We’re in week 3 of school, and we’re all still getting used to the routine! Fortunately, lunches have become easier over the years and we are able to focus instead on piano practice, dance lessons and getting reading and homework done. Our biggest challenge these days is making sure that our little darlings get enough sleep: something that is getting harder and harder for some reason!
I have spent enough time volunteering in the kids’ lunchroom to know this: a lot of food gets tossed, or put on the “give away” table, not ending up in our children’s stomachs. A strategy we’ve used to combat that is talking with the kids each day about how lunch went. Questions like “Who did you sit with?” and “What did [insert friend name here] bring to eat?” help jumpstart the conversation, culminating with “So, did you like your lunch?” (more…)
We are pleased to bring you another post from Erica McClanahan. Erica is a Bay Area California native who attended the University of California, Berkeley. Her major in American Studies with an emphasis in race, ethnicity, and health in America has led her down the path of becoming a teen health educator. She is currently a HealthCorps Coordinator at a New York City school.
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