Getting Ready to Begin my Nutrition Education Rotation

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I had this past week off from my internship because of the Thanksgiving holiday.  Of course my break flew by, but it left me rejuvenated and excited to get back to my internship.  There are just three weeks left before my two week Christmas break, most of which I will be spending in cold, snowy Minnesota.  Until then I will be completing the first half of my nutrition education rotation. 
I have been looking forward to this rotation for many reasons:

• I will be teaching nutrition lessons to first and second graders.  This age is so fun to work with and they love learning about how to eat healthy.
• I have the opportunity to develop and teach my own lesson plan based on a needs assessment that I will complete. 
• I will be able to use my creativity to design a nutrition campaign that will be carried out in an elementary school to encourage healthy eating. 
• I will be responsible for creating an info page to be used as a “menu back” and sent out to all the families in the district serving as a nutrition education tool. 

This rotation will really allow me to expand upon the experiences that this internship offers me because of the wide variety of objectives such as those listed above.  In a rotation such as this, what you put in is what you will get out.  I plan on diving head first into this rotation to learn as much as I can about nutrition education in the classroom, and the tools I can use in my future career to educate people of all ages about the benefits of nutrition.  
By: Amanda Bot