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Families in Children’s Books

by K.Graybill • October 18, 2019 • 0 Comments

Many years ago Carol Erwin, of Nebraska, shared an activity with me that gave students the chance to analyze the work of the family. Students enjoy reading about different families in children’s books as they complete a series of prompts. It’s important for children to see how families interact and be able to recognize and relate to different family structures, stages of the family life cycle, and family functions. So if you have access to a variety of children’s books about families or a local library, you may want to grab some books and check this lesson out.

Culinary, Culinary Resources, Foods & Nutrition, Uncategorized

Cooking Methods JIGSAW Puzzle Project

by K.Graybill • October 11, 2019 • 1 Comment

Once again, I was in need of another way to teach cooking methods to my foods class that wasn’t a copycat of what I teach in the foods unit of my comprehensive FACS class. As always, I wanted a lesson that was engaging and interactive for my students. So, the cooking methods jigsaw puzzle project was created! This lesson assigns a cooking method to each student who must do the research to complete the informational puzzle piece. Once completed, students move their way throughout the room as they collect notes on all of the other assigned cooking methods. Students will use their notes and apply the techniques as they move through various cooking labs.

Child Development, Child Development Lessons, Environment, Health & Wellness, Parenting, Technology, Uncategorized

Nature & Outdoor Play

by K.Graybill • October 4, 2019 • 0 Comments

As children, my siblings and I played outside everyday mostly because we loved it and wanted to, but sometimes because our parents insisted that it was too nice a day not to! I know, I know…it was a different time. But sadly, have you ever noticed how few children you actually see playing outdoors anymore? I decided to poll my students and see what their thoughts were on the subject and then take a hard look at why we need to bring nature & outdoor play back and get children engaged on a regular basis!

Baking & Pastry Arts, Culinary, Culinary Resources, Hospitality & Tourism, Nutrition

Let’s Get Stacked: Pancake Wars

by K.Graybill • September 27, 2019 • 0 Comments

In July I had the privilege of presenting at Missouri’s State FACS Conference! For one of the presentations, I shared a series of lessons created around themes found in the Struggle Meal video series hosted by Frankie Celenza. “Let’s Get Stacked: Pancake Wars” is just one of the interactive lessons and lab that I created using this free, short, upbeat video series. Periodically, I will be sharing more lessons based on this series, but for now, check out how to teach and prepare savory pancakes in a very unique way!

Foods & Nutrition, Health & Wellness, Review Games, Uncategorized

Escape Portion Distortion

by K.Graybill • September 20, 2019 • 2 Comments

Looking for a fun, interactive and somewhat challenging activity when teaching about portions? I was! Since I love using breakouts, I created “Escape Portion Distortion” that can be done with the locks and boxes if you have them or digitally, using Google Forms if you don’t…win-win for everyone!

Character, Child Development, Child Development Lessons, Child Development Resources, Life Skills Resources, Parenting, Technology, Uncategorized

Delayed Gratification, Patience & Consistency

by K.Graybill • September 13, 2019 • 2 Comments

In a world of “instants” does patience still exist? And, should we be teaching children delayed gratification skills and how to be patient instead of immediately giving into their every “whim”? This lesson explores this topic and demonstrates to students why being consistent and teaching children to be patient yields greater success later on in life.

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