Nutrition Connections Webinar: Experiential Approaches to Food Education
Posted: January 9, 2020
Categories: Edible Education Network / Good Food Ideas for Kids / GoodFoodBites / Schools / Webinars
Nutrition Connections is hosting an upcoming food education webinar, Getting Kids’ Hands Dirty: Experiential Approaches to Food Education, on Thursday, January 23, 2020, at 12 p.m. EST.
In the webinar, participants will hear from two leading Ontario-based food education programs for young children. Janet Nezon will discuss the approach behind Rainbow Plate, a joyful sensory-based approach to food literacy education in the early years, and Andrew Fleet, Executive Director of Growing Chefs! Ontario, will discuss his London, Ontario-based program offering a variety of food education projects to get kids and communities excited about healthy, wholesome food.
The webinar will explore:
- Effective strategies for helping children build positive relationships with food, enjoy a healthy and varied diet, and learn about the broader food system
- The evidence behind sensory-based and experiential food education
- Opportunities, challenges, and successes in children’s food literacy on the ground
- How food education can be connected to the Ontario school curriculum