Our theme this week was eat the rainbow! In the classroom, we read the book Eat Your Superpowers! How Colorful Foods Keep You Healthy and Strong by Toni Buzzeo and illustrated by Serge Bloch. We learned that richly colored fruits and vegetables provide our bodies with essential nutrients that power our blood, bones, eyesight, muscles, hair, skin, heart, and so much more. Not only does including a variety of colorful plants in our diet help our bodies stay strong, but also surrounding ourselves with a rainbow of people with different backgrounds, perspectives, and ideas keeps our communities strong.
In the kitchen, the kindergarten chefs made a rainbow fruit salad featuring red strawberries, orange Cara Cara oranges, yellow pineapple, green kiwis, blue blueberries, and purple Marion blackberries. We learned to use both a nylon and a wavy crinkle cutter knife. We learned how to keep everyone safe with proper hygiene while working with food. Most importantly, we had a lot of fun eating in community and celebrating the beauty of the rainbow in our school.
