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Learning unit 2
Level 2:
Grain products and potatoes
Material: Level 2 of the food pyramid; bread, rolls, potatoes, zwieback/toast,
noodle mixture
Things to know about grains, grain products, and potatoes!
∙ Grain products and potatoes are healthy, for they make you feel full for a long
time, and they also contain a lot of energy for good stamina! The brain and
muscles can then work efficiently.
∙ Whole grain flour is more filling than white flour and supplies more vitamins and
fiber.
∙ Grain products are bread and rolls (also made from rice and corn meal, etc.),
as well as noodles, cereal flakes, and side dishes such as rice, quinoa, bulgur, etc.
∙ Potatoes are valuable energy providers as well and are also rich in vitamin C.
Perfectly clear! Food from this group can be amply consumed!
Background information: The products from this group contain starch,
fiber, vitamins, and minerals. Children usually prefer to eat ground whole grains
rather than coarse flakes or grains. Since these products supply quite a lot of
energy, they should be eaten frequently but not as much as fruit and vegetables.
The general recommended intake is 4 servings per day.
I already know that!
A getting to know and sorting game
Lay the disk for level 2 in the middle of the table and place all of the wooden
pieces of this food group around it. One child chooses a wooden piece, shows it to
the other children, says the name of the food and then puts it down on the disk.
Also play together the variation with the cloth pouch (as in "fruit and vegetables").
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Knowledge check
Who knows something about the food that was drawn from the pouch?
For example:
∙ What does bread consist of? How is it prepared?
∙ Which grain varieties are the children familiar with (wheat, rye, oats, spelt, etc.)?
∙ Do they also know where they grow?
∙ Do they also know rarer grains or grain-like varieties ("pseudograins")
such as amaranth, quinoa, millet, buckwheat, bulgur, etc.
∙ Also ask where appropriate: What do the grain varieties look like?
∙ What types of bread and rolls do the children know? Here it is appropriate to
talk about the difference between white and whole grain flour.
∙ Where do potatoes grow? And what all can be made from potatoes?
∙ What kinds of noodles do the children know (spaghetti, lasagna, Spätzle, etc.)?
Maybe they also know noodles made from grains other than semolina?
For example, kamut spaghetti and spelt spaghetti, etc.?
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