Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child 9th Edition by Lynn Marotz

Exercise 7

Eduardo, a new assistant, was asked by his head teacher to develop a "Healthy Eating Helps Us Grow" lesson. Although eager to be given this assignment, Eduardo was apprehensive about planning activities that 4-year-olds would enjoy. He arrived early that morning and set up a grocery store for dramatic play, books about food for the children to read, and magazine pictures of foods for the children to sort into the MyPlate food categories. The children played "grocery shopping" for a while, looked at several of the books, but weren't interested in the sorting activity.
What changes would you make in Eduardo's instructional strategies