No matter how big and gorgeous a house is, it is hard to call it a real "family" without a little smell of fireworks. In many people's minds, the kitchen mixed with oil smoke and rice fragrance is the most smoky place in the home. Children who grow up smelling the fragrance of rice often know more about love and sharing in life.
As early as childhood, our parents taught us that every grain of rice on the table is hard to come by, so we should cherish food. Food is the most important thing for the people. "Food" is a necessity for life, and food education is a compulsory course for children's healthy growth. "Food education" is a basic education that has a far-reaching impact on children's mental and physical strength, and it is an applied science that can benefit for life.
Children are full of curiosity about food. When they look at many kinds of food, they will guess what the ingredients are, want to know where they come from, and want to understand the process of making food. From a seed to a plate of delicious dishes on the dining table, the whole process is an important opportunity for children to know the ingredients, learn to choose food, know how to cherish food and develop eating habits, and help children understand nature and learn to live in harmony with nature.
as early as the meiji period, the concept of "food education" came into being in Japan. At that time, the Japanese concept of food and education was far less rich than it is now.
do you remember the saying "a glass of milk makes a nation strong"? After World War II, Japanese people suffered from hunger because of the impact of the war, and generally suffered from malnutrition. In order to strengthen the national physique, the Japanese government put forward the "Milk Plan" to encourage children to eat nutritious food.
A Japanese university professor conducted a study on children's taste buds, and found that more than 31% of children can't tell the basic sweetness and bitterness, because children eat too much junk food and even forget the original flavor of the food. In order to solve the problem of overnutrition and obesity and ensure that every child can receive correct food education.
In recent years, countries all over the world attach great importance to food and education. Japan is a country that developed food and education very early, and promulgated the Basic Law on Food and Education in 2115, which is also the first law on food and education in the world. The Basic Law of Food Education points out that food is the most important thing for cultivating children's rich humanity and mastering their viability. Food education is the foundation of survival, and it is also the foundation of intellectual education, moral education and physical education.
Home Economics has been set up in Japan since primary school. In home economics class, food nutrition and cooking are the most important contents. Teachers will talk about the nutritional value and cooking methods of various vegetables and meat, and let the children have their own cooking experience. The school often organizes students to go to the countryside, so that students can deepen their understanding of farmers and fishermen, cherish "Chinese food on the plate" and not waste a grain.
In life class, teachers and students learn the knowledge of biology and nutrition together, and apply it directly to real life by themselves. Even elementary school students in lower grades will soak beans, ferment and make miso sauce by themselves. In the documentary, we saw mashed potatoes, which is the harvest of the sixth grade students' life class in this primary school. In order to make students have a more comprehensive understanding of food, some schools have also established rice bases in nearby rural areas for students to visit and practice.
From simple breakfast and lunch to subtle and subtle education on food science, food habits, food ethics and food culture, we can see the good intentions of Japanese educators. In practice, children have learned many things that can't be learned in the text: understanding and love for other creatures or plants in nature; Gratitude for food; Team and cooperation spirit, and so on. All this is a process of cultivating children to enrich their hearts.
The short video "Lunch in Japanese Schools" records the lunch process of an ordinary primary school student in Saitama, Japan. Food is potatoes planted and harvested by sixth-grade students on the school farm, and processed by the canteen master to make delicious dishes.
When taking meals, the students on duty in each class will bow three times to express their thanks to the chefs, and then carry the meals of the whole class to the classroom for distribution. All the food was distributed according to need, and there was no waste. After the meal, personal washing and tableware recycling were carried out, and the lunch was warm, polite and orderly. Behind children's good habits is the consistent influence of parents and schools on food and education.
In 2118, the China Student Nutrition and Health Promotion Association and the China Nutrition Society jointly launched the "National Children's Food Education Plan". Through the "food class", children were trained to understand food, love life and love health, and have good living habits and health literacy.
Recently, the Central Committee of China and the State Council issued the Opinions on Comprehensively Strengthening Labor Education in Colleges, Universities and Primary Schools in the New Era (hereinafter referred to as the Opinions), which provided a fundamental basis for comprehensively strengthening labor education in the new era. The publication of this document also means that the thinking of "labor education in the new era" has entered a deeper level.
Only by understanding and adapting to the new era can we lead the new era. Standing in the new historical position, accurately grasping the connotation, characteristics and value of labor education in the new era, enhancing the effectiveness of labor education, and promoting the healthy growth of primary and secondary school students in the social atmosphere of loving and respecting labor are the natural moves to adapt to the development and changes of the times, and the proper meaning of cultivating socialist builders and successors with all-round development of morality, intelligence, beauty and labor. It is also a practical and creative measure to cultivate labor literacy through food and education activities.
Food education can cultivate individuals' good eating habits, promote their health, and help children form positive values and build a healthy personality. Therefore, countries all over the world have carried out food education in the way of carrying forward their own traditions. Then, how should parents carry out food education in family life?
First of all, parents can lead their children to participate in the experience activities of planting or breeding ingredients, so that they can personally experience the preciousness of animal and plant life and the hard work. Food is not only a gift from nature, but also the crystallization of hard work of producers. Let children know the origin of food on the dining table, know how to cherish food, inherit human reverence for nature, and establish a harmonious relationship between man and nature.
The once-in-a-century "catastrophic epidemic" will inevitably affect the global grain production, harvest, processing, storage, trading and transportation. Coupled with the plague of locusts and floods, it is inevitable that global food will become more tense and prices will rise in 2121. This year's epidemic will inevitably lead to a reduction in grain production in many countries, and the problem of eating may become the first major event in many countries.
recently, the central government issued a call to save food. It is not only a moral issue, but also a social issue to be frugal and curb food waste. We need to join hands and say "no" to food waste.
As a big catering country, the long-standing food culture has always been the pride of China people. However, in today's highly developed catering industry, the problem of food waste is becoming more and more prominent. According to the survey data from 2113 to 2115, the waste of catering food in China is about 17 million to 18 million tons per year, which is equivalent to the annual rations of 31 million to 51 million people. In 2118, the per capita food waste of catering industry in China was 93 grams per person per meal, and the waste rate was 11.7%. Such a huge waste of food is distressing. It is necessary and grounded to educate people to save food through food education.
a porridge and a meal are hard to come by, and a half-silk and a half-wisp of persistent thinking is difficult. Thrift, virtue * * * also; Waste is great evil. Quiet to cultivate one's morality, frugal to cultivate morality. Looking at the former sages' countries and families, they became thrifty and extravagant.
Secondly, parents can grasp their children's curiosity about ingredients and stimulate their basic knowledge and in-depth understanding of food.
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, a Japanese writer, mentioned in his educational masterpiece "Little Doudou by the Window" that every day at lunch, the headmaster of Ba Xueyuan would ask his students to find out "things in the sea and things in the mountains" from their lunch boxes, and the children were particularly happy with the headmaster checking their meals one by one. Through children's interest in food, the headmaster not only deepened their understanding of ingredients, but also made the children enjoy a meal. This method is worth learning and learning from parents.
Finally, parents should choose appropriate food and education content and methods for children of different ages according to their physical and mental development stages and guide them step by step. For children in kindergarten and primary school, parents can focus on educating their children on cherishing food, mastering eating etiquette and developing good eating habits. For teenagers in middle school, parents can guide their children to understand the characteristics of ingredients, master healthy food knowledge, and further inherit Chinese characteristic food culture.
when can children feel the love of their loved ones? Not when you buy him all kinds of toys, but in the trivial daily life of three meals a day. The so-called "life is education" food education makes our children like to do things and love life.
in traditional education, we may emphasize "morality, intelligence, physique, beauty, and labor", but we just miss the part of "food education". Food education not only includes knowledge education and the cultivation of good eating habits, but also means starting from ourselves, setting an example, growing up with children, transmitting mindfulness, influencing children with temperature, nourishing and healthy life.