The Food Pyramid

Monday (19/09/2011)

a) Nutrition
• In the past, many people especially children died due to insufficient nutrition. They had poor bone structures and lots of sickness. Thus, experts did researches anf came up with Food Pyramid.
• I drew a huge pyramid and kids guessed as much healthy food as possible.
• Then, I introduced the 6 group food. From bottom to top or from most important to least important. Namely: GRAIN foods such as rice, pasta, bread, biscuits, VEGETABLE FOODS such as broccoli, carrots, FRUIT foods such as lemons and apples, PROTEIN foods such as meat, beans and eggs, DIARY foods such as cheese, milk and yogurt and finally FAT foods such as lollipop, too much cakes, fries and cooking oil.

b) The Functions.
* We talked about the functions. Grains give carbohydrates to give us energy. Vegetables and fruits provide lots of vitamins. Eg: Vitamin A by carrots good for eyes, Vitamin B makes red blood cells,Vitamin C good for people who are feverish, Vitamin D good for bones, Vitamin E good for skin and Vitamin K important for body injury.
 Protein builds muscles. Vegetarians get lots of protein from beans such as tofu or beancurd. Diary products also give us necessary protein and calcium. Fats keep us warm and provides energy for us to move around. However, too much fat and lack of exercise cause health problems.

c) The Pyramid Game.
 Each kid picked a flash card randomly. Then, we read the words and categorized them into the appropriate category of food. Next, the kids ran to the pyramid section when I call out their names. Next, they grouped together as I called out their names.

d) Bean Sprouts and Wheatgrass.
 I made a mistake. The wheatgrass needed to be soaked overnight before drying them. Thus, I soaked them a day ago and today, we rinsed them to dry. On Wednesday only will we plant them in the soil.
 Meanwhile, we decided to plant bean sprouts as vegetables for our cooking activity. Kids soaked the cotton and place them in the egg shell. Then, they put some green beans in the egg shells.