Fun Foods for Kids & Grownups Teachers' Guide

Fun Foods for Kids & Grownups -- Your essential guide for family fun and good health. Suggestions for teachers interested in sharing this book with their students follow.

A Guide for Teachers

  • Enjoy reading the story "Adventures in Abunda Gardens" to the students.

  • Invite students to claim a character and then read that character's dialogue each time he or she speaks. Also, choose a narrator to read the narrated parts. Talk about point of view. Who is telling this story?

  • Ask the students if the characters have feelings that remind them of feelings they have had. Ask them how they solved their problem? Encourage students to explore positive ways to cope with fears and dreads.

  • Invite students to illustrate the story "Adventures in Abunda Gardens."

  • Invite students to read the little poem "Ruby Red Squirrel."

  • Invite all the young artists to illustrate the little poem. Praise their efforts and their accomplishments.

  • Invite students to discuss how the name "Ruby" fits Ruby's character.

  • Invite pupils to discuss how the name "Rosie" could have worked well, too, and why.

  • Enjoy reading other information from the book to your students that you feel they might enjoy.

  • Encourage youngsters to share what most intrigues them about the book and its characters?

  • Notice how the students understand description. Do they see the same images that you see?

  • Encourage your youngsters to look for words that are new to them in the book and then look those words up in a dictionary to make those words their own. Encourage them to use the words new to them in several sentences.

  • Invite students to draw the items described in the book. Acknowledge their efforts. Help them to enjoy their talents and abilities.

  • Do they enjoy bringing the Smart-Start recipes from the magical land of Abunda Gardens into their own classrooms and homes?

  • Encourage young readers to use their imaginations to create similar recipes to enjoy and to share with their families and friends.

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