Learning Zone Express (Firm)

Join Chef Marshall O'Brien to learn essential knife skills and basic cuts to gain confidence in the kitchen. He explains how to stay safe, identifies common types of knives, and demonstrates various cutting techniques. Segments include: Knife Safety, Types of Knives, Cutting Methods: Fruits and Vegetables, Cutting Methods: Chicken, Using the Blender and Using the Food Processor.

Join Chef Marshall O'Brien as he shares nutritious food choices and healthy eating strategies in Nutrition Starts Here: Smart Eating on a Budget. Chef O'Brien demonstrates and explains how cooking and eating healthy food can save you money while being both fun and delicious. Short video segments include: slow cooker meals, understanding portion sizes, label reading and types of whole grains.

Having good manners will help you stand out from the crowd and knowing how to act with professional courtesy can help you land a job and succeed once you have your foot in the door. Join Sasha and Sean in Manners Boot Camp: Professional Courtesy as they work to get their etiquette in shape for the professional world of work. Topics include the importance of manners, job interview etiquette, business phone etiquette, and email etiquette.

The difference between becoming a victim of violence and avoiding life-threatening danger often comes down to preparedness. This video uses realistic scenarios and interviews with experts to reach out to teens with safety strategies for walking or driving alone, for staying at home alone or babysitting, and for interacting on the Internet. Personal safety statistics are also included, to stress the point that an ounce of prevention really could save...

Even a beginning chef can prepare healthy meals skillfully and efficiently from scratch, if he or she has the right small appliances. In this video, cookbook author and culinary instructor Paulette Mitchell offers advice on selecting the best kitchen appliances, showing how to use them while demonstrating simple, delicious recipes-including a banana-berry smoothie, a sunshine carrot salad, and a tuna melt. Viewers learn the importance of reading owners'...

The cuisine of Mexico is a fiesta-a celebration of the senses! In this video, cookbook author and world traveler Paulette Mitchell discusses traditional Mexican ingredients, such as fresh and dried chilies, cheeses, vegetables, and beans. She then demonstrates the preparation of tasty recipes including guacamole, two types of salsa, quesadillas, aguas frescas, and chilies rellenos and explains how to combine them into a festive meal that will delight...

To make a good impression in public, students must learn how to practice a variety of "community courtesies." This video helps answer questions about etiquette for getting along in group situations. How do you act on public transportation, in a movie theater, in a restaurant, in a gym, at a laundromat, when shopping, or as a guest? Viewers will learn that small courtesies can add up to a big impression and will lay the groundwork for success in work...

There's a good reason that canned and bottled beverages are called liquid candy and that term is not reserved for soda pop alone. Vitamin-enhanced waters, teas, and juices are loaded with empty calories from sugar, adding inches to Americans' waistlines and possibly contributing to rising rates of chronic disease. In this program registered dietician Susan Moores presents five segments that offer suggestions for beverage selections, including picking...

Shown as either an introduction or a refresher, this practical video uses simple explanations and demonstrations to illustrate the basics of baby care: lifting and holding, diapering, feeding, bathing, and administering essential medical care. In addition, breastfeeding and bottle-feeding are addressed. Ideal for new parents and childcare providers alike! Correlates to all applicable National and State Educational Standards including the NCLB Act....

This video illustrates ways to encourage moral development from infancy onward, showing how children and young adults learn and act out good and bad behavior. Scenes from a busy preschool show how toddlers absorb concepts of right and wrong, personal responsibility, and compassion, demonstrating that these qualities are best learned through social interaction. Also featured is a roundtable session in which teens frankly discuss moral dilemmas, using...