Module #3

Breakfast Matters

 

Outcomes

• Children will identify the reasons why eating breakfast is a smart choice.
  
• Children will explore a variety of breakfast foods and beverages.
  
• Children will share their favourite breakfast foods with one another.
  
• Children will be introduced to breakfast meal planning by choosing from a variety of foods from across the four food groups.
  
• Children will begin to be able to identify the names of a variety of breakfast foods and beverages, and recognize how the names of certain foods are spelled.
  
• Children will discuss the importance of eating breakfast every day in order to have the energy to run, play, think and learn.

 

Points to Emphasize

• Eating breakfast gives you the energy you need to run, jump, learn, play and think.
  
• Eating breakfast helps you to grow and be strong.
  
• Eating breakfast helps you to feel full until lunch or snack time.
  
• There is a wide variety of breakfast foods that people eat.
  
• Breakfast should include a variety of different foods from across the four food groups.
  
• There is a cultural diversity in the types of breakfast foods that people eat.

 

Vocabulary

• Breakfast
  
• Healthy
  
• Variety
  

 

 

Teacher Information

Food is important because it helps children grow and develop and can help set a foundation for good health. Foods provide fuel and nutrients that growing children need. One of the most important meals is breakfast. People eat many diverse foods for breakfast. Breakfast gives us the energy and fuel we need to think, walk, talk, play and learn. If you don’t eat breakfast, then your body is going to run out of fuel and not work as well a it would with that fuel. Think of a car. When you eat breakfast, you can concentrate better, do better in school, play harder and you are just in a better mood.

Safety Notes

Some of the following activities involve food tasting or handling. Some children may be allergic to certain foods or ingredients found in foods. Make sure that you have checked with parents and have a plan in place in case such an allergic reaction occurs.