Up to 250 children of different ages can be seen when entering Sekolahku-MySchool (SMS) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, integrated and happily engaged, indoors or outdoors, in sustainable activities as part of their everyday learning. With ages ranging from 16 months to 13 years, the children engage in learning typical academic skills and techniques…

Reviews several cookbooks based on or complemented by well-loved children's stories, and suggests some classroom activities. (SJL)

A teacher describes a Thanksgiving project in which 40 educable mentally retarded students (6-13 years old) made and served their own dinner of stew, butter, bread, ice cream, and pie, and in the process learned about social studies, cooking, and proper meal behavior. (CL)

Contained in this multi-curriculum guide are recipes, activities, and ideas for teaching elementary students about nutrition, foods, cooking, utensils, table setting, and cooking safety. The recipes involve the basic four food groups and may be reproduced to provide students with their own cookbooks. Recipes are divided between primary and…

Science, health and nutrition, cooking, and social studies activities on the subject of apples are described. (SJL)

Suggests setting up a cooking center in the elementary classroom. Presents a rationale for using cooking-related activities and recipes with language activities, and lists children's books concerning apples, gingerbread, donuts, and pretzels. (SJL)

Describes how a home economics teacher developed a low budget home economics program for elementary students aged six to twelve. Includes class activities in clothing construction, baby care, foods and nutrition, crafts, and shopping. (EM)

This collection of lessons and teaching suggestions is designed to aid local school lunch managers in fulfilling compliance with the requirement that school lunch programs and personnel participate in nutrition education. Provided in the first section of the booklet are general instructions for using the booklet, a guide to lesson plans for…

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…

This book is intended for the teaching of nutrition and food concepts in informal settings for elementary school students. Part I offers a brief perspective on food education and a discussion on how children can learn about nutrition and good food habits through creative experiences in the kitchen. Part II presents a guide to involving children in…

Built around such themes as nature, cooking, and community involvement, after-school programs help students make powerful connections and ask big questions. Theme-based programming is most successful when staff members listen, observe, and acknowledge experiences that excite and motivate the students. Kids also love clubhouses and pressrooms. (MLH)

The purpose of this manual is to link classroom food experiences for elementary school students to academic objectives in health, reading and language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. Objectives, grade level, and food experience activities are listed for each lesson, which reinforce academic objectives and teach principles of good…

This guide for teaching nutrition is Book Three in Project Life Lab's (Santa Cruz, California) three-part curriculum for a garden-based science and nutrition program for grades 2-6. The curriculum is designed for use as an integrated program, but the books can be used independently. It is suggested that the use of student journals can greatly…

Demonstrates a thematic approach, using soup as the theme, to integrate and correlate elementary social studies with other subject areas. Outlines four soup activities, presenting goals, materials, strategies, and extensions of each. Stresses how integrated curricula effectively develops skills such as observing, inferring, serial ordering, and…

Developed as part of the Connecticut Migratory Children's Program and for other students whose native language is Spanish, this illustrated cookbook contains 12 Puerto Rican recipes with step-by-step instructions (fruit drink, limbers, pina colada, punch, banana shake, amarillos fritos, avocado salad, tortilla de huevos, sweet corn cereal, rice…