幼稚園版食育計画書の作成

Abstract

The Educational Guideline in Kindergarten by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology was revised in April, 2009: the aim for the practical exercise to enjoy eating together withteachers and friends were added in the subject area of Health. To promote the food education in kindergarten,it is necessary to make an instructional plan and carry out the food education systematically. However, no guideline for the food education in kindergarten has been established by the Ministry. Here, we attemptedto make a general, year-long program of the food education in kindergarten according to the Guidebook onDietary Education in elementary school prescribed by the Ministry. The general plan includes the aim of thefood education in kindergarten, the lunchtime programs for each stage of age (3-5 years old children) and thecooperative activities with elementary school and the administrative management agency. Furthermore, weshowed the effective succession in guidelines for the subject areas of the tasks in every day life, the targets worth achieving for an ideal child, and the instructive teaching at lunchtime, with respect to the five subjectareas described in the Educational Guideline in Kindergarten; Health, Human relations, Environment, Languageand Expression. The plan we made, adaptable to all kindergartens according to their situations, may greatlycontribute to the promotion of the food education for preschoolers in future.