1998 Catalog - Child Care (Pre K)

Here is an exciting way to stimulate children's interest in exercise and nutrition! Organized into 4-6 minute lessons, ABSEF is packed with activities that place the focus on educational rather than performance outcomes. Focus is on aerobic endurance, body composition, strength and flexibility. Includes two manuals for instructors/parents, booklet of handouts to color, five posters, and 55 flashcards.

This celebration of black heritage features a wide range of dishes especially designed for children to make with the help of an adult. The more than 200 recipes collected here include examples of traditional Southern cooking (fried green tomatoes), soul food (chitterlings), healthier updates of soul food dishes (oven-fried catfish), Caribbean cooking (callaloo), and more. This large print, large format book also contains sections on African-American celebrations, cooking safety, the culinary contribution of George Washington Carver, and a glossary of cooking terms.

Young children (up to age ten) are extremely sensitive to weight issues, and this guide for teachers, parents, school nurses, and other caregivers provides ideas for communicating with kids about size diversity, teasing, body image, and self-esteem. It includes realistic case studies, nutrition guidelines, classroom activities, and suggestions for physical activities.

This 13 page storybook takes Barely Bear and his food friends on a trip to the Food Guide Pyramid.

This cookbook starts out with very simple recipes for kids and then progresses to harder recipes. How-to photographs are included with each recipe along with step-by-step instructions. Hints for the cook and how-to measure sections are included. By the end of this book, kids will have learned and practiced many cooking basics.

Calling all Kids! This cookbook means fun in the kitchen with delicious results. From Homemade Granola Bars to Dinosaur Calzones, One-Pot Spaghetti to Oh-So-Chocolate Brownies, these are the foods kids love to cook. Tested by kids in their own homes, the recipes are easy to make, and they taste great.

Frances decides she wants to eat only bread and jam at every meal until—to her surprise—her parents grant her wish. "Makes its point for fussy eater...gently, amusingly, and most effectively."

With large photographs, this book depicts the wide variety of breads from around the world. From India to Mexico; from Peru to Indonesia; from Ghana to Greece, international breads are shown. A photograph index supplies the teacher with more information on the locale of each picture and the type of bread shown.

An innovative health education package featuring the popular Food Groupie puppets and special guest, Cathy Rigby. The kit helps children discover why a healthy breakfast is such an important part of their day. The "Breakfast Clubbies" also inspire children's positive attitudes about health, foster their awareness of other cultures, and help them develop basic skills. Children who participate in the activities have opportunities to learn language, math, motor, social, science and health skills while they learn about healthy breakfasts.

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Lily learns the important nutritional benefits of eating breakfast. Appropriate examples of what adults and children should eat are presented in relation to the USDA Food Pyramid.

The Care Connection Training Program includes a series of 10 video lessons with printed materials. It was designed for use by Child and Adult Care Food Program sponsors of child care homes and child care centers, to train caregivers in homes and centers to provide quality care for children. Lessons include; an overview of the CACFP, meal pattern requirements, basic meal planning, food preparation, sanitation and food safety, and basic program requirements for child care centers and family day care...Available with both center and home training package or Center/Home specific training package.

This book contains health and safety standards for child care programs that are recommended by the American Public Health Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Chapters are included on staffing needs; child program activities; health promotion; nutrition and food service; facilities, supplies, equipment and transportation; control of infectious diseases; children with special needs; administration; and licensing. The rationale for each standard and comments on each are also given.

This Chef Combo puppet and accompanying teacher guide are designed for use with 4 and 5 year-olds. The kit gets children involved in cooking and encourages them to try new foods. The 192 page teacher guide divides recipes and activities into the subject area of: farm, seasons, shapes, transportation, rainbows, colors, dinosaurs, alphabet, senses, and holidays.

Chicken Little and his feathered friends, alarmed that the sky seems to be falling, are easy prey to hungry Foxy Loxy when he poses as a police officer in hopes of tricking them into his truck.

This is an excellent handbook to have during pregnancy and the early years of a child's life. It provides a sensible approach to feeding and the feeding relationship between parent and child. It covers information on breast feeding, bottle feeding, introducing solid foods, and feeding the toddler. The last chapters cover diarrhea, regulation of food intake, and obesity.

Spiral bound and well illustrated, the easy-to-follow format shows step-by-step recipe instructions and quantities of ingredients and serving sizes appropriate for each age group. Included are brief and practical hints for planning and preparing meals and a section containg a four-week menu cycle. Other sections present ideas for parties and special occasions, a listing of the nutritients in each recipe, and an index.

An attractive cookbook for child care providers. Contains over 100 kid-pleasing, taste-tested recipes for soups, entrees, fruits and vegetables, beverages, breads, and snacks. Nutrient analysis information and contribution to the CACFP meal pattern is included for each recipe. Some ideas for nutrition education activities are also provided.

Video presentation about feeding concerns of children of special health care needs. Details common nutrition concerns. Describes why all children enrolled in Early Intervention should be screened for nutritional concerns. Explains the role of a nutritionists in a Early Intervention team.

Katherine M. Brieger

Educators and health professionals have long recognized the importance nutrition plays in the lives of children. The child's physical, social, and intellectual development is determined by the quantity and quality of foods in his or her diet. Children living in poverty are at greatest risk for developing nutrition-related health problems. This book addresses the special nutritional needs of these children. The curriculum is intended to offer simple ideas for teaching food and nutrition to children ages 3-8. Teachers can promote healthy diets by offering a variety of food experiences during these early years. Multicultural recipes have been used throughout the curriculum.

A compilation of recipes, research, and readings linked to the history of the United States. This book not only provides teachers with classroom-tested recipes, but offers them in the context of the most commonly encountered social studies units: the American Indians, the colonists, the Revolutionary War, the westward expansion, the Civil War, and the commonly identified geographic regions of the country.

Use this resource to teach children basic culinary skills, allow them to try a variety of healthy foods and begin forming positive food attitudes that last into adulthood. The benefits are too numerous to pass up! Suitable for classroom, daycare, or at-home use.

A complete activity guide for teaching nutrition, cooking, and health to young children. Over 100 recipes; many require no heat.

An activity book full of fun ways to introduce preschoolers to eating fruits, vegetables and grains. Designed especially for child care providers and educators in Vermont. In it you will find ways to increase the daily number of servings of vegetables, fruits and grains for children and adults. Pages of nutrition information, fun things to do and foods to make with kids...plus recipes, menus, food preparation tips, and resource for the educator.

A 12-hour course in healthy food preparation for child nutrition program food production staff. The six sessions, about two hours each, are team-taught by a chef and nutritionist and involve students in classroom instruction and hands-on kitchen experience. Designed for front line food preparation staff in school and child care meal programs in California. This may include "working managers" or supervisors who have food preparation service responsibilites. The course focuses on food preparation and recipe modification.