Homeschooling Summary for last week

We focused on food last week.  On Monday we made a banner and put food clippings into one of 3 categories: Always, Sometimes, and Never. I noticed that the kids understand in theory that desserts and fatty foods are "sometimes" foods.  But to them "sometimes" means several times throughout the day.

Food banner showing what we should eat sometimes

Desserts were the kids favorite food group

On Wednesday we tried to understand the proportions of foods that they should be eating, based on the new-ish (2011) USDA food plate.  Again, the main message was trying to help them understand that half of what they eat should be fruits and veggies - not cookies!

Unfortunately, we did not do much more than continue our writing practice on the side this week so I will skip the table for now.