Gaetano´s blog: Safety Education

Gaetano´s blog: Safety Education: I was once invited to do a convention program on safety education for young children.  After coming up blank with a good approach, I asked m...

Gaetano´s blog: Getting Kids to Eat Healthy Tips!

Gaetano´s blog: Getting Kids to Eat Healthy Tips!:    GETTING KIDS TO EAT HEALTHY             TIPS…TIPS…TIPS… ·          Start the day with a healthy breakfast (refuels your b...

Getting Kids to Eat Healthy Tips!

   GETTING KIDS TO EAT HEALTHY

            TIPS…TIPS…TIPS…

·         Start the day with a healthy breakfast (refuels your body and gives you energy for the day)

·         Let kids help plan one meal each week and eat together as often as possible.

·         Eat slowly!  It takes 20 minutes for your brain to register that you are full.

·         Eat more vegetables and fresh fruits

·         Aim for a total of 2 cups of fruit and 2 1/2 cups of vegetables daily

·         Eat more whole grains (oats, brown rice, rye, crackers, whole-wheat pasta),try to eat at least 3 ounces of whole grains every day.

·         Drink plenty of fluids

·          Serve a variety of foods

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Safety Education

I was once invited to do a convention program on safety education for young children.  After coming up blank with a good approach, I asked my second graders several questions. "What does it mean to be educated in math?"  They replied you could add, subtract, multiply, divide etc.  I then asked the same question for reading and they had good answers for this questions also.  Then I asked them what it meant to be educated in safety, and they immediately responded with a list of don'ts, i.e., don't throw stones, don't walk in the street, don't go down the slide backwards, etc., until one boy said "Don't climb trees".  The boy sitting next to him immediately said, "Why not.  I do it all the time", to which the first boy responded, "You might fall out of the tree".  "No I won't" was the reply, so I asked him "Why Not"?  The young boy said he would hold on tight, not step on dead branches, climb slowly etc.  The thought immediately came to mind that perhaps safety education wasn't don't do, but rather, learn how to.  Don't swim because you may drown becomes learn how to swim so you don't drown.  The classic one for parents is "Don't run, you might fall".  How about teaching children how to be good runners so they won't fall.  Learning "how to" develops a more physically educated child.  Teach them to ride their bikes, to ice skate, to ski, to swim, to do a variety of sports that will enhance their movement capability and contribute to that built in safety device that all children need in order to enjoy being physically active and stay safe while doing so.   Our motto becomes "learn how to" not "don't do".  Food for thought.

Gaetano´s blog: Thought for the Day - JOBS

Gaetano´s blog: Thought for the Day - JOBS: As we rapidly approach a new school year in the waning days of summer, be thankful that you have a job. Also, be thankful that you have an e...

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Thought for the Day - JOBS

As we rapidly approach a new school year in the waning days of summer, be thankful that you have a job. Also, be thankful that you have an endless supply of clients, as each year a whole new generation of children will enter kindergarten and the need for teachers to educate them will continue. You have a life long job if you want one. With it comes the responsibility of shaping the future by providing our children with the skills they will need when they enter the work force in the years ahead. Never under estimate the value of a good teacher, and strive to be the best that you can be, as our children's future, and that of our country, is dependent on you. Enjoy the new school year, and more importantly, enjoy your students.