Summer time is a great time to get in some short units on all those things you want to teach, but they just get pushed aside because they are last on your priority list. I was looking up some menu planning forms for my oldest so that she could work on finishing up her Home Economics curriculum for this year. She still hasn't completed the cooking unit. During the search I came across this free resource from the USDA. It looks like you can get a kit to teach in a classroom setting, but they have also provided downloads of all of the workbooks as well as the little mini-magazine on Food and Nutrition. This would be a great resource for the 4-H student who has a project area of food and nutrition. It would also work well in a homeschool co-op setting. It is geared to 7th and 8th grade students, but after looking through the magazine, I think it would be suitable for kids in 5th grade and up. For our house, we will use it as a short unit to supplement her lessons in Training Daughter's to be Keepers at Home. And I might read select portions aloud for certain children that think Little Debbie's snacks are deserving of their own food group!
Oh and about that menu planning form....here is a link to 11 different forms free on Money Saving Mom.
Happy Teaching,
Mrs. P
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