Transcript Grow It, Try It, Like It training slides

Grow It, Try It, Like It!
• Garden-themed nutrition education kit for
preschool age children
• Funded by USDA’s Team Nutrition
• Links activities at school/child care centers
with resources for use at home
3 Main Concepts
• Children can have fun while learning about
nutrition and fiber-rich foods such as fruits
and vegetables.
• Fruits and vegetables grow from plants or
trees in the ground, are harvested, and are
taken from the farm or orchard to grocery
stores and farmers’ markets.
• Fruits and vegetables can be prepared and
eaten in many different and fun ways.
How to Use It
• Garden theme, based at the imaginary
“Tasty Acres Farm”
• Children will color each crop as they learn
about and taste it
Booklet 1:
Introduction and Resource Materials
• Introduction
• Teaching Guide
• Garden Arts and Crafts
• Tool Shed Resources
Booklet 1
• Teaching Guide
• Explains importance of importance of nutrition
education
• Discusses how this kit can enhance overall
development and learning
• Explains what to expect of preschoolers
• Discusses how to plan activities
• Discusses strategies to
encourage children to
enjoy tasting new foods.
Booklet 1
• Garden Art and Crafts
• Preschool and child care providers can
use these activities for reinforcement
lessons
Booklet 1
• Tool Shed Resources
• Intro Letter to Parents
• Hand Washing/Polite Tasting
Guides
• Make a Mystery Box/Bag
• Tips for Using a Mystery Box/Bag
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Ten Terrific Ways to Serve
A Harvest of Books
Green Thumb Guides
Fruit and Vegetable Drawings
and Blackline Masters
• MyPlate Coloring Page
Growing at Home Letter
• Growing at Home Introduction Letter to
Parents
• Send home to families before starting
first unit
• Explains purpose and expectations of the
curriculum
• Lists the 6 foods that will be
explored
• Attach hand washing and
polite food tasting handout
that will be used
Mystery Box or Bag
• Use as intro to each new food
• Each child gets a turn
• Write down their responses
• Reveal
• Class discussion
10 Terrific Ways to Serve
• Easy tasting ideas
• Simple recipes
• No-cook suggestions that could be used at
home
• Preschool teachers could use to provide
themed snacks as follow-up to lessons
A Harvest of Books
• A Harvest of Color: Growing a Vegetable
Garden
• Growing Vegetable Soup
• Oliver’s Vegetables
• The First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story
• Round the Garden
• Squash Pie
• The Ugly Vegetables
Green Thumb Guides
• Gardening activities for indoors, containers
and outdoors
• Starting Seeds Indoors
• Seed Tape
• Garden in a Bag
• Resources
Booklets 2 – 7
• 2 – Crookneck Squash Row
• 3 – Spinach Lane
• 4 – Sweet Potato Hill
• 5 – Cantaloupe Corner
• 6 – Peach Tree Orchard
• 7 – The Strawberry Patch
Booklets 2 - 7
• A, B, C and D Activities:
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Hands-On Activities
Planting Activities
Songs and Stories
Nutrition and Education Activities
• Planning Chart for Activities
• Most activities take 10-15 minutes
• Designed to use a few activities over a 5 day
period
• Growing at Home Materials
Questions?