04/16/2026
This week we are Celebrating the Week of the Young Child! We like to beat to our own drum and make up our own days because if it’s for the children we might as well make it about OUR children! Each class picked a theme for a day depending on what their class LOVES! Today was our infants day and well they do really love their food, so we had our own ‘Tasty Wednesday’- each class was assigned a color to bring in! At our Staff Meeting this month we learned about the effects screens have on young children’s body & mind! One of the things we discussed during our PD of screens, was ‘Mindful Eating’ which went perfectly with today!
One of things we learned about during our Screen Free Professional Development with Dee Dee was Mindfulness: “An antidote to too much screen time. Helping kids (and adults) pay attention on purpose. Mindfulness isn’t just meditation or deep breathing- it’s the practice of noticing when our attention wanders and gently bringing it back to where we want it to be. The simple of of “returning” is how we strengthen our focus”
1 of the 5 Mindful Practices are: Mindful eating! Today was a perfect way to practice “Mindful Eating”: “transform meals into a richer experience by pausing to breathe before eating, tuning into your hunger cues, and savoring each bite. This practice helps you enjoy your food more fully and respond to your body’s true needs”- We talked about using our 5 senses with young children to practice this Mindful Eating. What do you taste? What do you see? What do you hear? What do you smell? What do you feel?
Preschool 2 did this when trying out their yellow foods! By practice of Mindful Eating, the children in their classroom were able to explore the different foods many hadn’t tried before. They found they LOVED everything they tried today! Plantain chips, banana chips, yellow peppers, lemon water, bananas & golden Oreo’s. They talked about each food with using their senses, an experience well learned from!
The different food choices for all the classrooms and the diversity between them all was really well done! Allowing the children to really expanded their pallet and using their different senses!
Join us in participating in Screen Free Week in May! More to come on that!
