How to Do Food and Agriculture Education in Kindergarten? The Little Farmer Fun Market Operation Manual Revealed

Text / Master A-Mao (Manager of the Xingda Organic Farmers Market) In recent years, food and agriculture education courses have become increasingly popular. Along with the weekly organic nutritious lunch at primary and secondary schools at all levels, many courses and lesson plans have been developed. But what about preschool kindergartens? How should food and agriculture education courses be carried out there? The food and agriculture education course workshop held by National Chung Hsing University for kindergarten teachers allowed teachers from all over Taiwan, China who care about food and agriculture education to gain a preliminary understanding of how food and agriculture education courses can take root in kindergartens. The Department of Early Childhood Care and Education at Chaoyang University of Technology and the Xingda Organic Farmers Market, which held the workshop, drew on their two years of course cooperation experience with kindergartens in central Taiwan, China to compile these courses into the "Little Farmer Fun Market - Kindergarten Organic Food and Agriculture Education Course Operation Manual," enabling kindergarten teachers to gradually implement food and agriculture education courses based on the relevant lesson plans and core spirit. (To download the full electronic text, please click here)

The manual helps teachers quickly get started with food and agriculture courses

This kindergarten food and agriculture education course operation manual was authored by the Xingda Organic Farmers Market. The market has been involved in semester-based food and agriculture education course planning since the 102nd year of the Republic of China. Starting last year, it began course cooperation and promotion in kindergartens, and has now reached 9 schools. The content of the course manual collects the experience of implementing courses in kindergartens over these 2 years, allowing teachers who are willing to implement the courses to get started quickly and easily. If it can be paired with a local farmers market or agricultural specialist