Dining is an important part of kindergarten conservation work, which directly affects the growth and development of children. According to the actual situation of our kindergarten, the children come to the garden for morning exercises at 7: 30 in the morning. After walking and doing exercises with the teacher, the children returned to the classroom to have breakfast and left the garden after 5: 30 pm. Therefore, children eat three meals in the garden. How to make children eat well is an extremely important issue, and it is also a key issue for children's health. Therefore, we have done a lot of work in this area, and summed up many good methods in practice, so as to urge children to eat happily and independently in kindergarten, participate happily in the daily life of kindergarten, and let real health accompany their growth.
First of all, scientifically arranging a day's life can stimulate children's appetite.
After a long period of observation and analysis, it is concluded that children's emotions during meals are related to whether we can scientifically arrange their daily activities. In addition to preparing nutritious and delicious meals for children, the key is to make children interested in eating and have a good appetite. In a day's life, if you lack exercise or exercise too much, your child's appetite will be poor. Only when the exercise is moderate, children will show great interest in eating, and the phenomenon of picky eaters will be reduced. In view of this situation, our garden insists that children take part in two hours of physical exercise every day, and pay attention to the alternation of activity and quietness, so as to promote children's metabolism and keep their mood happy all the time. Then, before the children eat, have a short and relaxed conversation, such as telling stories, nutrition knowledge, please guess, etc. In order to arouse children's interest in eating and keep their happy eating mood.
Secondly, a pleasant dining atmosphere helps children to maintain a good dining mood.
In the dining session, we encourage children to choose their seats freely and choose to have dinner with good friends. Teachers only take necessary measures when children ask for help. Teachers give children more time to eat, and don't deal with disciplinary issues when eating, such as "eat quickly" and "keep the desktop clean". Teachers can also play light music and stories with tape recorders to create a warm family atmosphere. Kindergarten is the link between family and society. Keeping children in a relaxed and happy dining mood can promote the secretion of digestive glands and increase appetite. At the same time, they can experience the happiness of collective life, which is conducive to children's active adaptation to society. There was once a child who couldn't eat when he was sick. He was reading a book while eating. I went over to comfort him gently, took a small chair to sit with him and talked to him. Half an hour later, the child finished eating and played happily with other children. This is also a good attempt for me. I don't force my children to eat, nor do I need strict discipline. On the contrary, I promote children's appetite, especially weak children, and create a dining atmosphere for them, which helps to maintain children's good dining mood, let them eat in a warm atmosphere, let children finish their food happily, and promote their healthy and happy growth.
Third, creating a self-help opportunity for children can make them feel that eating is like playing games.
From the analysis of children's age characteristics, children around 3 years old began to seek comprehensive independence and get rid of the guardianship of adults. They are willing to do their own thing well, even if they can't do it well, they will try it as a game. I often hear children say, "I'll do it myself." Children have the desire to serve themselves, let them learn how to eat with the help of adults, such as clearing the dishes, helping themselves to pick up vegetables, and encouraging each other not to waste food and be picky about food. Most kindergartens are doing well now. In order to let children form a good habit of doing things independently of adults, adults often attach importance to "protection" and give children meticulous care, while ignoring "education"-educating children to be independent and confident. Too much protection deprives children of the right to explore actively, which leads to children's failure in the development of independent consciousness. Therefore, in our kindergarten, in order to solve this problem, to better observe children, understand children and create an opportunity for children to serve themselves, we have launched buffet activities in small, middle and large classes according to the characteristics of children's big muscles, and really regard eating as a game, exploring in the game, so that children can help themselves with food, do things by themselves and enjoy a happy atmosphere when eating in class, just like in a restaurant.
1, small class: Small muscle development of children in small class is not harmonious, so it is still difficult to hold rice with a spoon. We invite children to eat in role games through situational games, and the teacher puts the meals prepared in advance in front, so that the children can choose the number and types of meals themselves. Therefore, teachers in small classes are more inclined to encourage children with words, appease them with actions, and attract their roles to stimulate their appetite. They use the educational environment to guide their children to serve themselves within their power and make them feel that eating is like a game. For example, Sister Bear invited Little Bear to eat jiaozi, and Rabbit ate in our small restaurant. In this way, teachers can better observe children, help weak children, let children enjoy eating, understand the nutrition of eating, and cultivate children's good eating habits in games.
2. Middle class: After entering the middle class, the child's small muscles develop in harmony. So the general staple food is added by the children themselves. Children choose the type and quantity of meals according to their own needs. Food has different patterns, colors, smells and tastes. Children pay special attention to the color and shape of food. All kinds of pasta, interesting cakes and beautiful dishes are very popular with children. However, teachers should properly guide children to eat with meals and pay attention to the intake of nutrients. Buffet is not casual, and children should not be partial to food just because they blindly promote their appetite. In this process, teachers should observe children more and give them some reasonable suggestions. For example, before the activity, ask children to explain the benefits of green vegetables, share their knowledge about nutrition and health, discuss how much meals are appropriate and the harm of overeating, and guide children to learn to control their own diet. On the other hand, teachers can observe children carefully in every meal, understand their progress and changes, analyze them according to their actual situation, and solve them individually after meals, so as to teach students in accordance with their aptitude.
3. Large classes: On the basis of middle classes and small classes, children eat large classes like adults. They will take tableware in an orderly manner and choose various dishes and staple foods. When they find out which partner has a partial eclipse problem, they will actively remind him: "Radish is the most nutritious, and eating more will make you grow taller!" They will also remind each other: "Did you forget to bring the staple food?" Dining is carried out in a meticulous and harmonious atmosphere. When children see that they are too full, they usually feel scared. They are afraid of being accused of eating slowly or unable to eat, but they like to add rice again and again, and proudly say: I ate two or three bowls to cultivate children's self-confidence and practical ability to eat. The key is that children in large classes will soon go to primary school, which gives them more opportunities for self-determination and self-service, and also prepares for the connection between children. Children take the initiative to eat more according to their own needs, so that children will have confidence and really do it. "My food is my master." This is a very happy thing. So when we get to primary school, we will still worry that our children will not have enough to eat at noon, will they take care of themselves, and will they not be confident? The answer is: definitely not.
Fourth, theme games run through the knowledge of eating, so that happy eating can be carried out to the end.
In the process of trying, many teachers are skeptical. Can children really do it by themselves? The answer is: yes, and well done. However, there are many educational opportunities, and teachers should seize them. For example, in view of the problems existing in children's dining, large class children launched the theme activity "What are the rules of buffet?" Through discussion, the children came to a conclusion: the number of meals should not be too much, because children will vomit if they eat too much, which is not good for their health! You can whisper when eating, but you can't affect others, because it's impolite and it will make your food cold. If you eat cold rice, your stomach will hurt. In the result of the joint discussion, the children posted "buffet instructions" themselves, encouraging all the children in the big class to follow suit, because only in this way can they eat better and let their bodies absorb nutrition better. The development of this theme activity has promoted the development of children's language ability, knowledge and experience, interpersonal communication and so on. In a democratic, relaxed and open upbringing environment, children can freely choose their own partners, speak freely and exchange their ideas with teachers from time to time, which is conducive to the formation of a harmonious class atmosphere. This can benefit children in many ways.
Secondly, it helps to expand children's knowledge and experience. Discussion and chatting are important means to develop children's intelligence. Through conversation, we can know the name, taste and color of food, and understand the etiquette of eating. Children are rich in educational resources, and in pleasant communication, children unconsciously enrich their knowledge and experience.
Thirdly, relaxed and happy dining activities also help to cultivate children's interpersonal skills. Modern society has brought convenience and quickness to people, but it has also reduced the opportunities for communication between people. Although people can easily understand what is happening all the time in the world, the hurried life, high-rise buildings and apartment buildings make people more closed, while children stay at home most of the time, so they lose more opportunities to communicate with others. Kindergarten is one of the most important environments for children to communicate with each other. We must build this bridge for them, so that children can share their experiences through different links, learn and explore in a happy life, and really let the happy meal go through to the end.
Dining is a very important part of daily life in kindergarten, which is also the starting point of children's health. Therefore, it is necessary for kindergartens in the new era to give children happiness, make them masters of their own meals and create more development space for them.