Growing Great
GrowingGreat Classroom Education:
Classroom lessons are delivered by volunteer docents 5 times per year to all
3rd, 4th and 5th Grade students at Meadows. GrowingGreat’s volunteer docents
teach students why and how to make healthy food choices. Lessons are delivered
at consistent intervals and build on each other, allowing students to absorb and
understand what they’ve learned.
Lesson themes include:
- Feed Your Engine – Proteins, Fats and Carbs
- Fuel Up with Whole Close to the Source Foods
- High Quality Fuels vs. Low Quality Fuels
- Filling Up: What is a Serving Size
- Label Reading
- High Quality Breakfasts
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- Cooking with Beneficial Fats
- Refueling with Whole Grains
- Interpreting Your Body’s Signals
- Kids and Advertising
- Digestion, Helping Your Body Use Its Fuel
- Elimination and Hydration
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Fun activities such as preparing foods, role-playing, food-based experiments,
and projects provide students with practical tools to make better choices. This
approach also encourages them to practice what they learn in their everyday
lives.
High quality food samples reinforce the lesson’s objectives and introduce new
foods (e.g., hummus, avocado, and goat’s milk yogurt) as well as higher quality
versions of common foods (e.g., sprouted whole grain toast with all-fruit
spread). The students are so intrigued with tasting and handling the food that
the academic lessons become the “icing on the cake.”
Grill Me!
Get 'em while they're hot!
Lesson 1: Grill Me: Proteins, Fats and Carbohydrates
Lesson 2: Grill Me: High Quality Fuel
GrowingGreat Harvest of the Month
GrowingGreat’s Harvest of the Month program introduces students to new foods
that are supplied by local growers and Farmers Markets. The monthly tastings
bring fresh seasonal fruit and vegetables to the Meadows cafeteria seven times
per year.
The program also provides fun facts about nutritional information for each fruit
and vegetable served as well as seasonal recipes. Additionally, Harvest of the
Month tastings encourage students and their families to shop seasonally at their
local Farmers Markets.
Our Harvest of the Month tastings include foods like:
- Asparagus
- Blood Oranges
- Broccoli
- Cauliflower
- Pears
- Persimmons
- Swiss Chard
And many other mouthwatering fruits and vegetables!
To volunteer to help with the classroom lessons or Harvest of the Month, please
contact
Jennifer Cochran:
jjkzcochran@yahoo.com or Julie Launsbach:
jlaunsbach@yahoo.com