Children are hyperactive, inattentive, and prone to illness, which is greatly related to poor diet Xi habitsHave you ever heard of "screen eating"?It's eating while looking at your phone, and its harm may be beyond your imagination......On December 17, as one of the series of activities of "National Reading and Weekend Reading Sharing Meeting" sponsored by Hebei Publishing and Media Group, the launch ceremony of the new book series of "Children's Food Education Series" was held in Beijing Book Building.
Shen Li, editor-in-chief of the book series and doctor of Beijing Normal University, and Wang Haiying, editor-in-chief of the book series and director of the fourth kindergarten in Xingtai City, Hebei Province, shared their experience in food education with readers on the spot. The event was jointly organized by Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House and Xingtai Xinhua Bookstore, and was the first time that the "National Reading Weekend Reading Sharing Meeting" went out of Hebei.
The road of "food education" has been going for more than ten years
Many people may think that it is normal for children to be picky eaters and that it is an inconsequential minor problem, but Dr. Shen Li of Beijing Normal University, the editor-in-chief of this series, found that many of children's bad behaviors are closely related to diet. The change is simple, and food education can correct these problems. For example, he once met a child who never ate cabbage, and the teacher took the child to the cabbage field, asked the child to pull a cabbage by himself, and then used the harvested cabbage to cook for him. Shen Li said that in this way, the problem of children's partial eating was solved.
Nowadays, many people don't know how to cook and order takeout every meal. There are also overeating, anorexia, partial eating, and screen eating, which are all problems that urgently need attention and solution. Shen Li said that more than ten years ago, he wanted to compile a set of books on food education, but at that time, he could only make a collection of patchwork knowledge. "I have not practiced it at all, and I am not satisfied with the content compiled in this way, so we found the fourth kindergarten in Xingtai City, which is like-minded and willing to cooperate for a long time, to establish a food education workshop, open up a campus farm, carry out food education courses, and spread the concept of food education. Shen Li said with emotion, he didn't expect this road to take more than ten years.
According to Shen Li, food education is a basic education aimed at cultivating conscience, conscience, good people, good farming, good cropping, and good food, including healthy eating, dining etiquette, farming culture, etc. Food education should not only be carried out in schools, but also families, communities, shopping malls, farms, and farms can become new spaces for food education. People from all walks of life, from teachers to parents and chefs, can participate in food education and food education activities.
The child has developed a lot of good Xi in the food education class
Wang Haiying, director of the fourth kindergarten in Xingtai City, Hebei Province and editor-in-chief of the book series, introduced the kindergarten's experience in exploring food education for more than ten years. Wang Haiying said that the children's food education workshop in the kindergarten was established bit by bit under the auspices and help of Dr. Shen Li, and the middle hall paintings, couplets, stoves, bellows and other parts of the food education workshop were carefully designed, reflecting the excellent Chinese culture everywhere. The kindergarten has also changed the original ornamental tree into a practical fruit tree, with more than ten kinds of hawthorn trees, walnut trees, apple trees, apricot trees, hawthorn trees, etc. Every year, the kindergarten organizes children to participate in different forms of picking activities, and the children in the kindergarten will take the initiative to take care of the younger siblings in the small class, and the teachers are very touched to see it. In the kindergarten, planting classes are also carried out, and each class is divided into areas to sow seeds, and the children observe, record, and manage, and experience the whole process from spring planting to autumn harvest, and experience the joy of planting. "The children would tell the teacher what they had found, and it turned out that the flowers grew in the ground and the soybeans grew on the stems ......In the food education class, many problems that are distressing to teachers and parents are solved. ”
Wang Haiying also introduced how to teach the children in the middle class to mix cold dishes. At first, the teachers were also entangled, afraid of danger. But after full preparation, under the premise of safety, the teacher instructed the children to wipe the carrots with the silk board, let the children practice, to experience, not only no danger occurred, in the process of hands-on, the children's self-efficacy was reflected, more love for labor, love life. Many parents have reported that their children have developed a lot of good Xi in kindergarten, their hands-on ability is stronger, and they will take the initiative to clean up the table after eating. This made the kindergarten more confident to carry out food education courses, so on the basis of practice, everyone formulated 16 content courses from food Xi to civilized etiquette, traditional festivals, ecological environmental protection, etc., arranged according to 5 horizontal dimensions and 3 vertical dimensions, forming a complete food education system. After careful combing and summarization, the "Children's Food Education Series Series" was launched.
This set of picture books is not only suitable for schools, but also provides a new way of family education. Wang Haiying said that children can also better understand our food culture through books, protect the environment in which we live, and achieve all-round physical and mental development.
Small cutouts, large capacity, small dining tables, big articles
The "Early Childhood Food Education Series" covers the practice of food education in kindergartens, food education courses and food education concepts, and has been published in 2 series, with a total of 10 volumes. The first series is "Education on the Tip of the Tongue - The Practice of Food Education in China", written by Dr. Shen Li, which elaborates on the basic connotation, concepts, principles and methods of food education, and provides solid theoretical support for the development of food education. Series 2 includes the "Children's Food Education Teacher's Guide Book" (3 volumes), which provides kindergarten teachers with reference for food education teaching, and 6 volumes of the "Children's Food Education Picture Book".
Zhao Suoxue, editor-in-chief of Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, introduced that this set of books is guided by advanced educational theories and rooted in the teaching practice of grassroots kindergartens for more than ten years, which has very high social significance and promotion value. Li Jianqiang, Secretary of the Education Working Committee of the Xingtai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Xingtai Municipal Education Bureau, also said that this set of books fully embodies the characteristics of food education itself "small incision, large capacity, small dining table, and big article", and sincerely hopes that thousands of families can benefit from it. Shi Ying, chairman of the Xingtai Women's Federation, made a special trip from Xingtai to participate in the event, she said that children's food education in Xingtai has more than 10 years of practice, has gone from the city to the countryside, and has been widely recognized by parents. The publication of this series of books provides more families with a concrete and actionable starting point, allowing parents to choose hands-on content according to the age characteristics of their children.
This wonderful sharing attracted a large number of enthusiastic readers, most of whom learned about the event in advance and came to participate. Ms. Sun, a reader who brought her two lovely daughters to participate in the event, told reporters that although she usually pays great attention to food safety, she only discovered the rich connotation and deep meaning behind the concept of "food education" after listening to the sharing of experts. "Children need to know that food doesn't grow out of the fridge. Ms. Sun said that food education is not only for children to form healthy eating habits, but also for children to form a healthy Xi diet, but also to establish a close connection with the land and life.
Guangming **Quan**Reporter Liu Bin)