The TPP
10/19/2018
In First Grade this week we started a new project. The Teal Pumpkin Project. I had never heard anything about Teal Pumpkins before, until Kristina spoke to me about it and to be totally honest this was something I had never thought about or considered. With Halloween approaching and Kristina making a lovely display in the hallway it seemed apt to start our own project in the classroom.
The Teal Pumpkin Project encourages people to raise awareness of food allergies and promotes inclusion of all trick-or-treaters throughout the Halloween season. The nationwide movement offers an alternative for kids with food allergies, as well as other children for whom candy is not an option. Halloween can be a tricky time for families managing food allergies. Many traditional Halloween treats aren’t safe for children with life-threatening food allergies. The Teal Pumpkin Project promotes safety, inclusion and respect of individuals managing food allergies. This worldwide movement offers an alternative for kids with food allergies, as well as other children for whom candy is not an option. It keeps Halloween a fun, positive experience for all! - Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE). We first talked about what food allergies are, and the different ways our bodies can react to food we are allergic to. We found that 1 in 13 children have a food allergy and that there are 8 most common food allergies.
With this information and learning that the Teal Pumpkin is about raising awareness of food allergies and promoting the inclusion of all trick or treaters during Halloween, we decided, that since some of our friends in school have food allergies and not everyone will know about the Teal Pumpkin we should shoulder the responsibility of informing the school about the Teal Pumpkin Project. Our first step? Designing and creating posters to display around school to start generating interest and awareness and I have already seen students from other classes asking first grade about the posters and teal pumpkins. The next steps in our project are to speak and present to other classes in the school, increasing awareness and giving them more information about the Teal Pumpkin Project and to introduce our design a Teal Pumpkin competition. For more information on The Teal Pumpkin Project please see: www.foodallergy.org/education-awareness/teal-pumpkin-project Comments are closed.
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Hali TuomiMs. Tuomi has over five years experience in ASD, where she taught first and fifth grade classrooms. An avid skier, Ms. Tuomi is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Alaska Pacific University’s Bachelor of Arts in K-8 Education. Archives
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