Short Animated Stories: Respect and Tolerance

About Zooly which has no tail, but that doesn't mean he can't be friends with the other zooliwigamoosters. "We should look at what we Do have, not at the have-nots!"

Accept people as they are. 

The gift of color 

In this story a group of young crayons learn the importance of accepting others even though they are different.

The Ugly Otter 

The Ugly Otter is a short film about the need for belonging and accepting others despite their differences.

 

 

Food Issues Games

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Poster: “Look for the sneaky allergen”

  Allergens are all around us and sometimes not where we expect. Search the picture [...] to help them learn about where the allergens may be hiding and to teach them about where other people's allegerns may be, too.

This activity also inspires us to create other activities 
such as walking around the school or going to the cafeteria and discuss about the allegerns which are present.


2

Online game: “Rocket Blast”

foodallergykidspot.com offers this fun game where a rocket needs fuel by selecting the appropiate food (good metaphor about eating healthy food to make our bodies work!). 

This games could be helpful to work with food vocabulary at the same time as creating awareness about food allergies.

Food Issues Poems

Do you know anybody that suffers diabetes? What is it from their point of view?
Through reading this poems we can get to feel what they feel...

Written by people who have Diabetes:

Diagnosis Day
 By Connor Comolli

In the blink of an eye, everything changed....
I was diagnosed with diabetes,
I wasn't feeling well.
I got shots in my arm,
thank goodness it didn't swell.
I was at the hospital,
for about a week.
I found something better than shots,
I really had to seek.
The invention is really helpful,
it is called a pump.
It gets stuck to me,
with a tiny little thump.
Till this day,
it is always with me.
I can't get rid of it,
even with help from thee.
I test my blood sugar,
and watch what I eat.
I plan all my meals,
and even my treats.
I'm allowed to eat anything,
like other kids do.
I'll try to go overboard,
but than I feel blue.
My life changed that day,
In a blink of an eye,
But I can handle anything,
cause I have Irish eyes. 

A Day in the Life of a Diabetic

What is it like-
Say the people we meet-
To live everyday,
With Diabetes?
"It sucks!", we say.
It really is true.
We are not trying to be vulgar,
Or sour, or rude.
The schedule's hard to get used to,
Especially when you first get it.
Let me explain, a day,
In the life of a Diabetic...
First you wake up,
It should be before ten.
Then, you do a finger-prick and shot,
And eat your breakfast.
After breakfast,
You may do what you please.
Maybe go get some ice-cream?
Not with this disease!!
See, with Diabetes,
You must measure your food.
You cannot eat extra.
It's sort of like a rule.
So, then you so something,
Or you get really bored.
And that could cause,
Your reading to soar!
Then, you'd have to drink water,
To lower it quick.
You want to stop,
But you have to drink it.
And if you lower it too much,
You better watch out!
You could have a seizure,
And then, pass out!
If you get the reading lowered,
As you had planned,
You wait until dinner,
Then do a shot again!
After all the trouble,
Another finger-prick, and shot!
Should I keep going,
Or should I stop?
I'll keep on going,
If that's what you want,
But this disease sucks!
It makes candy a taunt!
Then, after dinner,
Can you see a movie, with friends?
Yes, but no popcorn.
It never ends!
And when you get home,
You must have some more food.
A bed-time snack,
Which you must measure, too.
And this snack,
Requires another finger-prick and shot.
Man, two's enough!
-You probably thought.
Soon, you walk into your room,
You wonder if you'll be okay,
Until you wake up,
To start the next day.
So, finally you lay there,
Inside your bed.
Hoping tomorrow will be better,
Than this day has been.
And you can't help thinking,
That it's so pathetic,
That tomorrow you'll have to go through,
another day as a Diabetic. 

More Poems 

At the same time we talk about diabetes, we work expressing feelings and emotions.

Food Issues Stories

“Blinkey goes to school”

“Welcome to my world”, Coloring book (PRINTABLE!)

Allergies Songs

“The Allergy Song” by The Wiggles

“I am a Celiac/Coeliac (I can’t eat wheat)” by Lexy Gilman

Food Issues

Nowadays, there are a lot ot children with food problems: allergies, diabetes, celiac... Some teachers think that they are concerned about teaching their subject, but there are some contents which can be taught in every subect and they can be more useful than other contents which are very especific of a particular subject.

If we want to conect the learning of the foreign language with the real life of the learners, it is a good way to get it. We can teach the foreign language through teaching the learners some food issues and how to help or contribute with people who have some problems with food. 

How to be respectful with them by knowing information about different daily problems with food.

Here, you can find a lot of different materials to work with Food Issues.

Respect & Tolerance Poems

Respect Games & Activities

-    Alike and Different (Thumbprints).  Set out white 3" x 5" cards, a black ink pad, a pen, and a magnifying glass. Ask the children to make prints of their thumbs by pressing them on the ink pad and then on the cards. Label each print with the child's name. Let children use the magnifying glass to see how the prints are alike and different. Point out that everyone has patterns on the skin of their fingers and each person's fingerprints are different from anyone else's. 

-          Listening and Carving . Tell the children that some people from other cultures enjoy carving things from stone. For example, some Inuit artists carve animals out of stone. They pick out a stone and sit with it, spending time with the stone and getting to know it. They listen to the stone, and when they know the stone well, they find the shape or animal that the stone wants to become. Then they begin carving the stone in that shape. Show the children pictures of some of these carved animals if you can find them in an encyclopedia or at the library. Give each child a piece of sandstone (available in art supply stores). Sandstone is a rock made of compressed sand. It can easily be carved by rubbing the sand off with a plastic knife. Encourage the children to carry the stone with them all morning or afternoon. Tell them that after lunch or the next day they can carve their stone into any shape they want. Encourage them to listen to their stone. Maybe it will tell them what shape it wants to become. 

-          Proverbs and Traditions . Ask children to talk with their families about sayings that are common in their culture or traditions that they have in their families. Choose one broad topic, such as love, birthdays, holidays, or time. Chart the responses to see how different cultures express similar ideas. Children might also be fascinated to compare the different names they use for their grandparents (Williams, 1989). Listen and watch for children's comments that can lead to discoveries about each other. 

-          Activity: The Salad. America is called a melting pot referring to how many different cultures we have living in America.  Show an example of a melting pot by making a tossed salad in front of your children.  First just add the lettuce; by itself the lettuce is boring.  Now one at a time, add the different vegetables and then toss the salad together.  By adding the vegetables to the lettuce you have ingredients that have their own identity, while making the salad better as a whole with different colors and shapes.  Try to use vegetables with a variety of color.  Remind students that it doesn’t matter if they like the taste of the vegetables, in order to understand the thought or concept.