Healthy Food

Learning  about healthy food doesn't have to get complicated. When we look at food as a compiltaion of nutrition facts and figures it can start to boggle the brain, but when we keep it simple, things start to make sense.

Today at the garden we discovered the bounty of yummy and nutritious foods growing right here in the city. We found strawberries, saskatoons and raspberries as well as snap peas and even some edible flowers. From our findings we made paper plate faces that were both fun and tasty! There were angry faces, and lion faces, and beautiful gaia princess faces. Making a fun activity out of eating was a great way to encourage the kids to experiment with tasting new foods.

After gobbling up our faces, we listened to a story about the different food groups. We discovered that grains such as wheat, rice, and quinoa give us energy so that we can play endurance demanding games like tag or hockey. The bright colours of fruits and vegetables provide us with antioxidants that protect our bodies from getting sick. Dairy foods like milk provide calcium for our bones to grow, and protein foods like beans, meat, and fish help build our muscles so that we can be strong. Healthy fats are also really important for our brains and organs, so eating foods like nuts and seeds can make us smart!

We enjoyed eating in our garden today, and learning about the foods we put in our bodies.  We all agreed that healthy food can be tasty, fun to eat, as well as good for us.