Feeding for Healthy Eating participants learn about the importance of feeding practices and the skills necessary to help their preschool-aged children develop healthy eating habits.
This curriculum provides guidelines for educators, to help with the preparation and implementation of the lessons. Group discussions and hands-on activities are incorporated into lessons to reinforce lesson objectives. Topics discussed in these lessons include:
- “role modeling”
- “cooking together”
- “eating together”
- “let children serve themselves”
- “liking new foods takes time”
- “patience works better than pressure”