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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to our principal Shri Samaj V Joglekar Sir for motivating and having faith in me to initiate this wonderful project on the topic .

Healthy Food-Healthy Children-Healthy Nation,.

Last but not the least, I would like to thank to the par-ents who helped their child in providing healthy lunch box and helping me to develop healthy eating habits in their chil-dren.

SANGHMITRA TIWARI

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Contents Page No.

1. Cover page

2. First page

3. Annexure I

4. Annexure II

5. Annexure III

6. Permission for initiating the project

7. Acknowledgement

8.. Preface 4

9.. Activity 1.Informal discussion 5

10. Activity 2.Good bye dirt and germs 6

11. Activity 3.Grab the stars 7-8

12. Photographs 9

13. Activity 4..Role of food 10

14. Activity 5.Where do food comes from. 10

15. Activity 6. Major food groups 10

16. Activity 7. Introspection 11

17. Activity 8.Survey 11

18. Activity 9.You are what you eat 11

19. Activity 10..Muhawarein 11

20. Photographs 12

21. Activity 11.Collection of rhymes 13

.22. Activity 12.Data handling 13

23. Activity 13.Food and consumer awareness 13

24. Activity 14.Experiment with salt and potato 14

25. Activity 15.Newspaper in nutrition 14

26. Activity 16. Food adulteration. 15

27. Photographs 16

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28. Activity 17. Do not waste food 17

29. Activity 18.Morning assembly Conversation 17

30 Photographs 18

31. Activity 19. Snakes and ladders 19

32. Activity 20. Exhibition 19

33. Photographs 20

34. Activity 21.Kitchen cum herbal garden. 21-22

35. Photographs 23-24

36. Challenges and difficulties 25

37 Facilitators 26

38. Funny moments 27

39. Impact of innovation 27

40 Cost effectiveness 27

41. Bibliography 28

42. Bench Mark 29.

43. Dietary chart and graph

44. Parents consent

45. Permission letter for Exhibition

46. Invitation for Exhibition

47. Permission letter for herbal garden.

48. Videos of role plays and ppt.

49. Books made for class library -

49.1 Poems on healthy food

49.2 Food adulteration

49.3 Pop up book on food.

50. English conversation.

51 Parents feedback for the project

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PREFACE Childhood is perhaps the most momentous period in an individual’s journey of life. They are characterized by creative bursts of energy, immense curiosity about the self and the world. The experiences gained as children often stay with us throughout life.

The conditions that necessitate me to initiate this project was

I saw children unable to stand in the morning assembly, some feel giddiness, and some even fainted.

While checking the lunchboxes I found many children not bringing proper lunch. Some brought Maggie, some without vegetable; few brought only namkeen or biscuits.

Many of them lack activeness, look weak…this insisted me to initiate this project to make children observe, identify, classify different food groups, healthy and unhealthy food. The children will also discover the fact that A food can make you healthy, ill or can be life threatening.

Health is the biggest component of life. Now a day the market is flooded by large variety of food items. This project helped the children to make healthy food choices to stay healthy, as it is said that HEALTHY BODY HAS HEALTHY MIND, HEALTH IS WEALTH and so on.

Healthy body can be gained by eating healthy food. I tried to inculcate healthy eating values by providing opportunities to the students to experiment and have on experiences which can enthuse them and leave an impact of lifetime. This will improve health and assist children to develop into wise consumers. The other goal of this project is to create opportunities for children to become familiar with healthy food choices through games, crafts and tasting challenges so that they will be more likely to make smart choices..

SANGHAMITRA TIWARI

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Activity 1.

An informal discussion was held in the classroom. Following questionnaire was prepared

1.what have eaten in your breakfast?

2.Do you take your breakfast daily?

3.How do you feel when you are hungry?

4.What is your favourite food?

5.What is your favourite fruit?

6.Do you eat fruits daily?

7.Do you drink milk daily?

8.Do you like eating cakes,chocolates,chips?

9.Do you include sprouts in your diet?

10.Do you wash your hands before eating anything?

This is an informal assessment where a child is able to express his feelings and share his feelings with others.

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Activity 2.

Good bye dirt and germs.

In this activity a child learns about THE MOST important activity of washing hands before eating.

One child of the row was given glitter powder in his hands and was asked to shake hands with the second child ,it was continued till the last child of the row. The last child was asked if he see some glitter on his hands..Yes it was.

Then the teacher explains that in the same way, germs are also transmitted .we cannot see them but they are in our hands, which are harmful and can cause illness, there-fore it is necessary to wash hands before eat-ing. The teacher demonstrated thecorrect way of washing hands, using soap and water. A soap was kept in the classroom for developing the habit of washing hands.Do not celebrate only a day as handwash Day .

Importance of washing hands was con-veyed to the children of the school through English conversation in the morning assem-bly by Dorina Pandole and Harshita Indorkar of class III A.

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Activity 3

GRAB THE STARS

This activity was initiated to motivate children to eat healthy food.

Before starting this activity a request note was send to parents for their kind sup-port.

Kendriya Vidyalaya Barkuhi

Healthy Food-Healthy Children-Healthy Nation

Dear Parents ,

When students eat healthy foods, they perform better in school. You are re-quested to include fruits, vegetables, and whole grain-rich foods in your childs school lunch box.Your child can learn good habits for life by making healthy food choices You have the power to inspire your children to build a healthy plate at school and home .Together we can teach our children healthy habits that last for-ever. Regards

Class teacher:-Sanghamitra Tiwari

I agree to give my child a healthy breakfast ,school lunch & a healthy diet at home

Parents Signature :-

This activity includes healthy eating and grabing the stars.To motivate stars and badges were allotted to the children.

If a child brings a fruit in his lunch he/she will be alloted 1 *.

If a child brings leafy vegetables , he/she will be allotted 2*.

If a child brings green vegetable ,he/she will be allotted 1*.

If a child brings sprouted grains he/she will be allotted 2*.

If a child brings salad,he/she will be allotted 1*.So if a child brings fruit,leafy vegetable,sprout..he/she can grab 5* in a day and likewise.

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Initially a target of 10*was kept to achieve to get a green apple badge. Out of 41 children 15 of them got a green apple badge.

Then a child has to grab 25* to get a red apple badge.Out of 41 /17 of them got a red apple badge.

Lastly a child has to grab 50* to get a golden apple badge.piyush singh was the first to get a golden apple badge. this activity was extended for next four days by the request of children then 9 of them grabbed 50* to achieve a golden apple badge.

Daily record of the lunchbox items was maintained.(enclosed)

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Students of class III A

KV Barkuhi

Developing eating healthy food

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Activity 4

Role of food.

In this activity children were asked to bring newspaper clippings of food pic-tures.They were asked to paste it on a chart paper to make a collage.then the teacher explained the role of food in our life.The children learned about the importance of food for growth and maintenance of our body.

Activity 5

Where do the food comes from?

In this activity the children were asked to write the names of food items they know on the blackboard.then they were asked to classify them under plant source and ani-mal source.and the end of this activity the children learnt that food we eat comes from either plants or animals.(chart enclosed)

Activity 6

Major groups of food.

The class was divided into groups.

1 group has to collect pictures of cereals,or collect cereals.

2 group has to collect pulses or its pictures

3 group has to collect pictures of fruits and vegetables.

4 group has to collect pictures of food we get from animals.

5.group has to collect pictures of junk food.

They have to paste it on the chart given.Then the teacher helped them to know about the major groups of food as

Energy giving food

Body-building food

Protective food.

Also the teacher explained why it is important to have proper food or bal-anced diet. Charts were displayed in the exhibition.

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Activity 7.

Introspection

The children were asked to write what they have taken in their breakfast in the chart paper.

And they were asked to observe and introspect whether they have eaten a healthy breakfast. The teacher explained the importance of breakfast. As it is the most important meal of the day.tThis message was conveyed in the morning assembly by taroon and Samiksha and Gurunarayan of class IV A. through English conversation.

Activity 8

Survey

In this activity a class was divided in 5 groups and each group has to ask any five students of the school about what they have eaten in their break-fast and what they have brought in their lunch box.

Then they were asked to find out how many of them have eaten food from all the three groups.

Activity 9

You are what you eat.

If you eat healthy foods you are most likely to be healthy. If you eat noth-ing but chips, burgers ,you certainly wont be fit and healthy.

The children were told about junk food. and that eating it sometimes will not harm you but eating it regularly will make you weak.

This message was given in the class by Dorina And Banashree in the class in Hindi and in the morning assembly by taroon,gurunarayan and samik-sha of IV A through English conversation.

Activity 10

Muhawerein or kahawtein

This activity is correlated to hindi,where a child has to collect proverbs in which there is a name of food items. I was surprised to see the efforts of children Bhavishya Dongre of my class collected 30 such Muhawerein..(sheet enclosed)

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Activity 11

Collections of rhymes or poems

The children have to learn or write poems related to healthy food or good eating habits. A picture was shown to the children and they were asked to form a story. (poem booklet was formed and included in class library)

Activity 12

Data handling

This activity is correlated with maths.in this activity every child was asked about his/her favorite fruit ,and the vegetable they dislike based on it a smart chart was pre-pared..Then they have to answer the given questions .(chart enclosed) Luckily there was an article in madhurima (Dainik Bhaskar), know about your personality by your favorite fruit. the children enjoyed it. (charts enclosed)

Activity 13

Food and consumer awareness

Nowadays the market is flooded with large variety of food items. The students were in-formed and trained to make right food choices without getting trapped into fake market-ing forces.

In this activity the children were divided into group of 5 students .They were given food wrappers and were asked to look for manufacturing or packaging dates, best before or ex-piry dates. Then with the wrappers a junk food tree was prepared and displayed in the ex-hibition. The same message was given in the morning assembly through English conver-sation by samiksha and pragya of class IV A.

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Activity 14

Experiment with salt and potato

In this experiment a potato was taken and cut into two pieces, one half was kept in plain water and the other half was kept in salted water, after few hours we observe that the potato kept in salted water shrivel.

The teacher explained that like potato, salty food and drinks make people thirsty, you should only have these foods oc-casionally.

Activity 15

Newspaper in nutrition

Children were asked to collect newspaper clippings related to healthy eating. a col-lage was made and displayed in the exhibition.

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Activity 16

Food Adulteration

In this activity students were made aware of food adulteration. We simply started with milk and its adulterant water. later the students were informed that for financial gains ,many adulterants are added to the food. Simple test were performed in the class to identify adulteries in food like chilly pow-der.sooji,rice,wheat,black pepper, turmeric powder. They were also asked to see the scary chemicals added in packed food items ,are also a type of adulter-ants which can have adverse health effects. They were informed about the must see logos in packed food item which ensures its quality. A book was made by me Food Adulteration. And kept in class library.

16 Same project ,when I was in kv no. 1 Chhindwara.thanks to all my students ,who made this project successful and its extension to kv Barkuhi. Also. Packed food items,additives and preservatives.

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Activity 17

Do not waste food.

The students were sensitized that there are many people who are hungry and starving, they cant get enough food to eat because they are poor .for this a skit was organized in the classroom and also in the morning assembly as a special activity by Mantasa,Gayatri,Falak and Harshita Bais as characters and Dorina and Ba-nashree as narrators .A video and role play done by the children of II shift kv no. 1 Chhind-wara related to do not waste food and junk food was also shown to the children. The children enjoyed watching students of kv Chhindwara doing role play. (videos en-closed)

Activity 18

Conversation with an information

Our principal shri Samaj V Joglekar sir included a new activity in the morning assembly called English conversation. this activity helped me a lot for mass communi-cation .Many important information were given through this activity to the whole school.

1.importance of breakfast

2.importance of hand wash

3.importance of eating fruits .

4.be alert before purchasing packed food.

5.say no junk foods.

6.do not waste food (special activity)

7.Food adulteration.

18 Initially I did this experiment in kv no 1 Chhindwara ,but because of transfer to kv Barkuhi, it was hindered ,but ones good efforts should not stop, hence I continued in kv Barkuhi also, as my main aim is to make healthy brains for healthy nation.

Do not waste food pictures by students of kv no 1.chhindwra 2013

Offerings in the temple.

I f you have extra food share it.

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Activity 19

Snakes and ladders

A snakes and ladders game was designed and kept in the class.the children were asked to play this game in their games period,to know about healthy and unhealthy food.

Activity 20

Exhibition

Teachers help:-

A exhibition was organized in which all the charts and news paper clippings were displayed in the corridors near the music room so that maximum children should visit it and know about healthy eating.

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Teachers and children observing the exhibition.

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Activity 21

To Create Kitchen cum Herbal garden

This activity was to promote the value of eating fresh real food.Growing a herb garden is an easy way to teach kids about how plants grow. They will also love being able to pick the leaves that can then be used to add flavour meals.This activity also creates environmental awareness which is the key to the future. We need our children to learn to respect what is around them. Planting seeds and watching them grow is one of life’s great rewards . We choose the place near physics lab as it gets sunlight for maximum time. The children were asked to collect all the empty pots lying in the school campus. The children were asked to fill the pots with soil. The children were asked to bring seeds. They collected seeds like mustard,jeera,ajwain,dhaniya,beans methi etc. Next day few were asked to sow the seeds and water them. Then the children were asked to bring garlic cloves,ginger potato and sow them in the pots. Next they were asked to bring mint branches ,small plants of tulsi,aloevera,marigold and sow in the pots. Next we created basic shapes with bricks prepared the soil bed,and planted flowering creepers in it. All the children were assigned the duties to water the plants daily.

Students of class IIIA collecting pots.

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This developed the habit of caring for plants,and they also came to know that plants are also living beings they to need care ,they also need water and food,like us.

Gardening is educational and develops new skills including:

• Responsibility – from caring for plants • Understanding – as they learn about cause and effect (for example, plants die with-

out water, weeds compete with plants) • Self-confidence – from achieving their goals and enjoying the food they have grown • Love of nature – a chance to learn about the outdoor environment in a safe and

pleasant place • Reasoning and discovery – learning about the science of plants, weather, the envi-

ronment, nutrition and simple construction • Physical activity – doing something fun and productive • Cooperation – including shared play activity and teamwork • Creativity – finding new and exciting ways to grow food . Nutrition – learning about where fresh food comes from.

Planting seeds and watching them grow helps children learn about the growth process, the environment and the food they eat.

Guiding the children to fill the pot with soil.

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Children of class IIIA watching their efforts sprouting and blooming.

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Fresh herbs of our garden.

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Challenges and difficulties in implementing this project

Barkuhi being a hard station,and a project school, where children come from distant remote places Here only weekly market is organized .It was challenging and I was in confusion whether I will be able to achieve the desired goals of my project .but I am very thankful to the parents specially the mothers who cooperated with me, and took the pain to arrange healthy food for their child like arranging fruits ,sprouts, leafy vegetables, and salads daily.

Another challenging condition arised,when our principal sir asked me to take 15-20 minute session about my project with all the primary staff meeting. I was supposed to tell about the procedures of my project and to gain some more ideas to enhance my project. But I was surprised, when a comment came that I should not ask children to bring fruits daily, as they are very costly and everyone cannot afford it. By this I am trying to create discrimination among the childrens.This enforced me to give a thought on the socio-economic conditions of different families.

It was the election time and the buses were involved in election duty due to which there were so many absentees in the class which hindered the smooth execution of my project.

While planning for creating herbal cum kitchen garden ,it was really challenging to find a safe and sunny place. and the soil was so tough to prepare by my small kids..

Here in Barkuhi we face water shortage problems also .

But we overcome it and I finally decided to grow our plants full of life in small con-tainers.

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Facilitators and obstructions.

I was in dilemma ,whether to ask children to eat fruits daily or to stop them from bringing fruits. The next moment our music teacher shri vinayak jadhav sir explained fruits have their own importance which cannot be replaced by any other things. He gave me the idea that I should find out the nutrional value of seasonal fruits which are more nutritious than the expensive fruits. And I should not stop the children from eating fruits. I am very grateful to him for being resourceful.

All the primary staff facilitated many ideas for the betterment of my project ,like:-

Students should be involved for monitoring whether all have finished their lunch. The monitors were assigned the duties, and a star was deducted for those do not finish their lunch. Fro GRAB THE STAR activity.

Students should know the English terms of the food items they have brought. For this the students have to tell the name of the vegetable in their lunch in English.

Students should be told that various dishes can be prepared from the same food item. A worksheet was given to the children.

Use of technology can also be involved. Ppt was designed for recapitulation.

Thank you to all my colleagues for being so cooperative and supportive.

This urged me to search the library, and internet resources

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Funny moments

When I told the children about the importance of seasonal fruits, like amla..and this was the time when the market was flooded with amla. Next day Banashree and Pi-yush singh brought amla,when they took a bite of it ,because of sour taste the face made by them made the whole class laugh.

Secondly when Dorina gave a new name to sprouts –poonch wala chana.

Impact of innovation and its evaluation.

The children started eating healthy food and they came to know the importance of balanced diet or proper food.

After finishing the target of 50* their lunch box were regularly checked, I found that the children's were bringing fruits and sprouts ,salads ,leafy vegetables regularly. After this project a child learns about importance of food. Balanced diet plays an impor-tant role in the proper development of every individual.

School gardens help our children grow stronger as well as helping children lead happier, healthier lives and helped them acquire the essential skills they need to fulfill their potential in a rapidly-changing world and make a positive contribution to society as a whole.

Cost effectiveness implementation of the practice

Its completely free!

High order thinking skills.

Can food be used as a preventive measures to many diseases?

Can a diet increase or decrease our weight?

Can a healthy diet increase our scores?

Why ginger did not germinate?

Why the plants drooped down, after two days holidays.(II sat sun)

How adverse weather affects the growth of crops?

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Library resources

1.Mein hoon poshan by Dr.Hariprasad Gupta

2.Nutrition education by R S Reddy

3.School health manuals vol II by CBSE

4.Cenbosec

Internet resources

1.www.nourishinteractive.com

2.supportunited.org

3.www.dltk-kids.com

4.nutrition for kids.com

5.www.arvindguptatoys.com (PDF food adulteration)

Other Resources 1.My son’s biology book for ICSE board. class VII.

2.Dainik Bhaskar news paper.

3.Bagwani kala by Prabha Bhargava

4.Push Vatika by Prabha Bhargava

5.Gardeners Dairy by John Ravens croft

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Bench mark

When a child grow up ,they turn out to be more aware and hence more knowledgeable in every discipline. The child develops healthy eating habits that last a lifetime! The child learns and develops the habit of care for nature and environment. They will discover that “ Food is the fact of life. And It takes a lot of la-bour and time for food to come from field to plate. so we should not waste it. “ ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD”.DO NOT COMPROMISE WITH THE QUALITY OF FOOD AS IT DIRECTLY AFFECTS YOUR HEALTH”

Project report submitted by

Mrs. Sanghamitra Tiwari

PRT

Kendriya Vidyalaya Barkuhi

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Authentication by the Principal