Change can be slow but when you see it happening it is incredibly exciting! I visited several classrooms the other day during their Thanksgiving Feasts and it was wonderful to see how the classes I visited are really trying to have healthy holiday celebrations.
I was sitting quietly in my office completing some emails before the four day weekend when I got a phone call from the Kindergarten class room. The teacher whispered into the phone "Thea, the kids want the Stoplight Lady to see their soup!" So....I put on my Stoplight costume and wondered over to the Kindergarten classroom. As I opened the door I could hear all of the kids say "oooohhh" as the Stoplight Lady walked in! This must be how the characters feel at Disneyland....They were so excited to show me their Green Light soup.
Their feast was fantastic and the children were so proud of their soup. Each child told me about the different vegetables (Green Lights) that they each prepared and put in to the yummy soup. They told me that they tried new vegetables - they liked some and not others but that is okay because they tried them! In addition to their soup (most kids ate it all), they had water, corn bread and a mini pumpkin muffin as their dessert.
The second grade class also had a healthy feast. The teacher asked the kids to arrange their plate like the MyPlate graphic.
As I came in, they all showed me their Green Light foods! Before they could start eating, they filled half the plate with fruits and vegetables and the other half had a corn muffin and a piece of turkey. The meal was balanced and the portion sizes were reasonable! This teacher uses the Stoplight Nutrition curriculum that I created specifically for schools, throughout the entire school year to teach kids and reinforce how to make healthy choices.
How refreshing to celebrate a holiday with healthy food and the kids loved it!
I was sitting quietly in my office completing some emails before the four day weekend when I got a phone call from the Kindergarten class room. The teacher whispered into the phone "Thea, the kids want the Stoplight Lady to see their soup!" So....I put on my Stoplight costume and wondered over to the Kindergarten classroom. As I opened the door I could hear all of the kids say "oooohhh" as the Stoplight Lady walked in! This must be how the characters feel at Disneyland....They were so excited to show me their Green Light soup.
Their feast was fantastic and the children were so proud of their soup. Each child told me about the different vegetables (Green Lights) that they each prepared and put in to the yummy soup. They told me that they tried new vegetables - they liked some and not others but that is okay because they tried them! In addition to their soup (most kids ate it all), they had water, corn bread and a mini pumpkin muffin as their dessert.
The second grade class also had a healthy feast. The teacher asked the kids to arrange their plate like the MyPlate graphic.
As I came in, they all showed me their Green Light foods! Before they could start eating, they filled half the plate with fruits and vegetables and the other half had a corn muffin and a piece of turkey. The meal was balanced and the portion sizes were reasonable! This teacher uses the Stoplight Nutrition curriculum that I created specifically for schools, throughout the entire school year to teach kids and reinforce how to make healthy choices.
How refreshing to celebrate a holiday with healthy food and the kids loved it!
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