Grades K - 2 Curriculum Alignment
Leona Bee ProgramsCurriculum Alignment
Food Waste Warriors ~ Grades K-2
Food Waste Warriors is The Cookbook Project’s early childhood education program. Tailored for a younger audience in grades K – 2, which corresponds to ages 5 – 8. This program focuses on giving young people a safe and supportive space for tasting new foods, with a goal of increasing their diet diversity. Diet diversity is an important measure of health, since the more types of foods we eat, the more likely it is that we are getting all of the nutrients we need for a healthy life. Food Waste Warriors focuses on basic nutrition and food tasting and the importance of reducing food waste, while giving a younger audience a playful look at where foods come from.
What We Teach
◆ Basic nutrition and food tasting
◆ Where food comes from
◆ Being an adventurous food taster
◆ Reducing Food Waste
Food Literacy Learning Objectives
● Understand why meals are served at schools
● Define major food groups (carbs, proteins, fruits, veggies, fats/oils, sugars) and which
lunch menu items contain each group
● Describe how food energizes our bodies and minds and why eating healthy portions at
lunch is essential to health and learning
● Learn about the environmental and health impact of food waste
● Identify strategies to reduce food waste at school and at home
● Connect familiar foods with unfamiliar foods that are served at school
● Describe the importance of a well-balanced diet to the success of key cultural
informants (athletes, actors, musicians, professionals etc.)
● Describe the role of seasoning and spices in foods locally and globally
● Describe how different food cultures prioritize different types of tastes
Ohio Learning Standards
