Course Project: Creating a Child Health, Safety, and Nutrition Blog
Section 4: Healthy Food and Nutrition
Marilyn Dorrough
EDUC-1005 Child, Health, Safety and Nutrition
Walden University
March 31, 2012
Dr. Erin Eissler
Week 4 Assignment 2
Helping children of all ages to develop good nutrition and eating habits is paramount to healthy living. Teachers are taking on the role of providing health choices for children in childcare centers because of the mast amount of children that now attend childcare centers have had to raise the bar on health eating. Teachers are being taught how to assist parents in healthy living and buying healthier foods for their families. The goal is to provide children who attend childcare with nutritional foods daily. Giosa (2006) “the food provided should be nutritious and developmentally appropriate”.
Foods provided must be age appropriate for all children teachers have to have the knowledge of good nutrition and proper selection when creating menus and teaching children about the values of eating proper. Briley and Gray (2005) states “teachers are helping to meet at least part of the nutritional needs of 60 percent of children younger than 5, as well as millions of school-age children”.
Good nutrition for infants is essential to help introduce them to different types of foods. Toddlers need help in developing nutritional foods as well as having some choice as to what they like and dis-like. Preschool children are a bit more challenging and can understand and be influences but foods that other children may have so it is especially important to guide them towards healthy eating and school age children are able to plan or suggest what they want for lunch being easily influenced by peers; so teachers must adhere to good healthy role modeling and teaching skills through-out the duration of the time children are in their care.
Adults should help aid in providing children with healthy eating choices to hopefully prevent problems in the future such as obesity and juvenile diabetes.
Week 4 Assignment 2
A couple of methods that may be used to help children establish health eating habits would be for teachers to understand and be in tuned to the cultural competence of the children in their care as well as being a good role model through-out the time children are in our care.
The first recipe that parent can prepare with their preschoolers is: Breakfast Banana Boat: What is needed 1small banana 1 container of low-fat vanilla yogurt ½ cup toasted oat cereal ¼ cup of seasonal fresh fruit cut into small pieces. Wells (2001) Nutritional value children have grain, fruit and milk product which are valuable parts of the food pyramid.
Second recipe lunch: Pyramid Tortilla: 18-inch tortilla 1-2 ounces thin sliced turkey or ham 2 Tablespoons shredded cheese ¼ cup shredded lettuce 1 Tablespoon raisins Low fat mayonnaise, cream cheese or margarine give child tortilla have them spread with mayonnaise, or cream cheese then layer with turkey or ham, cheese, lettuce and raisins. Roll up and enjoy. Food for Thought (2012) Nutritional value Vegetable, Fruit, Dairy, Grain and Meat group a little sometime from all food groups.
Lastly Dinner: Technicolor Vegetable Pizza; 3 cups frozen mixed vegetables with mushrooms 5 slice of Italia bread 1 tablespoon olive oil, ½ cup pizza sauce, 1 cup chopped tomato ½ cup diced onions, 1 tablespoon dried oregano leaves, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, and 2 tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese. Preheat oven to 350% bake for 5-7 minutes and enjoy. For Better Health Foundation (2008) Nutritional value we have three of the five food groups included in our MyPyramid for kids. For
Children love helping in the kitchen; allowing them to help wash and arrange the veggies and fruit and perhaps roll their own sandwich would be and add treat along with eating the foods.
Week 4 Assignment 2
References
Briley and Gray (2005) Safety, Nutrition, and Health in Early Education 4th Edition Retrieved
March 31, 2012 from Course Text Book pg. 216
Food for Thought (2012) University of Illinois Extension Ideas for Parents or Preschoolers
March 31, 2012
For Better Health Foundation (2008) Fruit and Veggie more Matters retrieved from learning
Giosa (2006) Safety, Nutrition, and Health in Early Education 4th Edition
Retrieved March 31, 2012 from Course Text Book pg. 216
Wells, P (2001) Kids can Cook and Learning is the Secret Ingredient: Penn State Cooperative
Extension: Better Kid Program: It is more than just eating
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ReplyDeleteFood is a great tool that can be used to interact with children. This is also a great way of getting the children to eat more healthy foods.Pizza is a great recipe that can allow a child to help with when preparing foods without the danger of dangerous items such as knives. The Technicolor Pizza recipe is a great way of incorporating as many vegetables into a meal as possible.I look forward to trying this recipe at home and in my class. Thanks.
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