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TEACHING IDEAS USING THE NEW FOOD GROUPS
One of the best ways to learn about the new food groups is to have persons
actually prepare meals using foods they have grown themselves or bought in the
local market. Even for classroom learning, real foods can be brought by students
and arranged in different combinations to form balanced meals.
However, some local foods may not be available at all times of the year, so
flannel-board foods or other pretend foods may be useful. Take care to choose
foods that are local, low-cost, and acceptable to the people.
In whatever learning games you use, remember to keep the main food central.
Here is an example of a teaching aid that does this:
The 3-legged stool for healthy eating
The seat of the stool is the
MAIN FOOD and the 3 legs
are formed by GROW FOODS,
GO FOODS, and GLOW FOODS.
THE
WELL-FED
CHILD
Have students make the doll and the stool themselves.
The round ‘seal’ can be made of cardboard,
wood, or bark. Or if you live where The
main food is tortilla or chapati (flat cakes
of maize or wheal), use one of these, stale
or toasted until stiff.
Using cardboard, fiberboard,
wood, or pieces of tin cans,
have students prepare cards
with drawings of local foods
on them. Include common GO
FOODS, GROW FOODS, and
GLOW FOODS. Use local names.
Make holes for the legs to fit into. Yoj
may want to use different-shaped
holes for matching with the different
food groups.