Lunch

[Christian Schumann-Curtis]

I like to think our school's community is better than most concerning our children's nutrition.  But I know many of us are concerned about how little lunch food our kids sometimes eat (especially the healthy bits). 

So this article kinda slapped me upside the head with it's obvious and "simple" solution for this sort of problem:
http://www.doublex.com/blog/xxfactor/recess-makes-kids-hungry-healthy-lunch

Basically putting lunch AFTER recess instead of before leads to kids eating more of their lunches (including the healthy parts).  Other benefits: less food waste, possibly better behavior...other?

I don't know how such a move might impact the teaching schedule or how practical it would be to implement this change.  But I thought I'd throw it out there as something to discuss, think about, research further maybe, and possibly implement if it makes sense (though I'm thinking next year... No need to rush.   Maybe do a few test runs this year in a few classes if anybody's up for it... or not). 

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Christian Schumann-Curtis

4300 SE 51st Ave.
Portland, OR  97206

503.774.3568

[M Lauer]

I really appreciate you bringing this up...I have been concerned all the years we have been at Cedarwood about this issue.  It makes no sense to me to expect children to preform over the period of a long day with minimal nutrition, and I would think Waldorf teachers would understand the importance of nourishing the vital forces more than most...but I always felt like my appeals to our teacher to allow the students more time to eat fell on deaf ears.  I know they have a busy schedule.  Thanks, Barbara Lauer 5th grade parent --- On Tue, 1/26/10, Christian Schumann-Curtis <cu...@q.com> wrote:

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[Christian Schumann-Curtis]

I've Indigo in 2nd grade and Brandon in 6th.  I talked to Mrs. Johnson and she informed me that the 2nd graders have time both before and after recess to eat.  Some, like Indigo, are too focused on recess to eat before hand.  Most eat after. 

Aside from getting over the mild embarrassment that I didn't know my own son's school schedule, I  don't know how the other grades do it. 

I also don't have the foggiest idea whether this "eat-after-recess" idea is compatible with Waldorf-ism.  I suspect it doesn't matter, but somebody knows for sure that'd be a good thing to know. 

I don't think it's the best idea to try to spring this on any teachers without ample time to talk about it, consider it, and so forth. 

Natalie Norman has said she'll bring it up at Thursday's grades meeting.  And that makes sense since I think the teachers would be bearing the brunt of the change.  I don't know if this needs to be something that needs to be implemented immediately.  I figured letting a few classes/teachers try a few test runs first might be a good idea if anybody is up for it... and then share the results of the experience with the community.  If everybody LOVES it then we could do it this year.  But I should think implementing it fresh next year would be just fine too.  That gives teachers and students time to adjust, if needed. 

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Donna Jackson-Siekmann <do...@scon.de> wrote:

Christian,

Brilliant! I am all for it. How could we make a school-wide change like this?

Donna

Christian Schumann-Curtis wrote:

I like to think our school's community is better than most concerning our children's nutrition. But I know many of us are concerned about how little lunch food our kids sometimes eat (especially the healthy bits).

So this article kinda slapped me upside the head with it's obvious and "simple" solution for this sort of problem:

http://www.doublex. com/blog/ xxfactor/ recess-makes- kids-hungry- healthy-lunch <http://www.doublex.com/blog/xxfactor/recess-makes-kids-hungry-healthy-lunch>

Basically putting lunch AFTER recess instead of before leads to kids eating more of their lunches (including the healthy parts). Other benefits: less food waste, possibly better behavior...other?

I don't know how such a move might impact the teaching schedule or how practical it would be to implement this change. But I thought I'd throw it out there as something to discuss, think about, research further maybe, and possibly implement if it makes sense (though I'm thinking next year... No need to rush. Maybe do a few test runs this year in a few classes if anybody's up for it... or not).

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Christian Schumann-Curtis

4300 SE 51st Ave.
Portland, OR 97206

503.774.3568

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[Seshadri Balaji]

Christian,

 

I agree this is an idea that warrants a trial. My kids so often seem to bring most of their lunch back home and I wonder whether all that rushing in the morning to get so much lunch in the bag is worthwhile. The current system clearly is not great: it does not help the kids and also wastes a lot of food, which really upsets me since so many kids go hungry world over because of poverty.

 

Balaji

 

From: Cedarw...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Cedarw...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Couche
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 4:57 PM
To: Donna Jackson-Siekmann; Christian Schumann-Curtis
Cc: cedarwood2012; cedarwood-dads-group; cedarwood2016
Subject: Re: [Cedarwood2012] Lunch

 

 

I certainly would be in favor of the change!  My kids seem to rarely finish their lunches, and my guess it is because they are so focused on getting out for recess.  A slower paced lunch would be healthier for the child, and I would guess would also favorably effect the behavior.

 

Steve Couche

Willy - 6th grade

Rachel - 4th grade

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