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Crist, Mary Jo; And Others – 1986
This handbook on nutrition and cooking is one of a series written especially for parents and other caregivers. Contents include: (1) the importance of nutrition, (2) the four basic food groups in terms of serving size, menu planning, and major nutrients, (3) ways to build healthy attitudes toward food, (4) unsafe foods which have the potential to…
Descriptors: Cooking Instruction, Learning Activities, Nutrition, Safety
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Petrak, Lynn – PTA Today, 1994
Children need to be taught about food safety. The paper includes safety tips to remember when selecting, cooking, and eating meals, both at home and away from home. Information is included on grocery shopping, home storage, food preparation, cooking, serving, and leftovers. (SM)
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Child Health, Cooking Instruction, Elementary Education
Darbyshire, Jo – Early Childhood Australia, 2004
The "Everyday Learning" series has been developed to focus attention on the everyday ways in which children can be supported in their growth and development. Many of one's earliest memories are likely to be about time spent in the kitchen. Licking the bowl, setting the table, doing the dishes, chatting about the day, eating a meal,…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Child Development, Young Children, Learning Activities
Food and Consumer Service (USDA), Washington, DC. – 1996
Helping children make food choices for a healthy diet can be challenging. This book is designed as a resource guide and cookbook for parents to help them make healthful eating and cooking with children tasty, simple, affordable, and fun. The book is a collection of 50 recipes organized by season, and featuring family nutrition education…
Descriptors: Children, Cooking Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities
Northwest Territories Dept. of Education, Yellowknife. – 1992
This guide for parents and teachers encourages the use of foods in children's learning activities, especially foods that are harvested in the Northwest Territories of Canada and that play a role in health maintenance. The activities also provide an opportunity for children to experience new foods. Sections in the guide discuss: (1) nutrition,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cooking Instruction, Early Childhood Education, Foods Instruction
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Newman, Rita – Childhood Education, 1995
Having children prepare meals is one way they can apply school learning to the everyday world. Lists 39 books that show how home-school or kitchen-classroom learning can merge. Titles listed include cookbooks, books about healthy cooking, and books about cooking and fiction, cooking and poetry, and cooking and celebrations. (TM)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cooking Instruction, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Barchers, Suzanne I.; Rauen, Peter J. – 1998
Intended for teachers of preschool and up, this book combines three favorite pastimes: reading great books, exploring related activities, and cooking. The book lists 36 books relating to a holiday or observation, beginning with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and ending with New Year's Eve. It summarizes each featured book and gives a related…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cooking Instruction
Kroenke, Lillian DeVault, Ed. – Infants and Toddlers, 2000
This document is comprised of the four 1999-2000 issues of a quarterly journal for teachers and parents of children in Montessori infant and toddler programs. The May 1999 issue presents articles on eating in the prepared environment and meeting infants' basic needs for food. The August 1999 issue includes articles discussing infants' sensory…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Development, Cooking Instruction, Developmental Tasks
Tufts Univ., Medford, MA. Center on Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition Policy. – 1997
This collection of learning units introduces parents to the role of nutrition in their young child's cognitive development. Designed to be easy to read and useful for families with limited resources, the materials help parents teach their young children good eating habits by offering information, feeding tips, creative activities for parents and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cooking Instruction, Eating Habits, Food
Evers, Connie Liakos – 1995
This book presents nutrition education activities and strategies that are child-tested and teacher-endorsed. It targets educators, nutrition professionals, parents, and other caregivers, offering the tools to teach children ages 6-10 years about nutrition in a meaningful, integrated way. Divided by subject, this resource integrates nutrition into…
Descriptors: Children, Comprehensive School Health Education, Cooking Instruction, Eating Habits
Elliott, Alison, Ed. – Early Childhood Australia, 2004
"Every Child" is Australia's premier early childhood publication, aimed at anyone involved in the care and education of children from birth to eight years--in particular child care professionals, teachers, child care students and the parents of young children. Published quarterly, it contains informative and entertaining articles on such…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Education, Early Childhood Education, Young Children
Giddings, Louise R. – 1989
Under the guidance of alert adults, young children can develop new understandings, learn valuable skills, and acquire positive attitudes toward life and learning by taking part in activities in the kitchen. This book provides ideas that parents and parent surrogates can use to provide experiences in the kitchen that will contribute to children's…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Child Role, Cooking Instruction
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1980
One of a series of documents produced by a nationwide network of early childhood education specialists, teachers, parents, and Head Start staff, the document presents a packet of over 52 home activities in both Spanish and English. Designed for teachers and parents of kindergarteners, the packet was intended to help teachers facilitate the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Childrens Literature