Nutrition Education

Meals are served family style in each center during mealtimes and during group socializations. Children are allowed to serve themselves and may participate in some preparation and clean-up activities. Mealtimes are ideal opportunities to educate children in a pleasant and relaxed way about food and nutrition. Exposure to a wide variety of good foods, along with the observation of others eating healthy foods, helps the children to develop healthy eating habits.

The use of foods in the curriculum helps children to learn about foods and what they do for our bodies. Foods are a wonderful resource for teaching children many cognitive, motor, and social skills. Mealtime etiquette and positive attitudes about foods are also taught as part of the curriculum.

Parent volunteers are needed to help incorporate healthy cultural foods and customs into our curriculum. If you are interested in sharing your culture and foods with us, please contact your child's teacher. These foods must fit within our Food Policy and be approved by the Nutrition Specialist.

Parents can also learn about nutrition through Head Start parent workshops and newsletters. If you are interested in a special class pertaining to nutrition or cooking, or would just like some information on a particular nutrition issue, please contact the Nutrition Specialist at 753-0951 ext. 120 in the Cache Valley area, or 1-888-753-0951 ext. 120 outside the Cache Valley area. She would be glad to help you with any of your questions or concerns regarding nutrition.