Cooking And Gardening For Young Children.
Cooking And Gardening For Young Children.
These pages are a mixture of our own resources, and those we have found from other people and organisations. Some resources here have been provided by practitioners and parents who have tried and tested them, but you will have to assess for yourself the benefits for your own children and whether it will meet the guidelines you are working with.
Some resources are created by food industries. While they are not allowed to promote intentionally inaccurate information, they will naturally wish to promote their product as the most important part of the diet. However some of the resources they provide are very good when used in context. Wherever I am aware that a resource is industry sponsored I will say so, and you can exercise your common sense in evaluating it.
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Books
Classroom Activity Ideas and Lesson Plans
Events and Campaigns
Good Websites
Online Games, Videos and Downloadables
Other Useful Bits and Pieces
Recipes
Seasonal Food Lists
Seasonal Growing Jobs
The Foodies Books Support Resources
Tried and Tested - Garden Ideas
Tried and Tested - Healthy Living Ideas
Tried and Tested - Kitchen Ideas
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Calendar December 201015/01/2010 12:15:00 Calendar December 2010 4TH - 5TH DECEMBER TREE DRESSING WEEKEND To celebrate the role of trees in our society, dress a living tree in your school grounds or local community. The website www.commonground.org.uk/trees/t-dress.html has lots of information about the history of this tradition. 25TH DECEMBER AND RUN UP CHRISTMAS Don'f forget the food and gardening potential of Christmas. Harvesting or buying, investigating and preparing seasonal produc... Calendar November 201015/01/2010 12:13:00 Calendar November 2010 1ST NOVEMBER WORLD VEGAN DAY A global celebration of a healthy and compassionate lifestyle free from all animal products. Visit http://www.worldveganday.org/ DATE TBC BRITISH SAUSAGE WEEK Celebrating the great British banger, there are some great sausage recipes on the website. With so many quality butchers and livestock farmers here as well as loads of tasty game on the doorstep, this is a very easy celebration for this county! http://ww... Calendar October 201015/01/2010 12:10:00 Calendar September 2010 18TH SEPTEMBER - 3RD OCTOBER BRITISH FOOD FORTNIGHT Hundreds of schools use British Food Fortnight as an opportunity to teach young people about food and how to cook. On the website you will find downloadable pdfs of resource packs; contact details and a list of things to consider when inviting a chef to teach a cookery lesson; ideas on how to involve parents; and advice on how to gain publicity for your events. http://www.britishfoodfortnight.co.uk/ ... Calendar September 201015/01/2010 12:07:00 Calendar September 2010 3RD - 17TH SEPTEMBER ORGANIC FORTNIGHT Soil Association Organic Fortnight is a nationwide campaign to promote the benefits of organic production and organic food, textiles and beauty products to the public. It’s an opportunity to look at ways to grow organically – simple concepts for children about companion planting, beneficial insects and use of chemicals. http://www.soilassociation.org//OrganicFortnight/ 18TH SEPTEMBER - 3RD OCT... Calendar August 201015/01/2010 12:04:00 Calendar August 2010 9TH TO 17TH AUGUST NATIONAL ALLOTMENTS WEEK A week to promote awareness and availability of allotments both locally and nationally as well as showing the public and the local authorities the strength of support and interest for the heritage of allotment culture. http://www.nagtrust.org/ AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND NOTTING HILL FESTIVAL While the Notting Hill Festival is in full swing, why not use the opportunity to explore Caribbean F... Calendar July 201015/01/2010 12:02:00 Calendar July 2010 4TH JULY AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY What a great excuse to try some American foods – some ideas are at http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/news_and_events/events_independenceday.shtml 14TH JULY BASTILLE DAY Bastille Day is a good chance to explore French cuisine – there are some suggestions at http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/news_and_events/events_bastillemenu.shtml ... Calendar June 201015/01/2010 12:00:00 Calendar June 2010 13TH JUNE OPEN FARM SUNDAY For this annual event, lots of local farms will open their doors to the public with a variety of things to see and do, from visiting animals to tractor rides and country walks. Find out more about local open farms by visiting http://www.farmsunday.org/ofs/about/2010.eb and you can put in your postcode and find a farm within a specified distance from you. 21ST – 27TH JUNE NATIONAL INSECT WEEK An initiative of the... Calendar May 201015/01/2010 11:56:00 Calendar May 2010 24TH – 30TH MAY NATIONAL VEGETARIAN WEEK This celebration of vegetarianism is a good opportunity for everyone to explore different types of food choices and cultures that eat vegetarian diets. www.veggiemonth.com/has resources about intensive farming. They are not suitable for young children but may provide you with useful pictures or facts. The introduction to veggie nutrition factsheet in their resources section is a great one page guide to non-animal sources of major... Calendar April 201015/01/2010 11:50:00 Calendar April 2010 4TH APRIL EASTER As part of any education about the meaning of Easter, there can be an exploration of the symbolism of the egg and the hot cross bun in the celebration of Easter. The BBC has some ideas at http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/news_and_events/events_eastertraditions.shtml ... Calendar March 201015/01/2010 11:48:00 Calendar March 2010 1ST MARCH ST DAVID'S DAY From Laverbread to leeks take the chance to cook and eat some Welsh cuisine. www.bbc.co.uk/food/news_and_events/events_stdavidsday.shtml 17TH MARCH ST PATRICK'S DAY From Soda Bread to colcannon take the chance to cook and eat some Irish foods. http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/news_and_events/events_stpatricksday.shtml ... Calendar February 201015/01/2010 11:45:00 Calendar February 2010 1st - 7th FEBRUARY WORLD SALT AWARENESS WEEK This year the overall campaign will focus ‘Salt and Your Health'. We wish to raise awareness that a high salt diet can not only lead to high blood pressure, but to osteoporosis, obesity, stomach cancer, kidney stones, and stroke. http://www.worldactiononsalt.com/ date to be confirmed NATIONAL DAIRY WEEK Campaign to support the dairy industry and highlight the role of dairy products in our diet. F... Calendar January 201014/01/2010 21:20:00 24th - 30th January FARMHOUSE BREAKFAST WEEK Farmhouse Breakfast Week is all about finding out where your breakfast comes from. Many farmers, producers and retailers are running events to get kids in touch with their breakfast foods. For more information go to their website. Click on schools to find a downloadable list of games you can play which link exercise with breakfast subjects. 25th January BURNS NIGHT Burns night is a great opportunity to explore traditional Scottish foods.... |