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Teaching Portion Size vs. Serving Size with Goldfish & Pokémon Go

by K.Graybill • April 14, 2017 • 3 Comments

Many people have a difficult time discerning between portion size and serving size when they dish out their snacks and meals. Teenagers are no exception! This lesson utilizes Goldfish snack crackers to discover what happens to their nutritional intakes when the portion size goes beyond the serving size. Along the way, students learn the causes, impacts and strategies to deal with increased portion sizes. Additionally, students enjoy capturing Pokémon characters as they try to match everyday visuals with common food amounts. Give it a try and see if your students don’t enjoy learning about portion sizes vs. serving sizes too!

4 C's, Child Development, Child Development Lessons, Child Development Resources, Parenting, Technology, Uncategorized

Pregnancy Towers–Month by Month

by K.Graybill • April 7, 2017 • 6 Comments

Teaching the changes associated with pregnancy and the developing baby can be challenging! You know that if you just give students the information to read, they won’t! But, if you create an assignment that combines technology with hands-on that forces them to interact with the information, it’s a win-win for all! Thus, the Pregnancy Tower project was created!

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

Plating & Styling Brownies

by K.Graybill • March 31, 2017 • 5 Comments

My students always want to make fancy desserts and who can blame them! This lesson teaches them a little about plating and styling foods, using brownie desserts to help accomplish the mission! After learning about plating and styling desserts, students practice by making, plating and styling brownies. They also must create a feature for a restaurant menu based on their results! I like this lesson, activity and lab because it’s a great mix of activities. Plus, students get to use technology, create food, apply creativity and eat all in one lesson! My students loved this and were super proud of their accomplishments…I’m confident yours will too!

Child Development, Child Development Lessons, Parenting

Learning About the Ages & Stages of Children through Dramatic Skits

by K.Graybill • March 24, 2017 • 0 Comments

Middle school students can be high energy and constantly moving! So, it’s always best to keep them engaged, using interactive lessons and activities whenever possible. This interactive lesson and activity was shared by Donna Cabrera of Martin L. Mattei Middle School, Pittston, Pennsylvania. In this lesson, Donna has her students learning about the ages and stages of children in a fun, creative, dramatic way; skits! Continue reading to see how she does this!

Child Development, Child Development Lessons, Clothing & Textiles, Life Skills, Parenting, Sewing, Uncategorized

Felt Bookmark Sewing Project

by K.Graybill • March 17, 2017 • 2 Comments

This fun project was designed by Sasha Roble of Central Dauphin High School, Pennsylvania as a beginner sewing project and can be utilized at nearly any grade level. Ideally, this is a great project to use in conjunction with a unit on time and resource management. The bookmarks are unique and provide students with the opportunity to construct a practical and useful product. They can be sewn relatively quickly (4 – 5 days) and are not costly to make.

Child Development, Child Development Lessons, Uncategorized

Piaget’s Relational Concepts & Busy Book Project

by K.Graybill • March 10, 2017 • 0 Comments

Piaget is probably one of my most favorite theorists to teach about! I “get” his theory of how children learn and the stages or periods they go through. I’ve seen it in action with many of the preschoolers that participated in our school’s Circle Time program as well as in my own children! I think the other reason I really like teaching this theory is because it’s so “hands on” and interactive! If you’ve never taught about Piaget’s relational concepts, check out below lesson, activities and project.

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