Chapter 19 Nutrition Education: Rationale, Concepts, and Lessons ©2015 Cengage Learning.

Chapter 19

Nutrition Education: Rationale, Concepts, and

Lessons

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Nutrition Education

• Children can begin to learn fundamental nutrition concepts including:– Growth and health are dependent on having access

to healthy, nutrient-dense food.– Nutrients are obtained from food.– A variety of foods must be consumed to get all

nutrients needed for healthy growth and development.– Food safety and sanitation are especially critical as

they relate to young children.

Family Participation

• Family involvement in children’s nutrition education is essential to achieving success.– Explain what this statement means and why it is true.– In what ways can schools get families more involved

in children’s nutrition education?

Children’s Nutrition Education

• Teachers have many opportunities to weave nutrition education throughout children’s daily learning experiences.

– Describe how teachers can achieve this goal.

– Explain how children benefit from this approach.

– What other developmental areas can be reinforced through nutrition education experiences?

Basic Considerations

• Learning activities should be developmentally appropriate.

• Real foods should be used in activities whenever possible (check for allergies).

• Only nutrient-dense foods should be used in learning experiences.

• Children should be able to eat the end product.• Children learn best when they participate in an

activity.

Principles of Instructional Design

• Select a topic:– Choose topics that are developmentally appropriate,

based on children’s interests, and respectful of cultural differences.

– Develop long-range plans that build children’s understanding and skills (scaffolding).

– Take advantage of teachable moments when opportunities present themselves.


• Develop behavioral objectives to:– Guide content and organization– Identify expected outcomes– Help in deciding how a topic or theme should be

presented– Evaluate the lesson’s effectiveness (in achieving

learning objectives)


• What is a behavioral objective?

– Provide several examples of measurable objectives.– How would you change the following statement into a

behavioral objective?• “The children will know that nutritious food is good

for them.”


• Consider children’s safety: – Always check for children’s food allergies.– Teachers and children must wash their hands before

starting an edible project.– Avoid using foods that are a choking hazard.– Always have children sit down to eat.– Use only unbreakable equipment.– Avoid sharp objects that could injure children.– Provide enough equipment so that children do not

have to wait.


• Consider and select instructional methods that: – Reflect children’s developmental interests and

abilities– Focus on only one or two main concepts– Take children’s attention spans into account and are

appropriate for presenting content in a limited amount of time

– Are infused with visual media – Involve children in hands-on activities


• What instructional methods would be engaging and effective to use with:– Infants?– Toddlers?– Preschool-age children?– School-age children?


• Evaluation should:– be ongoing – be based on the learning objectives– assess the effectiveness of all aspects of the learning

experience– yield information that can be

used for improvement

Information Sources That Influence Children’s Eating Habits

•Where do children typically learn about food and nutrition?

•How do these sources influence children’s eating habits?

Information Sources That Influence Children’s Eating Habits

• Where do children learn about food?

• How do these sources influence children’s eating habits?

Review

• How do nutrition education activities reinforce children’s development in the areas of:– Language – Cognitive – Sensorimotor – Social-emotional

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Pre-service and In-service Training

• Why is it important that teachers continue to participate in on-going training?

• Where can this type of training be obtained?

• What topics would you be interested in learning more about?

Family Involvement

• Family involvement in children’s health and safety education is fundamental to improving children’s well-being.– Explain what this statement means and why family

engagement is essential.

Family Involvement

• In what ways can programs involve and engage families in children’s health and safety education?

Children’s Health & Safety Education

• Teachers have many opportunities to address health and safety education throughout children’s daily learning experiences.– Describe how teachers can achieve this goal.– What are the benefits of providing educational

experiences for children in this manner?


• Select a topic that:– Is developmentally appropriate, addresses children’s

interests and abilities, and is respectful of cultural differences.

– Builds on children’s understanding and skills (scaffolding) and is part of a long-range plan.

– Takes advantage of teachable moments when learning opportunities present themselves.


• Develop learning objectives that:– Guide content selection and

organization– Identify expected learning outcomes– Aid in determining how a topic or

theme should be presented– Can be used to evaluate the

lesson’s effectiveness (in achieving learning objectives)


• Consider and select content and presentation methods that: – Appeal and hold children’s interest and attention– Focus on only one or two basic concepts at a time– Are appropriate in length (time) based on children’s

attention spans– Are infused with visual media – Include children’s hands-on participation and practice


• Consider and select instructional methods: (continued)

– What instructional methods would be most appealing and effective to use with:

• Infants?• Toddlers? • Preschool-age children? • School-age children?


• Evaluate learning experiences:– Throughout the entire lesson– Based on the learning objectives established in the

beginning– To assess the effectiveness of all aspects of the

learning experience– To obtain information that can

be used for improvement

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