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Nebraska Afterschool ConferenceSeptember 26, 2014

Drs. Georgia Jones & Michelle Krehbiel, Presenters

APPLES – K TO 12

Workshop Agenda

• Teaching cooking in your expanded learning time• Age appropriate activities• Apples – touch, taste, enjoy• Helpful resources

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Ways Children Learn Best

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Actively Involved

Interested

Engaged

Youth are naturally curious about food and cooking.

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Food Preparation Teaches:Math

ScienceReading

Arts Problem solvingCommunicationDecision Making

Time Management

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Short-Term Benefits for YouthTrying new food

Sense of accomplishmentMore likely to sit down to a family meal that

they helped prepareSpend quality time with family

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Long-Term Benefits for YouthLearn a life-long skill

Learn to eat well and may be more likely to eat healthfully as adults

Gain self-confidence through positive cooking experiences

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Age Appropriate Cooking

K to 2nd grade• Help measure dry ingredients• Cut with a table knife• Handle dough• Shake liquids• Mix dry ingredients• Beating eggs

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Age Appropriate Cooking

3rd to 5th grade• Wash fruits and vegetables• Grease or spray baking pans• Measure ingredients• Light chopping• Breaking eggs• Wash dishes

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Age Appropriate Cooking6th to 8th grade• Follow a recipe• Handle and store ingredients and finished product safely• Plan and prepare simple meals or snacks• Operate small appliances• Moderate chopping, dicing and cutting (safe knife skills)• Clean up

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Age Appropriate CookingHigh school:• Tasks requiring multiple preparation steps or close timing• Plan and prepare whole meals• Follow rules set by adults, even if they are not present• Help younger children learn about food and cooking• Enjoy cooking with others

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Activity Examples

Kindergarten to 2nd grade: Apple tasting3rd through 5th grade: Enzymatic browning

6th through 8th grade: Applesauce & Coddled ApplesHigh school: Apple Pie or Apple Tart

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ResourcesCurriculum

Making Food for Me: University of Nebraska ExtensionFast Foods: University of Nebraska Extension

Grow, Eat, Grow: University of Missouri ExtensionCooking 101, 201, 301, & 401: University of Illinois Extension

WebsitesKids A Cookin’: http://www.kidsacookin.ksu.edu/

Home Baking Association: http://www.homebaking.orgUNL Extension Food Website: www.food.unl.edu

MyPlate Online: ChooseMyPlate.gov

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Contact InformationMichelle Krehbiel

University of Nebraska4-H Youth Development

114 Agriculture HallLincoln, NE

402-472-9020mkrehbiel2@unl.edu

Georgia JonesUniversity of Nebraska

Dept. of Nutrition & Health Sciences119D Ruth Leverton Hall

Lincoln, NE402-472-3225

gjones2@unl.edu

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ExtensionExtension is a Division of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln cooperating with the Counties and the United States Department of Agriculture.

University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension educational programs abide with the nondiscrimination policies of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the United States Department of Agriculture.

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