Vol. II, No. 1, January 2003
- FROM THE EDITOR
- WHO WANTS TO PAY FOR QUALITY?
- IF YOU CAN'T WAIT FOR SPRING
- HAND WASHING REDUCES SICK DAYS
- CREATING INNOVATIVE OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTS
- GARDENING INFLUENCES TOTS VIEWS ON VEGETABLES
- GARDENING RESOURCE
- PLAYGROUND MAY REQUIRE LICENSING FOR CONSTRUCTION
- INFANT LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
- WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ARCHITECT AND AN INTERIOR DESIGNER?
- LOW SIDS MORTALITY RATE IN HONG KONG
GARDENING INFLUENCES TOTS VIEWS ON VEGETABLES
Findings
of a study presented at the 85th Annual Meeting of the American Dietetic Association
in October 2002 suggest that letting preschoolers get their hands dirty in
a garden might influence a shift in their attitudes towards vegetables. Researchers
at Texas A & M University in College Station discovered that when 4 and
5 year olds spent 30 minutes per week planting and tending a garden, they
became less likely to refuse vegetables when offered them. Young children
often think food comes from a grocery store. The author, Saundra G. Lorenz,
says that letting them work in a garden and watch edible things grow allows
them to "make a connection to their food source". Allowing young
children to garden may be an easy way to get them to eat vegetables Lorenz
noted.
Vol. II, No. 1, January 2003
- FROM THE EDITOR
- WHO WANTS TO PAY FOR QUALITY?
- IF YOU CAN'T WAIT FOR SPRING
- HAND WASHING REDUCES SICK DAYS
- CREATING INNOVATIVE OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTS
- GARDENING INFLUENCES TOTS VIEWS ON VEGETABLES
- GARDENING RESOURCE
- PLAYGROUND MAY REQUIRE LICENSING FOR CONSTRUCTION
- INFANT LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
- WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ARCHITECT AND AN INTERIOR DESIGNER?
- LOW SIDS MORTALITY RATE IN HONG KONG