We at Gingerbread House Daycare are committed to helping kids get excited about eating healthy. So we have partnered with a naturopathic physician and a Vancouver horticulturist to help our kids get excited about growing and eating healthy food.
Let’s grow healthy kids together! Teachers with more knowledge about nutrition and healthy eating can not only lead happier, healthier lives- they can be stronger role models for our kids and be better advocates for school wellness policies.
Since healthy teachers inspire healthy kids, we reached out to a local naturopathic physician who offered us a free 2-hour nutrition class that was fun and inspiring. Not a diet class, but basic nutritional information that was digestible and practical!
Kids are so open to new ideas when they are in a garden. And the staff at Gingerbread are grateful to have partnered with Lynsey, a passionate horticulturist, to create a sensory garden in our front two garden beds. The garden will encourage active learning by giving the chance for kids to taste, smell and learn about herbs and native plants. Lynsey also hosts worm composting workshops for City Farmer, Vancouver’s composting demonstration garden. Preschoolers get so excited about worms and the Daycare staff see this upcoming workshop as an excellent opportunity for our little ones to learn about organic gardening.
This is going to be an exciting school year and we are looking forward to further inspiring our kiddos by starting conversations about planting gardens and healthy eating using books, posters and activities.
Here’s to growing healthy kids together!
Sensory Gardens at our Daycare :) We have a worm composting station too! Kids of all ages love to learn about organic gardening. (Thanks Lynsey for all the awesomeness!!)
