Adequate diet (meal duration) Food and Nutrition Nursery One Second Term Lesson Note for Week Three

Second Term Lesson Note for Week Three.

Class : Nursery One

Age : 4 years

Subject : Food and Nutrition

Topic : Adequate diet (Meal duration )

Duration : 80 minutes

Period : Double Periods

 

Reference Book :

• Lagos State Unified Schemes of Work for Early childhood .
• Online Resources

 

Instructional Material : Chart showing the description of the various meal duration

 

Behavioural Objectives : By the end of the lesson, learners will be able to:

i. Identify the meal duration

ii. List examples of food eaten during different durations.

 

Content:

Adequate diet is eating the right amount of nutrient needed in the body.

There are different duration we eat our food. These are morning, afternoon and evening foods.

a. Morning: The food we eat in the morning is called breakfast. Examples of food eaten for breakfast are: bread and butter with tea, custard and bean cake, etc.

b. Afternoon: The food eaten in the afternoon is called Lunch. Examples of food eaten as lunch are rice and stew, beans and bread, plantain and beans, yam and egg, amala and ewedu, eba and vegetable soup, etc.

c. Evening: Food eaten in the evening is called dinner. Examples of food eaten as dinner are spaghetti, indomie, plantain and stew, etc.

It is good to make sure we eat three times daily. Snacks can also be eaten in-between meals.

 

Presentation Step:

Step 1 : The teacher revises the previous weeks work with the learners

Step 2 : He/ she introduces the new topic by explaining adequate diet and gives several examples.

Step 3 : The teacher then list the classes of meal eaten in morning, afternoon and evening. Also he/ she mentions examples of the food to be taken during this time.

 

Evaluation:

1. How many times should we eat daily?             (a) once   (b) thrice  (c) twice

2. The food eaten in the afternoon is called __________.  (a) breakfast  (b) lunch  (c) dinner

3. ___________ is the food eaten in the evening called.  (a) lunch  (b) dinner  (c) breakfast

4. Is it good to eat adequate meal ? (a) Yes   (b) No

5. Snacks can be eaten in-between meals.     (a)  True   (b)  False

 

Conclusion : The teacher explains the lesson again to the learners

 

Assignment :

1. Mention the three Duration we should eat daily.

i. ______________________

ii. ______________________

iii. _____________________

2. Give examples of food we eat in the afternoon.

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