What Educators and Parents
Say About Our Programs

Carol Merrill
school librarian

"I was really happy to see the response of the children to the vitality of the presentations. After each program, they were eager to touch things and ask questions. Our teachers were very pleased that Tom supplies lots of preview and follow-up materials that applied to their classroom studies. So the children are learning while they are having a terrific time. These are good programs.
The Food Museum is a real presence on the Internet, and their "Ask the Food Museum" feature is a unique tool for students and teachers to consult an expert they have actually met."

Dr. Charmaine Shutiva Director Gifted & Talented Program

" These programs weave together: show and tell, games, math puzzlers, role-playing, music and humor. All the programs provide hands-on, enriching, exciting cross-curriculum learning experiences about important subjects. They are accessible and enjoyable.

Tom is able to develop and deliver programs that appeal to all age levels. Parents and teachers are frequently as engaged as the students. The programs are wonderful. I feel blessed that my students and I have been enriched. "

Erwin Hellman
parent

"These programs are great, for one reason: kids are still making references to these programs a year later.
Things they've picked up in the program are still with them!"

Sheila Hofstedt
enrichment teacher

"The Food Museum programs really extended my students' learning in a way that I couldn't provide on my own. One of the things I really like is Tom Hughes' enthusiasm for his topic. He really gets the kids excited about anything he does with them. I like the fact that the presentations are very hands-on. For instance, he had the kids role play crssing the ocean in a prop boat to emphazise the point that food, as well as people traveled to new lands.

The programs are very kinesthetic and very dramatic. I especially remember when Tom was doing a health segment, his demonstration graphically showed how fats clog the arteries. I don't think I'll ever forget it and I don't think the students will either.!

These programs, by the way, are a perfect use for PTA enrichment funds. "

Jan Lanning
music teacher

"I would never have thought of studying the world through food. Maybe reaching kids in science, social social studies and math is through their stomachs!

This was an energetic, exciting presentation, that reached even the youngest students.

I like the way music, song and group recitations were included. The kids got to ring authentic Swiss cow bells in one program and experiment with an Indonesian angklung in another. "

Edie Dunlap
high school teacher

" It's real, it's hands-on. It's not some abstract thing that kids never experience...everybody eats!

Students were enthusiastic and Tom uses good teaching methods. I like the idea that through food, a basic need,he introduces the world. "

Marcia de Chadenedes
curriculum specialist

Mary Nutt
principal

Rodney Mayfield
science teacher