Family Meal

Don’t feel intimidated by the cooking demonstration in this lesson. If you don’t have a chef available, you can lead your group through a simple healthy pasta salad recipe or yogurt parfait. Before you begin, act out movements associated with mixing, chopping, and shaking.

Learn the importance of working together to create a healthy, affordable, and easy to make meal.

NEW WORDS

Conversation

Family

Responsibility

Sharing

Teamwork

Did you know that doing family activities together can have an impact on children in school?

Family activities influence a child’s school success more than parent’s income or education!

Teaching Health Through

Music & Movement

The Hello Song

Art

Personalized Placemats

Literacy

Gregory, the Terrible Eater

Music & Movement

The Clean-Up Song

Ask children to share some of the songs they sing at home as part of their bedtime routines. You can also sing a variation of this song, substituting the words good night for hello.

Plan your time wisely for this lesson. Keep in mind: cooking time, time for the art project and time to laminate the children’s artwork. Prepare as much as you can in advance.

Personalized Placemats

This book offers a nice way to talk about the behavior that is often typical of a picky eater. You might want to explain that it’s normal for goats to eat garbage!

Gregory, the Terrible Eater

Just like a family meal, clean-up time is a family activity as well. In school, this song can be used with any lesson, and is a nice way to keep children moving through clean-up activities.

Activities

Children can create name or picture cards for each family member and then assign seats at the dinner table. This will allow them to be creative while also learning their letters, shapes, and colors.

Recipes

Using whole wheat pita break, spread low-fat mozzarella cheese, then add fresh peppers, onions, or even pineapple. Bake in over until cheese is melted.