Supporting Healthy Eating at Home
Find out how family mealtime can be an important opportunity to support child development.
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Healthy Eating
Explore these resources to find tips and strategies that staff and families can use to encourage healthy eating. Find recipes for healthy meals and snacks and learn more about how good eating habits contribute to children's growth and development.
Oral Health: Health Tips for Families
This fact sheet provides tips to help families ensure that their children's oral health begins in infancy.
Checklist for Child Care Staff: Best Practices for Good Oral Health
The tip sheet provides oral health best practices for infants, toddlers, and young children. Review information on how to handle basic oral health emergencies.
I Am Moving, I Am Learning (IMIL)
IMIL is a Head Start initiative that seeks to increase the quantity of physical activity, improve the quality of physical movement experiences, and teach children about healthy nutrition choices.
Tips for Family Style Dining
Learn the benefits of family style dining and how to support it in an early childhood education program.
Dairy Recipes
This section contains dairy recipes. None of the recipes include added sugar. Each recipe includes a list of ingredients, directions, a picture of the prepared recipe, and, where needed, safety tips. Enjoy!
Cheese and Apple Pirate Ships
Try this simple recipe for a healthy snack that young children can make in Head Start programs or at home with their families.
Cheese in a Blanket
Try this simple recipe for a healthy snack that young children can make in Head Start programs or at home with their families.
Cheese Quesadillas
Try this simple recipe for a healthy snack that young children can make in Head Start programs or at home with their families.
Cheesy Fruit Crackers
Try this simple recipe for a healthy snack that young children can make in Head Start programs or at home with their families.
