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New prescription for picky eaters
3/12/2004 17:33

Gucci Go/Shanghai Daily news

Once they have had a close look at the vegetables in the food market, kids from the Wannan Experimental Kindergarten in Xuhui District are no longer picky eaters, the Youth Daily reported today.
Seldom do parents bring their children with them when shopping in the food markets, said Xiang, a teacher in Wannan Experimental Kindergarten. Kids might describe various kinds of green vegetables as only greens, and beans as green soy beans due to their unfamiliarity with these vegetables.
Since a series of activities involving shopping in the food market, the kids have obtained a better understanding of vegetables and they have become less picky eaters:" We love vegetables!".
Kids absorb the new information much easier and are more likely to bring the knowledge into their daily life, Gao, another teacher in the kindergarten, added.