Food education is not a class or a meal, but a life education, which is a subtle process.
Adults need to consciously guide children to feel and pay attention to all aspects of "food" in their daily life, so that children can learn many things in practice that they can't learn in the text:
Teaching children to feel the real original flavor of food can inherit the reverence for nature;
understanding and love for other creatures or plants in nature; Gratitude for food;
teamwork and cooperation spirit, etc. All this is a process of cultivating children to enrich their hearts.
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Home Education Publicity
In the process of implementing food education series, the importance of food education and the meaning behind it can be popularized with parents in various forms, so that food education can be truly implemented in all aspects of children's lives.
Parents conduct a questionnaire survey according to their children's performance at the dinner table after returning home. The survey contents include whether the eating time is too long, whether the sitting posture is correct, whether they are picky about food, whether they eat while watching TV, whether they hold chopsticks correctly, whether they chat when eating, how hard and fast they chew, how big their appetite is, and how to freely express their opinions.
Help parents know more about healthy food through warm tips or lectures, which will be better for children's growth and development.
Introduce seasonal recipes for parents in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and recommend popular recipes and snacks among children.
hold a parent lecture or a parent salon to learn about or exchange the following contents: the importance of breakfast, how to prevent "loss of appetite in summer", the secret of milk, how to eat to prevent colds, and how to buy food and cook in an environmentally friendly way ...
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Cultivate correct eating habits
Parents must consciously cultivate the habit of eating three meals in the morning and noon on time from an early age, especially. Let children master the life rhythm of eating on time from an early age.
Know how to wash your hands before and after meals, and you can also guide children to thank those who prepare meals before meals and thank the delicious food of each meal;
After dinner, I also learn to tell others before leaving the table: "I'm full, thank you";
When eating, try to eat every grain of rice and every leaf;
pick up the garbage by yourself after meals, leaving no residue.
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Distribute monthly/weekly recipes to families
Every month, Japanese kindergartens distribute a "food and education" memo. On the one hand, there is the cookbook of the month, which lists many items in the form of a table, detailing what to eat on a certain day of the month:
The first column is the name of the dish;
The nutrition content (salt, protein, fat, calories, etc.) in the diet of the second column of calories;
the third column is the name of the material, which is subdivided into three items, including what are the hot meals and hot dishes and what ingredients are used; What meat food includes (even what part of chicken or pig you eat) and what role the food can play in children's physical development are very detailed.
the last column is the details of afternoon snacks.
Parents can stick it on the refrigerator at home and discuss with their children the next day's school menu every night, such as eating purple rice in kindergarten today and chicken tomorrow. This way will also help to motivate their children to go to kindergarten.
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Carry out the hometown cooking competition
Food culture is an important part of regional, ethnic and even national culture and a precious intangible cultural heritage.
The rural food culture, which has been precipitated for many years, not only contains a lot of healthy and reasonable ingredients, but also is the bond between residents and their hometown and the memory of their hometown.
Nowadays, because of living conditions, many children have eaten all the delicacies, but they don't know what the special dishes of their hometown are, or because of the changes in social environment, many children have followed their parents to their hometown since childhood, or settled abroad with their parents, and they have never tasted the taste of their hometown, let alone the story of their hometown.
Kindergartens can carry out the "Hometown Cuisine Competition" activity, and make an activity plan according to the specific situation, so that children can learn about the food and practices in their hometown together with their parents at home, and the parents and children can help cook and set the table.
through activities, we will vigorously promote "local cuisine" and promote the planting and protection of local characteristic crops, so as to save the traditional food culture and guide children to master the profoundness of China's traditional food culture and attach importance to local characteristic food.
Actively inherit the local and China traditional food culture, and cultivate the feelings of loving hometown and motherland.
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On the same day every week
Some Japanese kindergartens have canteens, but they only provide lunch three times a week, and the other two days are "on the same day", which is also part of "food education".
The purpose is to let mothers experience the pleasure of cooking lunch for their children, so that children can understand their love and appreciate their hard work when eating ...
Teachers can make a "convenient day" once a week/month according to the specific situation of class parents. If the conditions in the park do not allow, parents can be asked to make snacks and tea breaks for children to taste at meal time.
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Lunch Games
It is not only a sports meeting for children, but also a lunch exhibition for mothers. Japanese people attach great importance to sports, and sports meetings are as grand as festivals.
Japanese children's sports meetings are usually held on weekends, so that all family members, including grandparents, can participate and become members of children's solidarity groups.
after the children are sweating, it's time for lunch. All kinds of lunches are available. Refueling lunch, Aiko lunch, cherry blossom viewing lunch, sports lunch ... Some win by quantity, while others win by shape.
The basic staple food of bento is rice, and carbohydrates are supplemented to ensure the basic energy supply of the sports meeting. Chicken, a side dish, supplements high-quality protein and provides the most important nutrients for the body. Broccoli, lettuce, asparagus, small tomatoes and other rich vegetables supplement vitamins that are easy to consume during exercise.
Mother's nutritious lunch will make children full of energy and add points to their performance. Seeing the child's happy expression and the satisfaction of eating all the lunch boxes is the greatest affirmation for his mother.
According to the specific situation, the kindergarten can add a lunch link on the basis of parent-child sports meeting, so that the activities can be more abundant, parents can get a sense of accomplishment in the activities, and children can feel their mother's intentions.
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Cooking with children
The work in the kitchen is also a very comprehensive artistic creation process. First, the appearance, size, color, texture, taste, temperature and season of the ingredients will be considered. Then to the layout of the dining table and the creation of the scene atmosphere, every link is meticulous and exquisite.
When children master the basic skills of color, proportion, modeling, sequence and collocation, and can join in the understanding and beauty of humanity, emotion and philosophy, it will be as interesting as a game.
parents can involve their children in many things that even children can do, such as peeling boiled eggshells, washing potatoes and peeling them, or cutting cabbage or mixing seasonings, so that children can participate in the preparation of meals and answer their questions in the process, so as to enhance parent-child feelings.
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Let children participate in simple housework
A little older children can help with the preparation and arrangement of meals, and the fun of cooking and the hard work of housework can also make children feel together.
Realizing the importance of being a member of the family can also exercise children's self-care ability and sense of serving others, and may also sprout children's gratitude for food.
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The whole family sits around the dining table
Let the children feel the fun of sitting around the dining table together.
The dining table is the best place to exchange feelings. It is also a good experience to share the fun of your day with your parents or learn to listen to their things or ideas.
If the situation permits, parents can ask their children to invite their good friends to have dinner together, which must be very enjoyable for their children.
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Choose beautiful and safe tableware together
For children, besides the delicacy and balanced nutrition, the value of tableware also determines their dining interest index.
Mom and Dad can take their children to the store to choose their own household tableware, which is not only a dish and a bowl for children, but also a full appetite.
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Go to the vegetable market or farm together
Mom and Dad can take their children to the vegetable market to get in touch with and buy ingredients, and get to know the original appearance of vegetables before they are served;
Understand the difficulty behind the busy figure of the food stall owner, learn to cherish food and the fruits of others' labor, understand that everyone has his own role and task and its importance, and let children feel the breath of life in the vegetable market.
To experience the process from sowing and harvesting to cooking with your children, you can start farming with your children according to the specific situation, such as planting in the planting field and opening a small vegetable garden at home, and feel the hard work, full of awe for nature and soil, and full of cherish and gratitude for food.
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Create a sense of dining ceremony together
Parents can take their children to feel the changes and differences in different seasons and solar terms, and learn about the growth process and maturity time of grains, vegetables and fruits in different time periods.
Taste the freshest fruits and vegetables according to the season, cook seasonal dishes, give each solar term a different sense of ceremony, and let the body follow the natural rhythm slowly.
Or launch "festival dishes" in different festivals, so that children can know more about festivals through diet.
You can also create a surprise for dining and have an outdoor picnic. Parents can take their children to eat in the yard according to the weather, or take them to have a picnic in their spare time on weekends, which is also a wonderful memory.
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Learn fun eating songs and picture books together
There are many picture books and children's songs about food, which are profound and interesting, and are very suitable for preschool children. You can kill two birds with one stone while experiencing the fun of reading.
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Watching food documentaries together
Now is the information age, children have been exposed to all kinds of electronic products since childhood, and intuitive and vivid visual learning is also one of the most interesting ways for children.
mom and dad can discuss with their children the time spent watching cartoons every day to watch food documentaries, feel the profoundness of Chinese food culture and its unique charm, and intuitively understand the differences in different regions and ethnic diets, as well as the humanistic feelings behind them.
such as China on the Tip of the Tongue, Flavor World, Breakfast China and other food documentaries.
As Chen Xiaoqing said, food has never existed independently. It is closely related to soil, earth, memory and human beings, and it is difficult to cut. Behind every memorable dish or food, there are always stories, big and small.
then "home" is the most wonderful place to connect people with food and people with people, and children's "food education" will start here and eventually come back here, which is the essence of life education.
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