Got Hunger?

Health is a required subject,

but it's too easy to view it merely as a text book

and not a way of life.

How the kids implement what they've read

about nutrition, exercise and personal care

is more important than how they answer the questions

at the end of each section.

After reading about the food groups and choosing a healthy snack,

Beka was determined to put it into practice.

Think she made a good decision for snack time?

Sometimes when learning isn't going well,

it's important to re-evaluate basic needs of students

and the teacher.

A few times, I thought the kids were being lazy

or disobedient in their school work,

but the truth was,

they were just hungry.

I didn't used to serve snacks

because I really wanted the kids to eat their meals.

However, if I hadn't served a filling, nutritional meal,

it didn't last.

Breakfast, especially, should be healthy,

including a protein which stays with them longer.

To ensure the daily requirement of fruits and veggies are eaten,

they need to be served with every meal.

Hunger can cause dizziness or lightheadedness,

irratibility, agitation and a lack of concentration.

Sound like your kids?

Or you?

If your kids are hungry, unless your breath smells like French fries,

they aren't going to be able to concentrate.

I always wanted to push on and just finish up what we were working on

and then eat lunch, but too late I realized that they could do the work

more quickly if they weren't hungry.

It's hard to be the mommy, the teacher and the chef,

but to make your homeschooling adventure more successful,

you have to keep all three plates full at the same time.

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Speaking of plates, the United States Department of Agriculture

has changed their food pyramid

  to a plate.

They haven't updated all their kid and teacher resources,

but their site still contains a lot of helpful information

for your classroom/kitchen.