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Food and Nutrition
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What we eat and drink in later life, and our perceptions and understanding of what we eat and drink, are the outcome of our childhood experiences. If there is to be 'better parenting' in the next generation today's children need to absorb the principles of good tradition in their formative years. |
But there's no reason why learning about nutrition can't be fun. In structuring the active learning workshop outlined below, we made sure that children (and their class teacher) would enjoy the experience.
Workshops for Ages 4 to 10+
Developed from our long-running lesson support project "Five-a-Day", this workshop is designed particularly for Years 1 and 2, when the nutritional patterns for their whole life begin to be established. To distance issues, our facilitator discusses what's good and what's not so good with a life-size rag doll, who is very opinionated, but quickly learns to use the 'traffic light' system of 'what's good for you (green), what's not so good (amber) and what's not very good at all (red)'. In a game based on 'Snakes and Ladders', the children compile three healthy meals.