NUTRITION UNIT

Dear Parents,

We introduced our two week unit on Nutrition by learning about the Five Food Groups (fruit, vegetables, grain, protein, and dairy). We read several books about nutrition: One of our favorites was,  I Eat a Rainbow, by Bobbie Kalman.  We then worked together to create our own classroom rainbow by cutting out pictures of fruits and vegetables  from magazines and then gluing them onto a large rainbow shape. 

The children also made Food Group Booklets, which included pictures of foods from the five food groups. 

The children watched a short film called From Farm to You: The Story of Milk, compliments of the New England Dairy and Food Council.  The children then practiced "milking a cow."  They had so much fun pretending Sally the blow-up cow was a real cow.  

                                  

We also read books  about each one of the food  groups.  Some of the books the children enjoyed listening to were: The Dairy Group, The Meat and Protein Group, The Grain Group, Drinking Water, The Vegetable Group, and The Fruit Group, all by Helen Frost.          
The children enjoyed making foods from all our food groups.  The children cut up strawberries, bananas, orange juice, and added yogurt. We then put it into the blender and made delicious smoothies (dairy and fruit group).  We also combined our nutrition theme with Dr. Seuss's birthday by making green eggs and pancakes (protein and grain group).  One day for snack the children had vegetables with  a low fat vegetable dip (vegetable group).  They seemed to love eating the vegetables but, were not so excited about the dip. The children also enjoyed making a banana bread (grain group), which was their favorite snacks of all.

The children had fun celebrating Iker's third birthday.  Thank you to Iker's family for the delicious treats.

These cupcakes certainly are delicious!

Note:  Please send utensils with your children that are staying for lunch.

Note:  Please limit the amount of toys that your children bring to school.  One stuffed animal for rest time or a book to share with the class would be great.

Just taking a break with friends

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Taking a nap after a long day at school

Love, 

Ms.  Bonne and Ms. Barbara