Growing Up Healthy with Fruits and Vegetables
We will enjoy exploring all things related to fruits and vegetables - from boosting consumption with child-friendly tips and tricks to ensuring their safety.
NapSacc
Go NAPSACC's provider tools guide childcare providers through 5 simple steps to make healthy changes to their programs. Learn more below about each of the steps and tools offered. Sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Food Fun for Young Children
Our goal is to help parents and caregivers prepare healthy meals and snacks by sharing recipes, tips and ideas that are geared for children ages 2 to 5. Sponsored by University Nebraska Extension.
Cooking with Kids
Children enjoy helping in the kitchen and often are more willing to eat foods they help prepare. Involve your child in planning and preparing some meals and snacks for the family. This web page contains articles and recipes. Sponsored by University Nebraska Extension.
Coping with Picky Eaters
Picky eating is typical for many children as they grow up and become more independent. The web page offers a few tips to help with a child that is picky eater. Sponsored by University Nebraska Extension.
EAT - Family Style Dining
The EAT Curriculum includes 7 interactive, online lessons, each lesson takes approximately 1-2 hours to complete. Throughout the lessons, you will watch short videos and practice easy strategies to empower yourself to practice family style dining and transform your mealtime to be the most enjoyable part of the day! Sponsored by University Nebraska Extension.
Growing Active Readers
Growing Active Readers is a series of book-based lessons to help young children understand the benefits of making healthy decisions. There are 31 children’s books in this series and each lesson includes activities, kid-friendly recipes, and handouts. Designed for pre-K to third-grade children, this resource is great for teachers, afterschool program managers and even parents. Sponsored by South Dakota State University Extension.
Eat Healthy, Be Active
Eat Healthy, Be Active is an initiative to improve young children’s health and well-being by teaching key nutrition and physical activity concepts. The initiative focuses on families and early childhood settings, including preschool, kindergarten, child care, and early learning classrooms, as well as family child care homes. Sponsored by University of Georgia Extension.
Walk-a-Weigh Plus (30 for 30 Extension Collaboration)
Concerned About Your Child's Development
As a parent, you know your child best. If your child is not meeting the milestones for his or her age, or if you think there could be a problem with the way your child plays, learns, speaks, acts, and moves here is a resource to help.