To start the day with energy a good breakfast is essential, especially to face the school and the morning classes and, in general, throughout childhood. But, How is a good breakfast to perform at school?
"Homeschoolers" breakfasts
We are a bad example on this subject, since my son does not have breakfast to go to school, it is homeschooler. But if we make good breakfasts.
We don't have to be at school at nine in the morning. Educating at home allows schedules to be much more flexible and activities are organized according to the tastes or needs of each family. And we are not very early risers. But if we used to have breakfast very well before starting activities and classes every day. And that is essential for all children.
We have time to eat breakfast forcefully and start the day with energy. The key is not to hurry and, although for homeschoolers it is usually easier, children who go to school also need time in the morning to eat And of course, eat well.
If they run and arrive late it is difficult for them to have a quiet breakfast, so my first advice is that everyone you get up with plenty of time to sit together at the table And enjoy the food.
I am one of those people who go slowly in the morning, I go to bed at ten or four, before seven in the afternoon the neurons have them sleepy. And besides, having breakfast as soon as I get up really gives me nausea. I prefer to spend an hour and then, already recovered, make a breakfast that we could almost qualify as food.
My son, if we remove the coffee, which logically does not drink, is similar. To have breakfast to leave at eight o'clock it would have to be lifted well in advance. Now we do not get up early or like to do it, have breakfast something drunk and when it is time to get up it is time to have a stronger breakfast than dinner itself.
If your children are also from those who go early with a slow operation and it is hard for them to have breakfast, it is best to get them up early and be able to dedicate the time they deserve breakfast, sitting all together and in peace, enjoying appetizing and varied dishes.
Breakfast, the more it resembles a meal, the better
We, if we have any class or commitment before noon, we schedule it around twelve o'clock, and if we get up at nine o'clock, at ten we have some steaks or a good full salad.
In fact, it is difficult to know what our breakfast is and what our food is. And that I think is another key, which, although in Spain is less common, if they do it in other countries where I have lived: breakfast, the more it looks like food, the better. Of course, what is worrying is that more than half of the children do not make a good breakfast and that reduces their energy on the day that begins and imbalances their nutrition.
But in that I am quite clear, the schedules and distribution of meals are a cultural fact, the important thing is to distribute the food throughout the day in a balanced way, not to leave many hours without eating, and start the activities with energy, either with roast chicken and zucchini cream, be it with milk, muffins and apple.
Therefore, before recharging the energies well we do not do great activities, riding lessons, mathematics or the piano are always after an abundant snack. Anyway, what about make a blunt breakfast Although it is common in many families of homeschoolers (spaghetti, tortillas, burritos, mixed dishes, snacks, salads, broth, croquettes, fruit trays and natural juices) can also be done in the other houses, just have a little time to organize and not try to give the meal with time running against us.
Breakfasts and school
And if children have to go to class early in the morning it is very important, no doubt, that they do a very complete and nutritious breakfast, give them energy.
Playground time can be a good time to complete the morning's energy supply, but it will always depend on the child's appetite at that time and on how fast he eats, because he spent the break with the snack in his hand and unable to play It is a bit sad. Therefore, my advice, get up early and sit down at the table to enjoy a varied, colorful and rich meal.
It can be village bread with oil, some cheese and a plate of watermelon one day and another a grilled loin, mushrooms and a homemade orange. Does it sound appetizing?
We now go to our recommendations so that breakfast allows you to reach school with energy:
Variety, key to maintaining appetite
If we drink the same milk every morning, cocoa and cookies it is difficult to see breakfast as an appetizing meal, even if we like that. For breakfast to become one of the pillars of daily food and make it complete the key is variety.
First, variety of flavors. A few days it can be salted like a york and cheese sandwich, a grilled egg with sausages, a half nights of ham with tomato or a piece of salmon pie. Other days you can bring apple pie, homemade cake, chocolate cookies or a muesli with dried fruits and raisins.
Second, drinks. It seems that in the morning it is almost mandatory to drink a glass of milk, but there are children, like adults, who do not like milk or do not like it. Do not get obsessed, you can drink other drinks such as "milk" vegetables, natural juices or infusions. What counts, in the end, is that the child receives a contribution of all the nutrients throughout the day and that breakfast includes enough vegetables, hydrates and proteins to cover his energy expenditure in the morning. And also important: you have to drink water.
I hope these tips encourage you to do good, rich, colorful and tasty family breakfasts. They really are a key to performance in morning activities and especially, to be able to perform in school.
