Modules | Provider learning objectives |
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Core modules | |
SMART goals | • Describe specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely (SMART) goals • Practice writing a SMART goal • Develop a SMART goal for the family child care home (FCCH) for each subsequent module |
Why met best practices | • Identify Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) best practices and their importance for nutrient intake • Identify barriers and possible solutions to meeting CACFP best practices |
Portion distortion: what is the right size? | • Recognize age-appropriate portion sizes • Identify appropriate preschool portion sizes |
Staff behaviors: leading the way for healthy eating | • Understand positive role modeling for child feeding behaviors |
Elective modules | |
A fluid situation | • Understand differences in juice and whole fruit and importance of milk and water • Identify different ways to serve fruit and increase water intake |
Begin with breakfast | • Recognize importance of breakfast for child wellness • Learn alternative breakfast ideas to meet best practices • Identify solutions to common breakfast challenges |
Cooking across the rainbow | • Recognize importance of having a colorful plate • Learn nutrients associated with different colors • Describe ways to include more colorful fruit and vegetables in child meals |
Getting children in the kitchen | • Recognize benefits of cooking with children • Know how to prepare food with children • Incorporate child-friendly tasks into meal preparation |
Gardening | • Describe benefits of gardening • Identify materials necessary to start a garden • Plant a simple indoor herb garden |
Menu and meal planning | • Recognize importance of planning meals ahead of time • Learn steps to effective meal planning • Review menu and enhance for nutritional balance • Identify food buying strategies to save time and money |
Picky eaters, food allergies, and aversions | • Understand differences between picky eater, allergies, and aversion • Learn signs of food allergies • Identify ways to encourage picky eaters |
Understanding nutrition facts and how to read a label | • Learn components of a nutrition label • Decipher nutrition fact labels from foods in their home • Learn how to purchase foods for optimal nutrient density |