Daycare Nutrition – keeping kids healthy with a healthy diet.

Proper nutrition for children should be fostered in daycare.

Summer Snacks: Recipes for Daycare and Preschool

May 14, 2013

Tweet Tweet It’s summer and things are heating up! If you’re serving the same snacks over and over again in your  daycare centers we’re going to help you mix it up with these quick, creative, nutritious toddler and preschooler treats and snack ideas we’ve found around the web, mostly Pinterest. Click the links beside the recipe name for [...]

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What Baby Food Jars Don’t Tell You about Introducing Foods Part 2

May 1, 2013

Tweet Tweet Tip: This is EXCELLENT info to pass along to your daycare parents. You may want to print this out and/or include it in your next daycare newsletter.  I also suggest checking out Diane Bahr’s brilliant book Nobody Ever Told Me (or My Mother) That! Everything from Bottles and Breathing to Healthy Speech Development (Sensory [...]

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What Baby Food Jars Don’t Tell You about Introducing Foods

April 30, 2013

Tweet Tweet Tip: This is EXCELLENT info to pass along to your daycare parents. You may want to print this out and/or include it in your next daycare newsletter.  I also suggest checking out Diane Bahr’s brilliant book Nobody Ever Told Me (or My Mother) That! Everything from Bottles and Breathing to Healthy Speech Development (Sensory World/Future [...]

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Daycare Meal Ideas for Fussy Eaters

April 8, 2013

Tweet Tweet Dealing with fussy eaters in your daycare? A daycare owner asks: “Do you have any suggestions on lunch ideas that are a quick and easy to make up and even for those picky eaters? I normally do spaghetti, pizza, hotdogs, chicken nuggets, and sandwich day (either lunchmeat or peanut butter/jelly). I was thinking [...]

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How to Get Kids in Daycare to Eat Healthy Foods Part 2

February 13, 2013

Tweet Tweet Proper eating habits should start at an early age and begin at home. However, if young children are in daycare most of the day, a child’s dietary needs shifts to child care providers. It is important that daycare owners and preschool teachers help meet the nutrition requirements for the children they care for. If [...]

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How to Get Kids in Daycare to Eat Healthy Foods Part 1

February 12, 2013

Tweet Tweet Proper eating habits should start at an early age and begin at home. However, if young children are in daycare most of the day, a child’s dietary needs shifts to child care providers. It is important that daycare owners and preschool teachers help meet the nutrition requirements for the children they care for. If [...]

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Food Play That Makes Eating Healthier and Fun

February 8, 2013

Tweet Tweet Millions of people make resolutions to improve their lives, both at the beginning of a new year and throughout the year. In addition to personal resolutions, parents often promise to make their children’s lives healthier and more productive as well. Since children love to play and are eager to learn, here are a [...]

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Toddlers’ Brain Development: What is DHA?

January 7, 2013

Tweet Tweet Having children participate in “brain games” to exercise their memory is a fun and healthy way for children to stimulate brain health while they are at daycare. DHA is an important nutrient for brain development that is also beneficial when it comes to engaging children in healthy activity during daycare. Since most kids [...]

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Are Daycare Food Programs Worth the Trouble?

October 22, 2012

Tweet Tweet If you’re thinking about registering with a food program for your daycare, you may have some questions and concerns? Will the paperwork be difficult? Is the food program worth the trouble? A daycare owner asked, “I was wondering if I could get some info on joining the food program. Is it worth it? [...]

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DIY Halloween Treats for Kids

October 11, 2012

Tweet Tweet Halloween is just around the corner, so it’s time to break out the Halloween decorations, crafts, and treats in your daycare. It’s par for the course that children in your daycare will want treats. Instead of giving them candy and other treats that may be unhealthy, you may want to consider DIY snacks [...]

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