Comments on: Is It Wasteful to Play With Food? https://preschoolinspirations.com/is-it-wasteful-to-play-with-food/ Preschool Activities and Learning Mon, 06 Aug 2018 06:37:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 By: Katie https://preschoolinspirations.com/is-it-wasteful-to-play-with-food/#comment-218892 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 07:24:37 +0000 http://preschoolinspirations.com/?p=6361#comment-218892 In reply to Kavi.

I appreciate this thoughtful comment, Kavi!

]]> By: Kavi https://preschoolinspirations.com/is-it-wasteful-to-play-with-food/#comment-218871 Tue, 01 Aug 2017 12:19:47 +0000 http://preschoolinspirations.com/?p=6361#comment-218871 Woww!! U speak my mind. Thanks heaps. I was trying to find an appropriate way to convey the message to my head staff when they pointed me for using expired spaghetti for sensory play for babies. Great to see your article. I feel people are starving not because of lack of food it is because lack of giving and sharing hearts 🙂

]]> By: Katie https://preschoolinspirations.com/is-it-wasteful-to-play-with-food/#comment-169680 Sat, 02 May 2015 13:31:58 +0000 http://preschoolinspirations.com/?p=6361#comment-169680 In reply to Tracie.

Tracie, thank you for sharing this touching story. How beautiful that you saw the needs around you and took action! I bet you came up with some amazing alternatives too. This is a perfect illustration of how each culture and group of people see food differently, and I loved reading about how thoughtful you were in the midst of it.

]]> By: Tracie https://preschoolinspirations.com/is-it-wasteful-to-play-with-food/#comment-164080 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 11:32:35 +0000 http://preschoolinspirations.com/?p=6361#comment-164080 i live in central London. Several years ago we were making dough with the children and I noticed a mum sitting in the corner. I went over to chat with her and realised she was weeping. She was a refugee from Somalia and told me the flour we were playing with was more than her family had for a week. It challenged how I worked. We set up donation boxes for expired dry good and flour and asked the local grocers to give us any out of date. We also adopted a school in Somalia and one in Bosnia (we have loads of Bosnian refugees at the time). We all need to be more educated about the world. We also had a great time investigating alternative doughs, sand, straw, used coffee grounds, etc.
It’s just plain old fashioned manners and consideration.

]]> By: Katie https://preschoolinspirations.com/is-it-wasteful-to-play-with-food/#comment-161974 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 20:16:39 +0000 http://preschoolinspirations.com/?p=6361#comment-161974 In reply to Julie.

That is definitely an awesome way to do it, Julie! My cereal necklaces aren’t technically edible since they are dyed Cheerios. However, your way is definitely win-win :).

]]> By: Ann https://preschoolinspirations.com/is-it-wasteful-to-play-with-food/#comment-160804 Sat, 28 Mar 2015 08:09:50 +0000 http://preschoolinspirations.com/?p=6361#comment-160804 I loved reading your blog post. In my early twenties I volunteered in Guatemala for a couple of months, working as an OT with street children. It changed my life. It took me some time too to process my experiences and I carried a lot of guilt around me for months, if not years. I relate to a lot of the things you talk about in this article and I appreciate how beautifully you point out different perspectives and offer alternatives.

]]> By: Julie https://preschoolinspirations.com/is-it-wasteful-to-play-with-food/#comment-160491 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 11:06:58 +0000 http://preschoolinspirations.com/?p=6361#comment-160491 Call me crazy but when I have had children make cereal necklaces, they used their own pile of cereal and we’re then encouraged to eat off the necklace for a snack. No waste.

]]> By: Katie https://preschoolinspirations.com/is-it-wasteful-to-play-with-food/#comment-160209 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:16:38 +0000 http://preschoolinspirations.com/?p=6361#comment-160209 In reply to Anima Martins.

Thank you for your beautiful comment, Anima! India is so precious to me, and I love the chance to interact with anyone who understands the country that holds part of my heart! I lived in Hyderabad by the way.

It is so wonderful to read about your perspective, and honestly, I wouldn’t even use food as an activity in India (and many other places too). Playing with food is not for everyone, and our own cultural traditions need to be respected. The cultural aspects between the Western World and India are vastly different, so I am very appreciative that you commented. Your perspective is invaluable!

Warmly,

Katie

]]> By: Anima Martins https://preschoolinspirations.com/is-it-wasteful-to-play-with-food/#comment-160169 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:57:18 +0000 http://preschoolinspirations.com/?p=6361#comment-160169 I have following Preschool Inspiration for a while now. I do a literacy program at a slum here in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. I plan to start a medical help program and run a project that would employ the ladies. So, to read your email was very touching and challenging. I have learned many ideas from Preschool Inspiration which I use for the kids in the slum.

I am happy to know that you have been to India. Also the article playing with food was interesting. Yes, it is true that in our country we don’t play with food. Not because it is scarce but because it is believed that it is disrespectful to play with food because it gives us life and it can bring curse upon them.

I am very eager to learn more things from you.

Thank you.

Anima

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