First, children's dining problems mainly include
(1) I was in a bad mood when I was eating. When children are in a happy mood during meals, the nerve excitement that dominates the secretion of digestive glands is dominant, and the secretion of digestive juice increases, which promotes the digestion of food. Therefore, it is also very important to keep children in a good mood when eating. But in fact, not all children are happy to eat.
(2) Bad habits when eating. It is common for children to eat time. It not only affects normal diet, but also brings inconvenience to adults and is not good for children's health. The reason is related to children's habits of eating and playing, chatting while eating and looking around.
Second, ways to cultivate children's good eating habits
So how should we cultivate children's good eating habits? In view of the above dietary problems, let's talk about specific methods to cultivate children's good eating habits.
(Reasonable organization, so that children have a good dining mood.
1. Treat children with different appetites correctly. Treat children with different appetites correctly according to the characteristics of children of all ages. When eating, children who are sick and have poor appetite should be provided with light and delicious meals, and they should not be forced to eat all the food. If children don't eat much for a long time, but their mental state is good, they should respect their own wishes and eat as much as possible.
2, home education, control snacks. Generally, children are not allowed to eat snacks in kindergartens. This mainly happens at home. Many parents bring their children. Children's snacks never leave their mouths, so they don't feel hungry. Some parents keep stuffing snacks into their children's mouths as soon as they get up, especially on weekends. Parents buy whatever snacks their children want to eat to make them feel hungry. Kindergartens should obtain the cooperation and support of parents and take appropriate measures to control and control the amount and frequency of snacks eaten by children. A small amount of edible varieties should be fine and "superficial". Such as raw vegetables, melons and fruits.
3. Lead by example and eat scientifically. Picky food is a common bad habit for children in small classes when eating. This requires teachers and parents to set an example. Through understanding and investigation, it is concluded that many children's rejection of certain foods has a certain relationship with the families they live in. For example, children are often directly or indirectly influenced by adults' usual manners or some parents' own eating or picky eating habits. This should be improved step by step through communication with parents.
4. Quiet activities before meals. The main purpose of quiet activities before meals is to help children adjust their emotions and let them eat in a good and happy mood. Talking before meals can make children's more excited emotions gradually return to calm; Suddenly, the negative state caused by the result of the game slowly turned positive; Through the diversion of attention, children in a bad mood can minimize negative emotions ... The fundamental purpose of this series of measures is to make children eat happily.
5. Create a pleasant dining atmosphere. In order to ensure children's good mood when eating, teachers should not deal with problems or criticize children before and after eating. For example, if a child hits someone and does something wrong, the teacher should wait for him to finish eating before dealing with it, so as not to affect the appetite of young children. Teachers should ensure that children have a pleasant meal, never let them cry, so as not to suck food into the trachea, and never take eating as a means of corporal punishment.
6. Create a warm dining environment. Kindergartens should be located in a quiet area as far as possible, and sound insulation walls can be added if conditions permit. The canteen should have heating and cooling facilities, and the room temperature should be adjusted in cold and overheated weather. The cleanliness of the dining room must be cleaned before meals, especially the toys and teaching AIDS should be placed neatly; In kindergartens where the activity room doubles as a restaurant, tablecloths and screens will be laid when eating, so that children can feel the difference between the activity room and the restaurant and improve their interest in eating. Play beautiful and soothing music. Drama should be serenade, light music, piano music, etc. What children are familiar with. Bowls and chopsticks should be the right size, and strive to be beautiful, clean and durable. Tableware that is too old needs to be updated.
7. Have fewer children and increase their self-confidence. Less is more, more is more, and children insist on cooking by themselves. Giving children too much at a time will make them feel scared. Afraid of being accused of not eating or eating slowly. Children are very interested in filling rice and adding rice. Every time they add rice, they will be very proud and increase their confidence. And when eating, don't say to the child, "If you don't eat, if you don't eat, I'll give you another bowl." "Don't want to play until you finish eating" lest children form an idea that eating is a burden that hinders freedom of activity and eating is a tool of punishment.
(2) Control the reasonable meal time
It is also a puzzling problem for teachers to let children consciously adjust their meal time and reduce the waiting time after eating. In the internship stage of Wang Bin Kindergarten in Yiwu, I used several small methods, eating and playing, talking and looking around, and the effect was good.
1, civilized diners selection
Example: I drew a big red flower and a delta on the paper and told the children: "Children who eat well will have their names in the big red flower. If you don't eat seriously, the name will run into the delta. " I put forward the selection criteria; The name is Dahonghua Civilized Restaurant. With children, children will do their best. Once there are individual speakers or playful people, I will remind them: "I met an arm or a foot in the delta, but I was wrong and went out again." Children can consciously restrain themselves. Qiu Zizhen used to eat very much. Since he was awarded a civilized diner, he has never been urged by the teacher. He said, "I'm afraid my name will run away." You see, it's just a piece of paper, which has such a wonderful effect. it wont hurt you to try it
2. The magical use of small prizes
Example: Wang Yang likes eating and playing, and needs constant supervision from the teacher. I consciously put a hawthorn slice on his plate and said, "The hawthorn slice is watching you eat! After dinner, the hawthorn slice award will be given to you. " The result is very effective. He stopped dawdling and finished his meal within the stipulated time. I will use this method for children who are picky eaters or inattentive in the future. Sometimes I will put a gourd and a small prize on the table or put a small calcium tablet and steamed bread on the plate and tell them to take it after eating. The effect is really good.
In addition, in our daily educational activities, the educational requirements for children, such as putting things back, putting things lightly, and actively cleaning the environment, all affect children's behavior from time to time, and complement each other with dining education to form a consistent overall education. When we organize meals, we flexibly change our methods to make children eat happily, teachers are more relaxed and happy, and dining has become a relaxed link.
Third, summary.
The formation of habits requires the persistent efforts of teachers and children. An omission in the details of adults needs to be made up by ten times' efforts. When guiding children to eat, nursing teachers need to be nimble, grasp the good behavior of children and affirm them in time. Similarly, for children's deviant behavior, give some correction.
In a word, in kindergartens, small class-based dining education has gradually formed corresponding routines. To the middle class, it is to consolidate the routine. When you are in a big class, you should become conscious behavior. We hope that every routine is not the bondage of children, but the conscious behavior formed by children in the collective environment, and finally lay a good foundation for their life growth.
I think it is inevitable that children will have problems when they grow up. What our teachers can do is not reprimand and blame children, but start from their psychological characteristics, use their brains to find ways and open the door to their hearts with their hearts, and children will open their hearts to accept you and like you. Of course, it is impossible for children to develop good eating habits overnight, but through all efforts, I think our children can develop good eating habits, have a healthy body and grow up.