AUBURN - A doughnut, bag of chips, pouch of french fries and a can of soda made an appearance at St. Joseph School Tuesday.
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Cayuga Community College nursing students, from left, Helen Kotzer, Kim Mace, Tracey Jones and Alisha Dymond speak about the importance of making good nutritional choices during a visit to St. Joseph School in Auburn Tuesday morning.
Cayuga Community College nursing students, from left, Helen Kotzer, Kim Mace, Tracey Jones and Alisha Dymond speak about the importance of making good nutritional choices during a visit to St. Joseph School in Auburn Tuesday morning.
Well, sort of.
To teach schoolchildren about nutrition, eight Cayuga Community College second-year nursing students strolled in to the Catholic school's gymnasium dressed in costume and discussed good eating choices.
“We are salty and full of fat,” the doughnut, chips, french fries and soda sang. “You don't want to eat like that.”
Then in came corn on the cob, an apple, a box of Cheerios and a banana.
“We are good for you,” they said, “full of vitamins and minerals, too.”
The nutrition presentation also performed for children at HeadStart is a requirement for the college's Family and Community nursing class taught by Professor Cheryl Foster.
The props Kim Mace, Alisha Dymond, Tracey Jones, Helen Kotzer, Taylor Pine, Chelsea Pine, Dawn Wright and Alicia Wiler hung on their bodies gave students in kindergarten through third-grade a visual to help augment good, healthy eating choices.
“We found that that age group tends to learn more by visuals,” Mace, of Auburn, said, “so our costumes were to enhance their learning. Even with our age group and older age groups, I think even with teaching pamphlets, anything they can actually see or hear is much better than hearsay - ‘You should do this,' and ‘You should do that.' I think it's much better if you can see something. It hits home, especially in that (younger) age group.”
It certainly did for several second and third graders as the importance of eating healthy was reinforced on Tuesday.
“I liked it,” Gabrielle Wagner, 8, of Auburn said of the presentation, “because it teached us about wrong foods and right foods.”
Kotzer, dressed as french fries, said “Eating too much of me is not good because then you can get filled with salt and fat.” Though Tyler Reohr, 7, of Auburn does the best he can to eat healthy foods, he admits a strong hankering for fast food.
“I went to McDonald's twice last week,” he said. “I couldn't help it.”
St. Joseph School Principal Kathleen Coye said the messages espoused by the CCC students were positive and truly absorbed by the schoolchildren.
“I think everyone is more conscious of eating habits today, the banana, the apple, the corn,” she said. “We do try to teach the value of good nutrition and healthy snacks.
“The outfits the nursing students wore certainly spoke volumes,” she added. “I think visuals are so important for the littler children.”
Those messages rubbed off on Joey Sabine, 9, of Auburn, whose favorite healthy food is the pinnacle of them all - salad. Now, more than ever, he's going to stay away from cookies and cake.
Josh Cuddy, 8, of Auburn, is just saying no to candy and fast food.
“You don't want to eat bad foods and get fat,” he said, “and get a lot of cavities.”
To teach schoolchildren about nutrition, eight Cayuga Community College second-year nursing students strolled in to the Catholic school's gymnasium dressed in costume and discussed good eating choices.
“We are salty and full of fat,” the doughnut, chips, french fries and soda sang. “You don't want to eat like that.”
Then in came corn on the cob, an apple, a box of Cheerios and a banana.
“We are good for you,” they said, “full of vitamins and minerals, too.”
The nutrition presentation also performed for children at HeadStart is a requirement for the college's Family and Community nursing class taught by Professor Cheryl Foster.
The props Kim Mace, Alisha Dymond, Tracey Jones, Helen Kotzer, Taylor Pine, Chelsea Pine, Dawn Wright and Alicia Wiler hung on their bodies gave students in kindergarten through third-grade a visual to help augment good, healthy eating choices.
“We found that that age group tends to learn more by visuals,” Mace, of Auburn, said, “so our costumes were to enhance their learning. Even with our age group and older age groups, I think even with teaching pamphlets, anything they can actually see or hear is much better than hearsay - ‘You should do this,' and ‘You should do that.' I think it's much better if you can see something. It hits home, especially in that (younger) age group.”
It certainly did for several second and third graders as the importance of eating healthy was reinforced on Tuesday.
“I liked it,” Gabrielle Wagner, 8, of Auburn said of the presentation, “because it teached us about wrong foods and right foods.”
Kotzer, dressed as french fries, said “Eating too much of me is not good because then you can get filled with salt and fat.” Though Tyler Reohr, 7, of Auburn does the best he can to eat healthy foods, he admits a strong hankering for fast food.
“I went to McDonald's twice last week,” he said. “I couldn't help it.”
St. Joseph School Principal Kathleen Coye said the messages espoused by the CCC students were positive and truly absorbed by the schoolchildren.
“I think everyone is more conscious of eating habits today, the banana, the apple, the corn,” she said. “We do try to teach the value of good nutrition and healthy snacks.
“The outfits the nursing students wore certainly spoke volumes,” she added. “I think visuals are so important for the littler children.”
Those messages rubbed off on Joey Sabine, 9, of Auburn, whose favorite healthy food is the pinnacle of them all - salad. Now, more than ever, he's going to stay away from cookies and cake.
Josh Cuddy, 8, of Auburn, is just saying no to candy and fast food.
“You don't want to eat bad foods and get fat,” he said, “and get a lot of cavities.”
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