DOCUMENT RESUME ED 258 683 PS 014 866 AUTHOR Strobl, Catherine; Van Domelen, Nancy TITLE Off to a Good Start: Practical Nutrition for Family Day Care. INSTITUTI' Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. SPONS AGEI. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. REPORT.NO ISBN-0-9606862-0-7 PUB DATE 82 NOTE 142p. AVAILABLE FROMWildwood Publishing, 1800 Gaylord Street, Denve, -0 80206 ($7.95). PUB TYPE Guides Non-Classroom Use (055) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC06 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Consumer Economics; Early Childhood Education; *Eating Habits; *Family Day Care; *Food; Guidelines; Health; *Nutrition; Nutrition Instruction IDENTIFIERS Meal Programs; Recipes (Food) ABSTRACT Written for adults and children, this basic nutrition resource book informs parents and day careproviders about the importance of good nutrition, aids them in teaching basic nutritional concepts to children, and provides practical ways to usenutrition information in daily life. Some of the key elements include eating guidelines for adults and children, practical advice/eon consumer decisions, and helpful hints for meal planning and foodpreparation. Activity sections that follow most of the informationalsections suggest activities that are appropriate forpreschool-age children, are easy to do in the day carehome, and cover most of the major concepts presepted in the book. Recipes, scatteredthroughout the boQk, demonstrate how the basic nutritional ideas can beapplied in the kitchen. Along with each recipe is a chart toaid United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Child Care Food Programparticipants in determining how each food fits in.:o their daily eating pattern. The chart relates the size of serving oeeded to meet one or moreof the USDA food requirer 'ts for childnen 3 to % yearsof age. Recommended serving s are included. 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Practical Nutrition for Family Day Care 1,..4Catherine Strobl and Nancy Van Dome len Illustrations by Heidi Sparks C1) f3:14 Off toa Good Start Practical Nutrition for FamilyDay Care By Catherine Strobl, M.P.H., R.D. and Nancy Van Dome len with Illustrations by Heidi Sparks Colorado Department of Education Calvin M. Frazier, Commissioner Denver, 1982 The Nutrition Education and Training Program of the UnitedStates Depatiment of Agriculture is available to all individuals regardless of race, color, national origin,sex, or handicap. Persons who believe they have been denied equal opportunity for participationmay write to the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 20250. Care Programs which spon- Oft to a Good Start wasproduced by the Wildwood Child Child Care Food Program inColorado. sors the UnitedStates Department of Agriculture Wildwood provides nutritioneducation and training to offer2500 day care providers state- habits of children in family day wide. The goal of Wildwoodis to Improve the nutritional care. The funding for this book camefrom a Nutrition Educationand Training (N.E.T.) grant under the supervision of thefollowing people: Energy, and Traffic, C.D.E. Mary Kay Jerman,R.D.;Consultant, Child Nutrition; Nutrition, Traffic Daniel G. Wisotzkey, ExecutiveDirector; Nutrition, Energy, and Roy G. Brubacher, AssistantCommissioner; Office of FieldServices Calvin M. Frazier,Commissioner; Colorado Departmentof Education Colorado State Board ofEducation: Dorothy Gotlieb, Chairman Denver (First Congressional District) Lakewood Jacquie HOughton,Vice Chati'man (Second CongressionalDistrict) Pueblo Frank J. Ricotta (Third Congressional District) Donald D. Ament Sterling (Fourth CongressionalDistrict) Englewood J. David Huskin (Fifth Congressional District) Gaylord, Denver, Colorado80206 Copyright 1982 by Wildwoodchild Care Programs, 1800 Fourth printing January, 19 k44. Library of CongressCatalogue Number: 81.52802 ISBN: 0-9606862-0-7 Printed in the United Statesof America by Quality Press.3962 South Mariposa, Englewood, Colorado. 80110. IMP Additional copies are available from:Wildwood Publishing, 1800Gaylord, Denver, Colorado 80206. (3d3) 355-8300. 5 Aduawiedgements A special thanks goes to the staff of the Wildwood Child Care Programsfor their assistance and overall support of this project: Candace Allen, Donna Allen, Gail Allen, Beatrice Bailey, L.P.N., Marilyn Bennet, Kathy Boyles,Penny Bryan, Jan Brown, R.D., Trine Cannon, Linda Carlson, R.D., Linda Davis, Linda Jones, Don Krasniewski, Patty Mettler, Patricia Place, Jed Rankin, Chuck Schwendeman, Mary Jo Shapport, Judy Shively, Nancy Sussman, Uhirich, R.D., Judy Vinzant, Judy West, Louise Whitney, M.S., Bea Zissel. Appreciation is also extended to the foriowing individuals for their help in the research and development of this book: Guen Brown, Ph.D., Chairman of the Department of. Food and Nutrition, North Dakota State University, Fargo. North Dakota. Connie Auren, M.A., R.D., Director of Nutrition Services, Tr-- County Health Department, Englewood, Colorado. J.L. Horn, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado. ill 6 Dedicated to Day CareProviders and Their Children Table of Contents introduction Chapter 1 Do You Know How important You Am? 1 Family Day Car- -A Wave of the Future 2 Learning About Nutrition and Health 5 Chapter 2The Basics of Nutrition 11* What You Don't See Is What You Get 12 Carbohydrates For Energy .13 ProteinJack-Of-All-Trades 17 FatA Lot There To Talk About 21 VitaminsA Little Goes a Long Way 25 Mining Our Food For Minerals 29 Water, Water Everywhere .31 Chapter 3FoodsFor Balance - -Foods For Moderation 33 "Chews" Foods Wisely 34 Food; For Balance: Grains 40 Fruits and Vegetables 49 Beans, Nuts, Seeds 57 Meat, Poultry, Fish 66 Milk, Cheese, Eggs 78 Foods For Moderation: Fats 86 Sweets 89 Salty Foor4s 93 Chapter 4 The Good-Food Action Plan 97 Being a Smart Consumer 98 The Science of Menu Planning 104 The Art of Grocery Shopping 107 Food Safety From All Angles 111 Kitchell WisdomTried and True 117 Conserve EnergyYours and the World's 121 The Good-Food Action Plan 127 Table of ContentsActivities for Children Foods For BalanceFoods For Moderation There are many diffeient kinds of foods to eat. Foods can be placed in groups: breads and grains, fruits and vegetables, milk, meat and meat alternates 38 We need to eat breads and cereals every day to stay healthy. There are many different lends of breads to eat. Sweetened cereals are not as good for us as unsweetened cereals 47 We need to eat fruits and vegetables every day to stay healthy. We should eat many different kinds of fruits and vegetables 54 Beans, nuts, and seeds give us lots of energy and make us strong Some foods are "partnere' and should be eaten together Animals give us food to eat. Meat, poultry, and fish contain protein which makes us big and strong 75 Milk helps us grow and makes our bones and teeth strong. Eggs are good to eat 84 Foods with lots of fat, sugar, or salt are not good for us 96 The Good-Food Action Plan Some foods are "junk foods" and are not good to eat 103 Food comes from many sources. Buying food is fun 110 It is important to have clean hands before eating. if foods spoil, they shouldn't be eaten. Non-food items shouldn't be eaten 115 Everything has its own place in the kitchen. We can all take part in mealtime preparation 120 Food preparation is fun 125 Let's get off to a gdod start. For some ofyou, this book may be ihs beginttng of a new awareness regarding nutrition. Forothers, it may be a reacquaintance with already establishedpractices. Wherever you start, the goal is thesame good nutrition for -children. This book has a three-fordpurpose: 1. To inform you as day care providers and parentsabout the importance of good nutrition for yourselves andyour children; 2. To help you instill these same basic nutritionalconcepts in your children; 3. To provide practical ways touse this information in your daily lives. Off to a Good Start is written for both adults andchildren. For adults, it provides the nutritional base needed for raisinghealthy children. For children, this information can be passedon indirectly through your example, or directly throughvery simple words and activities. We all know the old saying, "Practice whatyou preach." You are more likely to develop good nutritional habits inyour day care children if you apply what you know inyour own life. By teaching the concepts to your children, you will be strengtheningyour own set of beliefs in gobd health. And by practicing these concepts, the children will learn from your example. Involving thy Children Children learn most effectively through active involvement. Therefore, their interest in foods and food preparation shouldbe encouraged. The activities that are Included In most of the sections of this book are suited for use vilth preschool-age children In day care. Through these activities, the childrencan experience fun and adventure, a sense of cooperation and accomplishment, and begin to understand the relationship of food to health. The nutrition conceptsIllustratedby these activities are simply stated for children two to five years of age. Theycan learn what foods are good for them, what foods are be for them, andhow to make proper food choices. They can learn to like and eatmany different kinds of foods, which will lay the foundittibit fora varied and balanced diet in later years. Although a preschooler doesnot understand why or how a food provides nutrients suchas vitamins and minerals, they are able to learn that certain foods make you "strong", "healthy", or "makeyou grow".