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Food, Culture, & Readin

the newest addition to

National 4-H Afterscho

curriculum

The 4-H Program, Food,

Culture, & Reading, is

currently being

implemented as part of

the afterschool initiative,

After the Bell. After the

Bell is available to

students in grades six to

eight at Kennett Middle

School in Landenberg,

Pennsylvania. It provides

the opportunity for

students to enroll in fun

and educational

sessions of interest and

provides a safe

environment during acritical weekday time.

Food, Culture, &

Reading is employed

under the session title,

Im Hun r ! Whats to

student earning her Girl

Scouts Gold Award.

Students enrolled in Im

Hungry! Whats to Eat?

are guided throughphysical, learning, and

cooking activities that

introduce them to

healthy foods, nutrition,

and exercise, while

including elements of

different cultures. Thus

far, the group has

successfully made multi-

cultural pizzas

representing the

diversity of the United

States and Mexican

tortillas to celebrate

Cinco de Mayo. They are

preparing to make potato

Catherine Birdsey, MPH Candidate & Nicole Bernstein

Food, Culture, & ReadingPiloting a youth nutrition

education program

During the first week,

students competed in a

food pyramid relay race.

The object of the race

was to place all of the

foods given to the group

in the proper food group

in the fastest amount of

time. Afterwards,

students identified

twenty foods that they

commonly eat and which

food group they belong

to. This was in turn used

to identify what foods

students are eating too

much or too little of.

Every lesson plan

developed from Food,

Culture, & Reading

begins with physical

May 10, 2011

Facilitator: Catherine Birdsey (Right) & Assistant: NicoleBernstein (Left)

After the Bell students share the Food, Culture, &Reading program after making multicultural pizzas

Whats to Eat? is

provided on the follow

page. A training on th

usability of Food, Cultu

& Reading based on th

facilitators experience

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Introducing Food, Culture, & Reading to Kennett Middle Schools After the Bell ProgramFood, Culture, & Reading Sample Lesson Plan: United States

PageFood, Culture, & Reading

Pilotin a outh nutrition

Introduction:

Introduction of facilitators and students

Introduction of the program

1) Focus on learning about nutrition and eating healthy by building culturally healthy snacks and completin

activities from around the world. This week we will start with the United States, next week will be Mexico.

2) Goal by the end is to be nutrition experts and be able to choose healthy foods for themselves and others

and understand the importance of eating healthy.

Physical Activity:

Relay race with the food pyramid

1) Divide fish cards into 2 sets and split youth into 2 teams of 2.

2) Have youth race to place the fish cards in

the appropriate spot on the food pyramid. However, they must use different activities to get back and forth from th

pyramid. 3) First team to finish wins unless they have 3 or more foods in the wrong category. Stress the

importance of placing higher fat foods towards the top.

Questions:

1) What was challenging about doing this relay race?

2)What are ways that you like to stay active? Why is staying active just as important to your health as eating right?

3) Do you find it hard to find time to be active? Why?

Learning Activity:

MyPyramid for kids worksheet

1) Provide each youth with a copy and crayons

2) Identify the food groups represented by each stripe and the types of foods located

within each. Youth may color in the stripes if they like. 3) Have youth make

list of 20 foods they enjoy and place them in the food pyramid

Questions:

1) What foods did you put on your list? From which stripe did you find that you eat the most foods? Which stripe do

you eat the fewest foods from? 2) What are the stairs located on the

side of the MyPyramid for?

3) What food choice changes can you make to improve your diet?

4) How does an illustration such as MyPyramid help people understand information?

Cooking Activity:

Multicultural pizza

1) Introduce the ingredients and stress trying new things and making the most unique pizza that uses the m

ingredients from each food group. 2) Wash hands

3) Create pizzas using recipe ingredients

Questions:

1) Describe the pizza you made. How is your pizza different from the pizza that others made or the pizza you usual

eat? 2) How did MyPyramid help you decid