The Eat Wise committee, without a lick of help from "She who had no time", pulled together a phenomenal presentation to the 1st grade classes at Wilson Arts Integration School yesterday.
Watching these children become enthralled by vegetables, brought together in part by one of the teachers favorite books "Tops and Bottoms" by Janet Stevens, made it apparent a standard, circulating presentation like this is needed in each primary school in the district.
I watched the faces light up at the sight of a giant celery root, a shiny deep eggplant, the aroma of fresh asparagus, artichoke and fennel...their world opened up.
A child's knowledge expanded.
Senses were stimulated as all sixty 1st graders first saw, smelled, learned about, touched, and finally ate the vegetables on their plates.
When you educate a child's senses, something sticks for life.
Pulling the giant celery root from it's container yesterday, brought back the aroma's in my Greek Yia Yia's kitchen, the gardens I've plotted in the past, and the garden I'm plotting now.
The earth will sustain us if we utilize her gifts of abundance.
We can give a child a Nintendo DSi, or we can give them knowledge through expanded senses...and a hand spade. (or both with limitations)
I'm proud to be a member of a community of parents who believe things can change.
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