening by learning new skills, having fun outdoors, and developing self-confidence. Gardening helps children learn responsibility by caring for plants, understanding through observing cause and effect with plants, and building self-confidence by achieving goals like growing food. Both younger and older children can enjoy age-appropriate activities in the garden, from digging in the dirt to more advanced tasks, while developing important physical, cognitive, and social skills. Safety is important when children garden, with proper supervision, tools, and protection from hazards.
Food Waste, Food Insecurity, and Food Recovery (w/ notes)Danielle Logoluso
This powerpoint displays various food waste and insecurity issues that plague the United States. I urge individuals to explore the importance behind these issues, and to adapt to easy food recovery strategies.
The document discusses several major theories of child development, including Freud's psychosexual stages, Erikson's psychosocial stages of development, and Piaget's cognitive development stages. It provides an overview of the key aspects of each theory, such as the stages, focuses of pleasure, and interactions with the environment according to Freud and Erikson. The theories aim to understand child development and behavior from infancy through adolescence.
A presentation I made for a graduate-level Maternal & Childhood Nutrition course. This PowerPoint focuses on the important role good nutrition can play in this age group, as well as nutrition programs for this age group.
This document outlines the key stages of child development from infancy through adolescence. It discusses development in three domains: physical, cognitive, and psychosocial. For each stage, it provides an overview of the typical physical growth and motor skills, cognitive abilities like language development and thought processes, and psychosocial milestones regarding personality, relationships, and independence. The stages covered are infancy, early childhood (ages 2-6), middle childhood (ages 7-11), and adolescence (ages 10-18).
Early childhood spans from birth to age 5 and involves remarkable physical, cognitive, socio-emotional, and language development. Key physical milestones include walking, running, and fine motor skills like scribbling and cutting. Cognitively, children progress from sensorimotor thinking to representational thought, such as pretend play and understanding of symbols. Socio-emotionally, children develop self-awareness and understanding of emotions while learning social skills through family and peer interactions. This period lays the groundwork for further development across multiple domains.
Lightning Talk #9: How UX and Data Storytelling Can Shape Policy by Mika Aldabaux singapore
How can we take UX and Data Storytelling out of the tech context and use them to change the way government behaves?
Showcasing the truth is the highest goal of data storytelling. Because the design of a chart can affect the interpretation of data in a major way, one must wield visual tools with care and deliberation. Using quantitative facts to evoke an emotional response is best achieved with the combination of UX and data storytelling.
As humans, we never fail to think that we are highly intelligent beings, and that we are mentally superior than any other creatures found on Earth.
Well, that...... may be true.
However, we can be equally stupid and dumb too.
Worse still, we don't even realize it - in terms of how we can make erroneous judgments, decisions and choices, based on how our mind processes and filters information, as well as how our belief system works.
As intriguing and exciting this topic is to me, I find it difficult to illustrate the concepts involve, and that took me nearly 6 months to complete this work. (The Planning Fallacy in play?!) Throughout writing this deck, I've made a total of 8 major revisions before coming to this final piece.
I hope you'll find this deck both interesting and useful!
The document discusses how startup entrepreneurs think and operate. It notes that startups like Airbnb and Uber were started due to identifying shortages or problems. It emphasizes that startups focus on providing customer benefit, eliminating waste, and creating value. It also highlights that startups operate with speed, embracing failure fast and pivoting quickly, with transparency and by breaking rules. Startups succeed by moving rapidly, with minimal processes and instead prioritizing speed above all else.
This document provides tips for starting a family garden in the spring. It discusses how gardening can be a fun way for families to get exercise and for children to learn about nutrition. Gardening increases children's fruit and vegetable intake, nutrition knowledge, and preference for vegetables. The benefits of gardening also include promoting healthy lifestyle choices. The document provides specific tips for involving children, such as letting them get their hands dirty, planting quick-growing crops, and giving children ownership of their own garden area. It notes that gardening is possible even without a yard by using pots or windowsills. Resources for starting a garden are also listed.
Early & Effective Outdoor Education: Nurturing the Future of Children & NatureMelvz
This presentation aims to communicate the importance of Outdoor Education for both young children and the environment. It will serve as a resource for Infant School teachers to facilitate the early development of children's connection to and appreciation for the natural world in order to preserve the environment for future generations.
Share these activities with parents to help them support their child’s development. These activities will benefit children from 2-months to 5-years old.
Nov 2011 Louisiana School Gardening News
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
The document outlines a lesson plan for a 60-minute English class for 3 students ages 5-6. The lesson plan focuses on fruits and vegetables and has the following goals: consolidate knowledge of colors, identify and name various fruits and vegetables, learn question words, develop listening and visual skills. The lesson includes a story time activity where the teacher reads a book about fruits and vegetables, and a painting and sorting activity where students paint and categorize fruits and vegetables. The plan provides details on the purpose, timing, instructions and scaffolding for each activity, as well as routines for arrival, transition and departure.
Ladybug Events provides hands-on educational programs at schools focusing on gardening, cooking, and sustainability. Activities include puppet shows, singing, gardening lessons, composting, cooking, and crafts. Students grow and care for plants, harvest vegetables, make worm bins and mushroom structures with their hands. The goal is to awaken their senses and give them a sense of pride and ownership in their work. A variety of herbs, vegetables, and native plants are used to teach children about gardening and nature.
Formative assessment importance of propagating treesLeoj Hewe
The document contains a quiz about the importance of planting fruit-bearing trees. It lists 5 statements and asks the reader to identify whether each one is true or false. The statements regard making food available to everyone, the economic contribution of fruit and plantation crops, whether most trees are sources of food and medicine, the role of trees in controlling floods and soil erosion, and common fruit-bearing trees produced in the Philippines. The key provided at the end answers each statement.
The Sunshine Club focused on fruits, colors, and numbers from 1-20 during the week of October 7-11, 2013. Students learned new vocabulary words for fruits and colors, practiced numbers and days of the week, and sang songs, read stories, and did activities about fruits, colors, and caterpillars eating different foods on different days.
This document summarizes a bug-themed 3rd birthday party. Decorations included green, yellow, and orange tablecloths with plastic bugs, easter grass, plastic leaves, and balloons with paper wings and faces. Activities included painting coffee filter butterflies, a bug hunt with a prize for the first to find a candle-taped bug, a bug relay crawl through an obstacle course, and a game of "bug bug spray" similar to duck duck goose. The cake was shaped like a bug with a green frostied body, licorice antennae and legs, and googly eyes. Food included ants on a log and butterfly hot dogs.
This document provides tips for teaching kids to be eco-conscious, including explaining why it's important to protect the planet, encouraging energy conservation, limiting waste through sharing and reusing, starting recycling by separating items, growing their own food to appreciate where it comes from, and visiting a website for more information.
Gardening for children - Horticultural Therapy Association of VictoriaElisaMendelsohn
Children can greatly benefit from gardening by learning new skills, having fun outdoors, and developing self-confidence. Gardening helps children learn responsibility by caring for plants, understanding through observing cause and effect with plants, and building self-confidence by achieving goals like growing food. Both younger and older children can enjoy age-appropriate activities in the garden, from digging in the dirt to more advanced tasks, while developing important physical, cognitive, and social skills. Safety is important when children garden, with proper supervision, tools, and protection from hazards.
Food Waste, Food Insecurity, and Food Recovery (w/ notes)Danielle Logoluso
This powerpoint displays various food waste and insecurity issues that plague the United States. I urge individuals to explore the importance behind these issues, and to adapt to easy food recovery strategies.
The document discusses several major theories of child development, including Freud's psychosexual stages, Erikson's psychosocial stages of development, and Piaget's cognitive development stages. It provides an overview of the key aspects of each theory, such as the stages, focuses of pleasure, and interactions with the environment according to Freud and Erikson. The theories aim to understand child development and behavior from infancy through adolescence.
A presentation I made for a graduate-level Maternal & Childhood Nutrition course. This PowerPoint focuses on the important role good nutrition can play in this age group, as well as nutrition programs for this age group.
This document outlines the key stages of child development from infancy through adolescence. It discusses development in three domains: physical, cognitive, and psychosocial. For each stage, it provides an overview of the typical physical growth and motor skills, cognitive abilities like language development and thought processes, and psychosocial milestones regarding personality, relationships, and independence. The stages covered are infancy, early childhood (ages 2-6), middle childhood (ages 7-11), and adolescence (ages 10-18).
Early childhood spans from birth to age 5 and involves remarkable physical, cognitive, socio-emotional, and language development. Key physical milestones include walking, running, and fine motor skills like scribbling and cutting. Cognitively, children progress from sensorimotor thinking to representational thought, such as pretend play and understanding of symbols. Socio-emotionally, children develop self-awareness and understanding of emotions while learning social skills through family and peer interactions. This period lays the groundwork for further development across multiple domains.
Lightning Talk #9: How UX and Data Storytelling Can Shape Policy by Mika Aldabaux singapore
How can we take UX and Data Storytelling out of the tech context and use them to change the way government behaves?
Showcasing the truth is the highest goal of data storytelling. Because the design of a chart can affect the interpretation of data in a major way, one must wield visual tools with care and deliberation. Using quantitative facts to evoke an emotional response is best achieved with the combination of UX and data storytelling.
As humans, we never fail to think that we are highly intelligent beings, and that we are mentally superior than any other creatures found on Earth.
Well, that...... may be true.
However, we can be equally stupid and dumb too.
Worse still, we don't even realize it - in terms of how we can make erroneous judgments, decisions and choices, based on how our mind processes and filters information, as well as how our belief system works.
As intriguing and exciting this topic is to me, I find it difficult to illustrate the concepts involve, and that took me nearly 6 months to complete this work. (The Planning Fallacy in play?!) Throughout writing this deck, I've made a total of 8 major revisions before coming to this final piece.
I hope you'll find this deck both interesting and useful!
The document discusses how startup entrepreneurs think and operate. It notes that startups like Airbnb and Uber were started due to identifying shortages or problems. It emphasizes that startups focus on providing customer benefit, eliminating waste, and creating value. It also highlights that startups operate with speed, embracing failure fast and pivoting quickly, with transparency and by breaking rules. Startups succeed by moving rapidly, with minimal processes and instead prioritizing speed above all else.
This document provides tips for starting a family garden in the spring. It discusses how gardening can be a fun way for families to get exercise and for children to learn about nutrition. Gardening increases children's fruit and vegetable intake, nutrition knowledge, and preference for vegetables. The benefits of gardening also include promoting healthy lifestyle choices. The document provides specific tips for involving children, such as letting them get their hands dirty, planting quick-growing crops, and giving children ownership of their own garden area. It notes that gardening is possible even without a yard by using pots or windowsills. Resources for starting a garden are also listed.
Early & Effective Outdoor Education: Nurturing the Future of Children & NatureMelvz
This presentation aims to communicate the importance of Outdoor Education for both young children and the environment. It will serve as a resource for Infant School teachers to facilitate the early development of children's connection to and appreciation for the natural world in order to preserve the environment for future generations.
Share these activities with parents to help them support their child’s development. These activities will benefit children from 2-months to 5-years old.
Nov 2011 Louisiana School Gardening News
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
The document outlines a lesson plan for a 60-minute English class for 3 students ages 5-6. The lesson plan focuses on fruits and vegetables and has the following goals: consolidate knowledge of colors, identify and name various fruits and vegetables, learn question words, develop listening and visual skills. The lesson includes a story time activity where the teacher reads a book about fruits and vegetables, and a painting and sorting activity where students paint and categorize fruits and vegetables. The plan provides details on the purpose, timing, instructions and scaffolding for each activity, as well as routines for arrival, transition and departure.
Ladybug Events provides hands-on educational programs at schools focusing on gardening, cooking, and sustainability. Activities include puppet shows, singing, gardening lessons, composting, cooking, and crafts. Students grow and care for plants, harvest vegetables, make worm bins and mushroom structures with their hands. The goal is to awaken their senses and give them a sense of pride and ownership in their work. A variety of herbs, vegetables, and native plants are used to teach children about gardening and nature.
May 2011 Louisiana School Gardening News
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
The document provides a table of homework activities for students to choose from for each fortnight. It instructs students to complete two activities using one page each, doing their best work. The table lists various creative and research-based activities focused on sustainability, science, cultures and home responsibilities. Topics include reusing materials, plant and animal lifecycles, recipes and household tasks. Students are encouraged to be imaginative and learn through hands-on projects.
This document provides a summary of the best children's books about gardening for different age groups from preschool to middle school. It includes top picture books, fiction books, non-fiction books, and cookbooks. It also lists several educator resources for starting and maintaining school gardens, including curriculum guides, reference books, and websites. The document was written by Rick Swann, an elementary school librarian and author who has researched and written about school gardens.
Welcome to Kindergarten Presentation Riverdale - 2022 .pptxJonathan Vervaet
This document provides information for families about an upcoming Kindergarten orientation at Riverdale Elementary school. It outlines the agenda for the orientation, including introductions of the Kindergarten teachers and support staff. It discusses what Kindergarten will be like, focusing on learning through play. It provides tips for families on how to prepare their children over the summer, such as reading together, playing with numbers and letters, being active, and developing social skills. Families are also given information about the first days of school in September.
Are you a new mom looking for fun and engaging activities to do with your infant? Look no further! In this article, we'll explore a variety of creative and developmentally-appropriate activities that you and your little one can enjoy together. From sensory play to tummy time exercises, there are plenty of ways to engage your infant's growing mind and body. We'll also provide tips for adapting these activities as your baby grows and develops new skills. Whether you're looking for indoor or outdoor activities, solo or group play ideas, we've got you covered. Get ready to bond with your baby through play and exploration!
The document summarizes an anecdotal observation of three children, ages 3-5, playing in the dramatic play area of a YMCA childcare center. It notes the children pretending with fruits and vegetables, expressing preferences, and negotiating use of props. Developmental cues observed included pretend play, fine motor skills, speech, social skills, and independence. The center focuses on emergent curriculum.
The lesson plan summarizes a 60-minute class for 3 students ages 5-6 focused on consolidating knowledge of fruits and vegetables. The class will include 3 activities: 1) students will make a fruit salad while practicing vocabulary, 2) eat their salads while discussing what they learned, and 3) play a memory game with fruit and vegetable cards. Throughout the class, the teacher will use songs, questions, and visuals to reinforce vocabulary and scaffold learning. The goal is for students to strengthen language skills while enjoying working with fruits and vegetables.
The document provides a teacher's guide for a curriculum on organic gardening for primary school children, including background information on Chinese cuisine and vegetables commonly grown in the area, as well as activities to teach children about where food comes from, how plants grow, and what organic food is.
This lesson plan introduces kindergarten and first grade students to healthy eating habits. Students will identify healthy and unhealthy foods, learn where foods come from, and sample different fruits and vegetables. The lesson incorporates reading, discussion, a mock garden where students can harvest produce, and planting seeds for a classroom garden. The goal is for students to gain knowledge of healthy foods and advocate for making good nutritional choices.
Feb 2012 Louisiana School Gardening News
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For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
The document provides homework instructions for students over two fortnights. It instructs students to complete two homework activities from the provided table each fortnight. Students are asked to use one page per activity, unless additional pages are needed for photos, diagrams or graphs. They are reminded to do their best work and follow book standards. It also reminds students to fill in their reading logs and participate in Mathletics.
All About Food - Organic Gardening for Children; by Garden Organic UK
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For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
The team presentation describes an activity called "Healthy, Fresh, and Veggies" for preschoolers. The activity involves children choosing vegetables to make their own salad, cutting the vegetables with plastic knives and boards, adding dressing, and eating their salad. It aims to develop the children's fine motor skills, social skills through sharing what they made, language skills by describing their salad, and cognitive skills in using tools and understanding tastes. Visual instruction cards guide the children through each step of the process.
The document discusses using food experiences to teach children important skills in areas like math, science, art, and social studies. It provides examples of activities that incorporate healthy foods, such as making edible art with vegetables, frozen fruit kabobs, and stuffed apples. The document also includes ideas for food-themed games and lists resources for nutrition lessons and activities.
1. Nutrition Activities for Daycare
June is National Fruit and Vegetable Month.
What better way to introduce the children in your daycare to a variety of fruits and vegetables than
through fun and educational themed activities involving art, music, science, and reading.
Consider adding these activities to your daycare curriculum.
Try using a single fruit or vegetable as part of an alphabet (letter) lesson plan. For example: begin
with introducing the letter W and create a colorful "W is for Watermelon" poster. Then plan the rest
of the day's activities around a watermelon theme.
Get creative and search the internet for kid friendly fruit and vegetable related activities. For
example, Watermelon.org, the National Watermelon Promotion Board, provides a wealth of
watermelon songs, recipes, and games.
Dole 5 A Day also has an outstanding, free kid's cookbook and fun activities to get you started on
fruit and/or vegetable daycare themes for June.
Consider these ideas for National Fruit and Vegetable Month:
Art and Cooking:
Fruity smoothies
Children can participate in making a simple fruit smoothie. Let the children help make their
individual smoothies by letting them add their favorite fruit to the blender.
For a simple, delicious and healthy smoothie, add one banana (peeled and cut into chunks), one cup
nonfat yogurt (try vanilla), and one cup orange juice to a clean blender and blend until smooth.
Veggie stampers:
Take a variety of fresh, firm vegetables (potatoes, carrots, radishes, bell peppers, etc.) and cut them
into interesting shapes. Cover the table with newspaper and put paint out in containers. Let the
children dip the veggies into the paint and stamp them on a large white piece of construction paper.
Science
A great way to introduce children to science is through gardening. Let them grow fruits or veggies
from seeds. Take an empty egg carton and using a spoon, let the children fill each egg cup with soil.
Then plant two seeds in each egg cup and water each cup with a teaspoon of water.
Lettuce, radishes, peas, and apple seeds are usually easy to grow, but you may want to ask your
local nursery for other easy-to-grow seeds specific to your area. Let the children take turns watering
the plants and monitor their progress daily.
2. Music:
Take the children's favorite songs and modify them using fruit and vegetable themes:
Do You Eat Your Vegetables? (Sung to the tune of "Muffin Man")
Oh do you eat your vegetables, vegetables, vegetables?
Oh, do you eat your vegetables
Each and every day?
Oh, yes we eat our vegetables, vegetables, vegetables,
Oh yes we eat our vegetables
Each and every day!
Ask each child in turn to name a vegetable then replace the child's name and the vegetable he or she
has chosen:
Oh Sally eats broccoli, broccoli, broccoli
Oh Sally eats broccoli ...each and every day!
Storytime:
Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert (2006, ISBN: 015201036X) introduces fruits and vegetables from
around the world along with upper and lowercase letters.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric homelandimprovements.com Carle, (1994, ISBN: 0399226907)
features a hungry little caterpillar eats his way through a variety of vivid, colorful food.
Mr. Putter & Tabby Pick the Pears by Cynthia Rylant and Arthur Howard (Illustrator) (1995, ISBN:
0152002464) shows how Mr. Putter and his cat Tabby find a creative way to pick pears to make pear
jelly. This book is appropriate for children ages 6-8.
Other suggestions:
Hide toy vegetables in a sand box or in the sensory table and let the children dig them up.
Bring in fresh fruits and vegetables and let children practice sorting them into pairs.
Take the children on a trip to a farmers market or a produce store. Let the children smell, touch, and
sample fruit from around the world.
Always remember to check with parents for food allergies or dietary restrictions before introducing
new foods. For more information about group daycare, please see my article Group Daycare.