Early Childhood Education National Curriculum. Food and Nutrition scheme of work for nursery classes Lagos state. Adequate feeding.
FOOD AND NUTRITION NURSERY 1, 2 AND KINDERGARTEN 3- 5 YEARS
S/N 1
ISSUES
Adequate feeding
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
PARENT & CAREGIVER
- Train/show the child good practices/habit while eating
- Expose child to available food types in the community
S/N 2
ISSUES
Meat at Centre/School
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
PARENT & CAREGIVER
Advice parent son healthy food from the various food groups to meet nutritional needs of the child
- Encourage children to bring snacks to the centre/school.
- Supervise group eating at centre/school
S/N 3
ISSUES
Basic food Functions
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
PARENT & CAREGIVER
Educate parents on basic function of food.
- Protein – growth and body building food e.g. fish, beans , egg, milk , liver etc.
- Carbohydrates – energy giving food e.g. yam cocoyam , bread rice , solid pap liquid pap, noodle porridge etc.
- Vitamins – protective and fighting disease food e.g. vegetable – lettuce, spinach, ugwu, okro, ewedu, water –leaf, bitter leaf, etc fruits – orange , carrot, apple, water – melon , banana, mango, pineapple, pawpaw etc.
- Fats & oil – butter , palm-oil, groundnut oil, peanut butter etc.
- Fats & oil-butter, palm –oil, groundnut oil, peanut butter etc.
- Minerals – boiled plantain
- Water – boiled water, natural fruit juice, beverages milk
S/N 4
ISSUES
Self-feeding
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
PARENT & CAREGIVER
- Give food in manageable portion to the child supervise children while eating with spoons or forks in the school
Early Childhood Education National Curriculum. Food and Nutrition scheme of work for nursery classes Lagos state. Adequate feeding.
S/N 5
ISSUES
Food eating habits
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
PARENT & CAREGIVER
- Expose child to good table manners
- Guide the child to correct bad table manners
- Train the child to eat in a socially acceptable manner
- Train child on good sitting posture while eating , proper usage of plastic cutlery – fork spoon and knife
Note: Parents are to be advised to give one egg per day per child milk is also good as part of their meal everyday
S/N 6
ISSUES
Nutrition Deficiency
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
PARENT & CAREGIVER
- Discuss nutrition deficient diseases among children e.g. night blindness, kwashiorkor, rickets dental crisis etc.
- Food related disorder among children .g obesity kwashiorkor
S/N 7
ISSUES
Food hygiene
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
PARENT & CAREGIVER
- Prepare food for children under hygienic condition
- Encourage children to wash hands after using toilet, washing of hands before and after every meal, cover leftover food, wash fruit before eating, avoid eating unripe fruit.
