The formation of food culture in early childhood at the nueva generación day care center

Abstract

The article addresses aspects related to food culture in early childhood, whose objective is related to presenting and developing activities with the children of the “New Generation” day care center in Zaza del Medio, under the approach of forming motivations and modes of action on the production and consumption of food on agroecological bases and a food culture consistent with its principles, from the dimension of education and personal social development. In the development of the research, the methods used were: analytical-synthetic, inductive-deductive, as well as documentary analysis. Within the techniques, the interview and participant observation were applied to verify their involvement in the oriented tasks. The activities carried out contributed to the formation of new values and habits in the production and consumption of food by children and their families, as well as the articulation with other projects and institutions in the community.