1. Create a warm dining environment
Dining sessions should be casual and enjoyable. Teachers should not criticize children before dining activities, do not rush children during meals, and smile when guiding them to create a warm dining environment.
2. Stimulate children's appetite in various ways.
There are many ways to stimulate children's appetite, such as introducing today's food to children with exaggerated expressions and language, weighing some vegetables in the planting area and letting children participate in picking and cleaning, and making food into lovely shapes. Teachers should learn to use these methods reasonably.
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Nice and interesting vegetable theme wall
3. Meet the individual needs of children.
The dining session in kindergarten will really make some children feel uncomfortable. Teachers should learn to detect and meet the individual needs of children.
For example, in the face of children with small appetite, teachers should allow children to eat according to the amount, and cannot force children to finish eating; In the face of children who eat slowly, teachers should be patient, don't rush, and don't force feed; In the face of children with abnormal performance, it is necessary to understand the reasons in time and eliminate potential safety hazards.
4. Make reasonable dining rules with children.
Many classes will have dining rules, but if children are forced to implement them, they will have resistance. The correct approach should be: let children participate in the formulation of dining rules and remove unreasonable dining requirements.
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Dietary rules that children can understand.
5. Meet children's communication needs.
Children always like chatting while eating, and many teachers habitually stop it. In fact, this is the normal communication needs of children, and teachers should meet them appropriately.
To this end, teachers can give children full communication opportunities before meals; During the meal, if the child's whisper and short-term communication do not affect himself or others, the teacher should allow it as appropriate; After meals, create conditions for children to communicate.
Frequently asked questions during meals.
What if the child can't take the initiative to eat/doesn't want to eat?
The first thing to understand is that you are not feeling well. Or is it too late for breakfast? Still have physical conditions? And communicate with parents in time.
In addition, it is necessary to strengthen the exercise of children who don't like eating, strengthen the exercise of such children in outdoor activities, and communicate with them more.
Finally, how can children really not eat? Don't be forced. Beneath empathy, adults are uncomfortable and don't want to be forced to eat.
What to do in the face of picky eaters?
First of all, communicate with parents. The eating habits of many families are different from those of kindergartens. We should keep our diet as close to the kindergarten as possible. In the face of picky eaters, teachers should accept and understand that long-term habits need time to change slowly. For example, some children don't like carrots, and the teacher can say, "Look, others eat a lot of carrots, and the teacher will give you some." Shall we try this little carrot? "