Somerville Food and Nutrition Services will be sharing a monthly newsletter. What will we share? A behind the scenes look at Somerville Food and Nutrition Services, kid-friendly recipes for you to try with your family, pictures and information about our food literacy programs and tips for connecting your family with local food and agriculture.
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Click here for a pdf of the current newsletter: Winter 2016/2017 |
In order to digest your food properly, your body must be in parasympathetic mode, or in a state of non-stress. Kindergartners know this. Well, they might not know the scientific term yet, but during lunch they participate in 6 minutes of silence; a period they call "Mindful Eating". When asked why they like mindful eating, the children replied, because "it’s quiet”, “I can enjoy my food better”, “I get peace and quiet”, and "it’s calmly”. Kindergartener teacher Ms. Scrima, and other Kennedy School teachers have been implementing mindfulness in the cafeteria and their classrooms since last year. They are proud to have a lunch period that looks and sounds quite different from the chaotic cafeteria rush other classes often experience. While the students sit silently at the lunch table checking in with their emotions, their digestive systems are also benefitting. Physiologically, only when our bodies are in rest mode can the brain trigger the release of digestive ...
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