Author: Marcia Moss
Planning Unit: Bullitt County CES
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Outcome: Long-Term Outcome
The Bullitt County Extension Service and the Bullitt County School System have partnered for the past five years to bring nutrition and healthy eating in to some of the Elementary schools. We have used My Plate for Kids to give the students in first/second/third and fourth grades a basic knowledge of the five food groups.
One of the most challenging food groups seems to be the Dairy group as most students want to put eggs in dairy since that is where they are located in the grocery store. The first and second graders seem to have the hardest time with this. One hundred and three out of two hundred and thirty nine improved on the exit survey in the Dairy category this last time.
One of the ways we try to get them to remember is we ask them "Have you ever seen a cow lay an egg?" This seems to help some and we always go over the exit survey's when they are done. One child admitted to putting eggs in dairy. Another child turned to him and said "Have you ever seen a cow lay an egg? Eggs are protein." It does seem that some of them are remembering and hopefully will continue to do so especially when they get older.
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