Everything I needed to learn about food choices, I learned in the first grade through a creepy E.T.-looking creature (but with pointy ears and a skinny tail) called “Juno”.
In my rural, northern New Jersey elementary school, part of our health curriculum from 1st through maybe 3rd grade (if my memory serves me right) was this fun program called Juno’s Journeys: Adventures in Health. Juno lived in the forest and by following his interactive workbooks, we students were taught basic health principles.
(I have been Googling Juno for days in preparation of this entry, and have come up with very little, but I assure you, the program did indeed exist and, if you are so inclined, you can buy used copies here.)
What stuck in my mind then and throughout my life, actually, has been the notion of Juno’s Red (”Stop”), Yellow (”Think”) and Green (”Go”) foods. It was a more exciting way of learning about nutrition than the lame food pyramid, that’s for sure! And today, his classification still rings true. (more…)
In my rural, northern New Jersey elementary school, part of our health curriculum from 1st through maybe 3rd grade (if my memory serves me right) was this fun program called Juno’s Journeys: Adventures in Health. Juno lived in the forest and by following his interactive workbooks, we students were taught basic health principles.
(I have been Googling Juno for days in preparation of this entry, and have come up with very little, but I assure you, the program did indeed exist and, if you are so inclined, you can buy used copies here.)
What stuck in my mind then and throughout my life, actually, has been the notion of Juno’s Red (”Stop”), Yellow (”Think”) and Green (”Go”) foods. It was a more exciting way of learning about nutrition than the lame food pyramid, that’s for sure! And today, his classification still rings true. (more…)