Kathryn Lord is the award-winning author of ‘There’s More to Books than Reading: how to help your child bring stories to life’ and was Professional Organiser of the Year 2022 (Best Newcomer) with the book ‘More to Organising: how to help your child become more independent and make your life easier’. Her latest book is called More to Mealtimes.
Kat organises rooms and routines in homes and nursery settings and has been a speaker at events such as NannyPalooza, The International Nanny Training Day, The Childcare and Education Expo, The Home Educators Conference and The Clean and Tidy Home Show.
As well as being an award-winning author, Kat gives workshops at events, parent groups and nursery settings. She is passionate about supporting parents and nannies in bringing learning to life through books, organising and mealtimes.
In this session, Kat discusses making mealtimes educational for children. She suggests involving children in all aspects of meals – planning, prepping, cooking, serving, and cleaning up. This builds real-world skills like math, science, art, and independence. For example, she recommends “Try It Tuesdays” to regularly introduce new foods.
Kat also stresses sustainability, like reducing food waste and meat consumption. She gives tips like using reusable straws, advises making tasks fun, not calling them “chores”, and even includes tidying up games.
She discusses differentiation for different ages, like counting veggies for young children vs. multiplication for older ones, and recommends themed “celebration meals” to maintain enthusiasm. Plus a great tip for parents to make life easier on the clean up!
Kat provides engaging, practical ideas to make mealtimes fun learning experiences while teaching sustainability, independence, and cultural awareness. Her books and workshops offer even more strategies for bringing this to life.
Links:
https://www.moretoorganising.com
Instagram- @more_to_organising and @moretobooks
Twitter- @KathrynLord912
Kat’s book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/45IGE7p
Youtube veg video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyiGh5Kfcik
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