It's really funny when they forget what they hate and eat it anyway. All courses, including dessert, are served simultaneously, which Robison says is a great idea. We do not bribe them with treats or dessert. When school first started, they would all eat their dessert first. Now, sometimes they don't eat it at all.
Hand washing takes place before all meals, and everyone brushes their teeth after meals.
Each child has her own toothbrush, and toothpaste is doled out in dollops on the undersides of paper cups. Water drips off chins and toothpaste foams out of little mouths onto the floor as the students talk about preventing tooth decay. Pirates don't have toothbrushes. Anger management is another part of Head Start curriculum. Robison routinely distracts rowdy kids by suggesting more appropriate behavior, and all the kids know the proper formula for expressing feelings without hitting.