What is
Nutrition Expedition?
"Nutrition
Expedition" is a new health-awareness and nutrition program at Joyful Noise!
I am excited to offer to your child each week a healthy and adventurous curriculum
filled with nutrition lessons, nutritious food explorations, tasting
experiences, cooking activities, food experiments/activities, and exercise
routines tailored to their age and developmental level! Your child will become
a "healthy food voyager", and will join me each week in a nutrition
adventure! Through this program, I hope to foster and encourage a desire to
live a healthy lifestyle, not only in the children, but in the staff and
families, as well.
A typical schedule or routine
(length of time will depend on age group) for your child's "Nutrition
Expedition" will look something like this, but keep in mind that times may
change to fit the needs of each classroom:
9:00-9:10~
Greeting Song and Morning Yoga
9:10-9:20/9:30~
Nutrition Activity
Monday: Fours
Tuesday: Threes
Wednesday:
Toddlers (time will vary)
Thursday: Nursery (time will vary)
Friday: Twos
Each week of the month will
offer a different type of activity or lesson:
Week 1: Food Exploration/Tasting (mystery bag, nibble
trays)
Week
2: Cooking Activity
Week
3: Story-based Food Art or Activity
Week
4: Exercise Routine/Activity
You will receive via email a
monthly Nutrition Expedition calendar, as well as a link to my weekly blog,
so that you can view what we are doing each week and extend our lessons at home
with your family. Be sure to add my
email address to your contacts: nutrition@joyfulnoisekids.com. If you have
any questions, concerns, or would like to send me suggestions, I'd be happy to
hear your input! If you'd like to make a donation to the Nutrition Expedition
program for food, supplies, and materials, please see Ms. Sue in the Joyful
Noise office. Your support is greatly appreciated!
Kind Regards,
Ms. Kelli
