Nutrition & Healthful Food Choices

At the age of 2, children have already developed food preferences and dietary patterns.¹ For this reason, it is important to provide infants with a variety of healthy foods when beginning complementary feeding. Research has shown that the more providing a wide range of nutrient dense, whole foods, to infants improves the quality of their diet later in life. Curriculum focusing on nutrition and healthful food choices works to introduce children to new foods through play activities. These activities can be used to improve a child's acceptance of healthful food throughout their life, translating to. 

Curriculum kits below: 

• From the Farm to Table
• Growing Vegetable soup 
• Eating the Alphabet 

1. Switkowski KM, Gingras V, Rifas-Shiman SL, Oken E. Patterns of Complementary Feeding Behaviors Predict Diet Quality in Early Childhood. Nutrients. 2020; 12(3):810. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12030810