The Story of Food at Peabody and SWS
With generous support from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, DC Public Libraries, FreshFarm Markets and the Capitol Hill Cluster School PTA, the students and families at Peabody Early Childhood Center and School-Within-School at Peabody will spend the 2010-2011 school year engaging in a variety of hands-on and literacy-based activities on:
- food in our families and food traditions;
- gardens, farms and markets as sources of food;
- cooking and eating healthy local or home-grown produce;
- growing healthy bodies.
Peabody and SWS students will…
- spend time in our children’s gardens planting, weeding, observing and harvesting a variety of vegetables and herbs, and composting food wastes;
- help prepare delicious and healthy recipes in the classroom following a “Produce of the Month” plan for the year;
- tell their stories of food through music, storytelling, movement, and art;
- enjoy reading a variety of books on the food theme in their class libraries;
- visit local farms, gardens and markets and use digital technology to video-conference with school children around the world growing food.
Peabody and SWS families will be…
- welcomed to school with a Story of Food kick-off family potluck in August;
- invited to two Family Education & Cooking Nights in November and January;
- special guests at two fall Cluster School Days at the H Street NE FreshFarm Market;
- listening to songs written and performed by their students on a Story of Food CD recorded and produced at school.
We look forward to working together to create a new chapter in your family’s Story of Food this year!