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Assignment: Healthy Recipe Presentation

Background Information

You will create a Power Point presentation as a teaching tool for young children. This Power Point presentation will show how to make a healthy snack recipe as if teaching it to children.

You will make it with a child (ages infant-8 years old), and take some photos (though the child's face is not required to be included). Following the experience you will write a reflection about the experience including how you taught the concepts of health, safety, and/or nutrition to the child and the results. Submit the photo release with a signature from the parent/guardian, which is the documentation for one hour of your field experience.

I. Standard 4a Understanding positive relationships and supportive interactions as the foundation of their work with young children

II. Standard 4d Reflecting on own practice to promote positive outcomes for each child

III. Standard 5a Understanding content knowledge and resources in academic disciplines: language and literacy; the arts-music, creative movements, dance, drama, visual arts; mathematics; science, physical activity, physical education, health, and safety; and social studies

IV. Standard 6c Engaging in continuous, collaborative learning to inform practice, using technology effectively with young children, with peers, and as a professional resource

Instructions

FIRST

Create or find a healthy snack recipe

1) Choose which age group your snack is for:

a) Toddlers, Preschool, Grades K-1 or Grade 2-3

2) Your recipe should have a main ingredient group from My Plate. (Grains, vegetables, fruits, protein, dairy)

3) Create a Power Point for the age group chosen that is 8-10 slides in length and uses age-appropriate language, length of text on slides meets best-practice standards and uses age-appropriate images and photos that are engaging and effectively teaches children health, safety and nutrition. (Standard 6c).

a) Included photos, documenting the step by step process of making the recipe and how to practice or ensure health and safety tips

b) Use one or more photos or images on the ingredients' slide(s)

4) Think healthy! Choose snacks with ingredients that are healthy. Do not include unhealthy items (that are predominantly made of sugar or high in saturated fat) or nuts (due to allergy issues) Explain how the ingredients are healthy and how these healthy ingredients impact children's development

a) There are many alternatives out there- if you find a recipe that includes chocolate or something unhealthy- be creative! Use a healthy alternative! Points are deducted if the snack is not healthy.

b) Do not choose a snack that includes any type of nuts, including peanuts or peanut butter due to allergies

5) The first slide of your presentation will include your name, the recipe name, and the age group

6) Demonstrate your understanding of the content knowledge and resources in the academic disciplines of science, health, and safety (Standard 5a) by including the following in your presentation:

a) Include one safety tip that is relevant to the recipe (for example: safety in cutting food or using skewers or toothpicks; how to avoid choking hazards)

b) Include information or a slide that includes how you kept the preparation area healthy to prepare food (for example: clean surfaces or clean hands) and explained the science behind why this is important.

c) Explain how your recipe is nutritious and how these healthy ingredients impact children's development. (for example: Does your recipe include carrots? How are carrots nutritious? How are they beneficial?)

Make the recipe and take photos to show the steps.

1) Through understanding positive relationships and supportive interactions as the foundation of your work with young children, make the recipe with a young child and include photos of the experience (the child's face does not need to be in the photos.) (Standard 4a). (Photo release form attached)

2) In your Power Point, include photos, documenting step by step the process of making the recipe and shows how to practice or ensure health and safety tips

3) Use one or more photos or images on the ingredients' slide(s)

Upload PowerPoint to the Healthy Recipe Discussion Board in Canvas

LAST

Write in a Word document a reflection (around 200 words), a reflection which discusses your practice to promote positive outcomes for the child, such as how you considered the child's interests and preferences in the process of making the recipe and how you created an environment that allowed the child to explore and learn during the experience. Include information about how health, safety and nutrition were used and discussed with the child. (Standard 4d). The reflection explains how you provide opportunities for the child to have ownership or control over the activity and is given choices in the recipe and/or ingredients. (Standard 4a)