Fun School Assembly

Funny Debbie Banana Teaches Kids To Eat 5-A-Day.

Today, I am presenting the school assembly Debbie Banana And The Mad Scientist 4 times. The Coudersport Elementary School in Coudersport, Pennsylvania invited me to present two assemblies to the students and two to the parents coming this evening to the parent teacher night. In this hilariously funny assembly, Debbie Banana teaches the kids that they will grow up to be healthy when they eat 5 fruits and vegetables a day. The Mad Scientist teaches them what is really in that box of macaroni and cheese. The evening events will be a short, adult version of the same assembly, Debbie Banana And The Mad Scientist.

All Schools Have Wellness Guidelines

The state of Pennsylvania, like most other states, has wellness policies for schools. One of the policies in PA is that all of the schools are required to have wellness committees that plan, organize and provide wellness education for students, staff and parents. It amazes me how many schools can not afford to have Debbie Banana come to assist them in that process. Other school districts, some in that appear to be less privileged districts seem to find the funds necessary to give the students the information they need to live healthier into adulthood. I would think that wellness education of children would be a priority everywhere.

Wellness is not a choice!

The health and wellness of students is not a choice that should be taken lightly. For a child who is not healthy, a good education in math or science is basically useless. I don’t understand why faculty and parents put off health in favor of other parts of education. I am really impressed with several of the school districts that I am working with such as Coudersport Elementary and York City Schools, who choose to find the funds to invest in the most important part of their children’s education, health.

Educated Kids Make Good Choices

Today, after the assemblies, I had two kids from the older grades come up to me and say that they are never eating macaroni cheese in a box again! The Mad Scientist mixes up a batch of macaroni using the chemicals that are in that box of yellow chemical concocted stuff. They had no idea that there were so many chemicals in it and now they do. These kids, about the age of 12 have decided to ask Mom to make scratch macaroni using the recipe that Debbie Banana gave them. They are willing to try a home made whole wheat recipe! If those two kids are the only ones who make a change in the way they think because of my presentation, then my day was a success. I am certain that everyone in the room will remember the assembly for the rest of their lives and it will impact their future at some point.

Kids Love Snacks

Debbie Banana loves snacks and so do the kids. Debbie Banana teaches the kids to eat 5 fruits and vegetables a day. She also teaches choices. Life is all about making little choices that will affect you all your life. Kids love snacks. Snacks, even chips and tortillas can be good-for-you choices. Debbie Banana talks about the difference between good chips and bad chips. Some chips or tortillas are full of sugar and chemicals and some are not. There are good chips and there are bad chips. Life is about choices! We can choose healthy snacks, fruits or vegetables or we can choose good chips. As I typed this article a young boy named Cole came up and sat next to me. Cole appears to be about 6 or 7. He said that he likes fruit and now that he knows fruits and vegetables will help him to live a better life and grow up healthy so he can be an astronaut he has decide that he is going to try to eat more vegetables. He said the banana thing was really funny and everyone was laughing there heads off. (I hadn’t noticed!)

Kids Learn More When They Have Fun!

Debbie Banana And The Mad Scientist is not your typical boring school assembly. Kids have fun, laugh and get involved. Everyone buys, learns and invests in life based on their emotions. When an assembly engages the kids the way this one does, they have fun in school and become emotionally involved. This creates an immediate impact in their lives now and for the future. My mission is to change the way kids eat now and into the future. I made good progress toward that goal today. Let’s see if I can do the same tonight with the parents in half the time!!?

Principles Prioritize Students’ Healthy

Congratulations to Coudersport Elementary School principle, Sherry Cowburn for putting a priority on the wellness of their students! There is nothing more important for the future of kids than their health. When more schools and school principles see the importance of wellness education, we will begin to reverse the epidemic in childhood disease and obesity. Mrs. Cowburn, Coudersport Elementary School and the staff are ahead of the majority of schools in Pennsylvania. Congratulations Coudersport! Click HERE for more info on Debbie Banana.