1-2-3 Feed Me!
Feeding for Healthy Eating Childcare
Welcome!
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University of Maryland Extension
Food Supplement Nutrition Education
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This material was funded by USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
in cooperation with the Maryland Department of Human Resources and the
University of Maryland. The University of Maryland Extension will not
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orientation, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry or national origin,
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expression. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program provides nutrition
assistance to people with low income. It can help you buy nutritious foods for a
better diet. To find out more, contact the Maryland Department of Human
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Training Overview
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Introduction
Voice by Choice
Feeding Practices for Young Children
Discussions & Activities
Recipe Preparation &Tasting
Goal Setting
Listserv Sign-up
Certificate of Completion
Introductions
Stand Up if …
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You work in a child care center
You work in a family child care home
You work in a Head Start classroom
You work in a Judy Center
You provide snacks for the children in your care
You provide full meals for the children in your care
Your program participates in CACFP
You are a center director
You are a child care provider
You are an assistant child care provider
Introduction
• You play an important role in helping young children
develop healthy eating habits.
• The children in your care may be eating most of their
meals and snacks with you.
• How young children are fed, not just what they are
fed, impacts the foods they eat and the habits they
develop.
Let’s Discuss!
What are some challenges you
have experienced when feeding
healthy foods to the children in
your care?
Let’s Discuss!
• What are some good topics or
questions to talk about while
eating with children?
• What do the children in your
care like to talk about while
they eat?
Let’s Discuss!
How do you balance: allowing children
to decide how much they eat at
scheduled mealtimes, and parents’
expectations about how much
children should eat?
Let’s Discuss!
• Describe a time when the children in your
care copied something you were doing.
• How often does this happen?
• How does it make you feel?
• How can you role model healthy eating
for the children in your care?
• What are some healthy changes you can
make?
Don’t forget to
provide kid-sized
utensils!
Let’s Discuss!
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What are some healthy foods young
children can help you prepare?
What else do young children enjoy
doing in the kitchen?
How can you include healthy foods
from different cultures when cooking
with children?
Snack-tivity
The children in your care can help to
prepare a sandwich or snack.
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TOPPING
We will come back together as a group
in 4 minutes to share our ideas.
Focus on
healthy foods!
Let’s take a break to stretch!
See you back here
in 5 minutes.
Please be prompt.
Let’s Discuss!
• How do children react when you give
them a new fruit or vegetable?
• When faced with a picky eater, are you
able to share ideas with parents about
their child’s eating habits?
• Do you attempt to coordinate feeding
strategies with parents?
Remember!
• Avoid labeling children and their food
preferences with statements like...
“He doesn’t like broccoli” or “She won’t eat carrots”
• Avoid telling parents that their child does not
like a particular food.
• Encourage parents to continue to offer foods
that children do not eat at first.
Let’s Discuss!
Share ways you can encourage
children to eat healthy foods,
other than using unhealthy foods
as a reward.
Snack-tivity
• Today’s recipes will provide an
opportunity for you to make foods
that young children can help to
prepare.
• We will break into small groups to
prepare the recipes.
• After preparing each recipe and
cleaning up our cooking stations, we
will all have an opportunity taste
each recipe!
Make these recipes with the children in
your care
Let’s Get Cooking!
1. Wash your hands before we start.
2. Follow the recipe instructions.
3. Make sure each member of your group has a
cooking task.
4. Make small portions so everyone can have a taste.
5. When everyone is finished cooking and
cleaning up, taste each recipe prepared by
each group.
Let’s Discuss!
• How can children help prepare these recipes?
• How can these foods be included in your
curriculum? Here are some examples:
-Use different fruits in the kabob recipe to teach
about colors.
-Children can count the number of fruits they put on
their kabob to practice counting skills.
• How can you involve parents when preparing
these recipes?
• How can you encourage parents to prepare
these recipes at home with their children?
When you
make these recipes
1. Enjoy eating them with the children.
2. Share these tasting rules with the children:
• It is important to try new foods.
• No one is allowed to say “ewww” or “yuck.”
• Only say nice things about the food you are
tasting or keep your comments to yourself.
3. Substitute recipe ingredients if a child in your
care has food allergies or is lactose intolerant.
Goal Setting
We will come back together as a group in
3 minutes to share our goals.
Thank you for coming!
What are your questions?
Before you leave today:
1. Complete and hand-in all required paperwork.
2. Sign-up for the 1-2-3 Feed Me! listserv, which is
optional.
3. Receive your training certificate.
Goodbye!
Please feel free to contact me with any
additional questions:
Name
Title
University of Maryland Extension
Food Supplement Nutrition Education
Email address
Phone number