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# 62 • JUNE 12 , 2015
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IT AND US:
Italian in the Kitchen, a
language and culinary
arts camp for children
By Jacqueline Gowe
Italian in the Kitchen Camp
was born of a desire to combine my two passions; healthy cooking and the Italian
language. It is inspired by my
love of Italian cuisine, culture
and also the Italian way of seeing the world with a love for
cultivating beauty, intelligence
and wit. During the week at Italian in the Kitchen the children
learn about cooking and food,
they tend the vegetable, herb
and flower gardens, they sew a
button on an apron, they play
games outdoors using Italian
words, expressions and songs, they pick flowers from the
garden and draw a “still life”
of foods, flowers and kitchen
utensils. During all of these delightful activities the children
are introduced to Italian vocabulary, expressions and songs
in context while immersed in
the activity. This is a very lively
week where children are truly
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and happily engaged in Italian
cuisine, language and culture.
Italian in the Kitchen focuses
on healthy food and wholesome choices. We are constantly challenging the children to
think about the choices we
make and how our choices affect us and our environment.
Why is it important to eat fre-
sh and local foods? Why does
food taste better when it is
prepared from scratch? Why is
homemade bread made with
so few ingredients compared
to store bought bread? How
do we pick the leaves from
a basil plant so that the plant
continues to produce more leaves? How do we recycle and
compost in the kitchen?