I was looking for October/Halloween crafts for the kids. I found a really fun pumpkin craft and one hysterical (and simple) skeleton.
I also found a “spider snack.” The idea is to read the Eric Carle book “The Very Busy Spider,” and then let the children make a spider-shaped snack. The author of this idea said it was a very cute book and a great way to teach children about nutrition. WHA?
The snack is a giant marshmallow with eight pretzel stick legs and covered with chocolate syrup.
Please do not teach children about nutrition using any of the previously mentioned items. I’m totally jiggy with the fun snack idea that follows the book. But let us not pretend that we are going to learn anything valuable about nutrition with a marshmallow involved. I’m just saying.
Nutrition, Nutritional, Wholesome. All words that have no real meaning anymore. Nutrition now means “you can eat it”, Nutritional means “probably won’t kill you”, and Wholesome means “your kids will really like it but moms please don’t look too hard at the label because ignorance is bliss and sometimes you just want to feel good about what your kids are eating”.
Nutrition means “you can eat it.” Christine, I think you are a genius and that is SO true.
Well, you could teach them what sugar does to the body. How it makes your insides rot away as if they had been bitten by a spider…. just sayin’, you can make anything a teachable moment, right?
Totally -hadn’t thought of it that way, Katelin. “Okay kids, here is what NOT to eat b/c it does all these bad things for your body.” pause. “Okay, everyone eat their snack now!” L.O.L.