Course curriculum

  • 1

    Overview and Introduction

    • Course Overview and Objectives

    • Introduction and Training Outline

    • Pause and Reflect

  • 2

    Part 1: Healthy eating in childhood and early learning

    • Defining "healthy eating" in early learning

    • Influencing taste preferences

    • Influencing child and adult health

    • Healthy eating in early learning

    • Healthy eating in early learning, continued

    • Introduction to CACFP

    • Using CACFP guidance

    • Part 1: In Review

    • Part 1: Reflection
  • 3

    Part 2: How to support healthy infant feeding in early learning

    • Introduction to Part 2

    • Supporting breastfeeding

    • Serving healthy complementary foods for infants 6 to 11 months old

    • CACFP guidance for complementary beverages

    • CACFP guidance for complementary foods

    • Part 2: In Review

    • Part 2: Reflection
  • 4

    Part 3: How to provide healthy beverages for children 1 to 5 years old

    • Introduction to Part 3

    • Provide and offer water

    • Provide and offer water: What would you do?

    • Serve the right milk for a child's age

    • Serve the right milk for a child's age: Video

    • Serve only 100% fruit juice - but in limited amounts

    • Serve only 100% fruit juice - but in limited amounts: What would you do?

    • Do not serve sugar-sweetened beverages

    • Do not serve sugar-sweetened beverages: Video

    • Part 3: In Review

    • Part 3: Reflection
  • 5

    Part 4: How to provide healthy foods for children 1 to 5 year old

    • Introduction to Part 4

    • Serve more and varied fruits and vegetables

    • Serve more and varied fruits and vegetables - Video

    • Serve whole grains

    • Serve healthy proteins

    • Limit fried foods

    • Limit sugar in foods

    • Part 4: In Review

    • Part 4: Reflection
  • 6

    Part 5: Additional strategies to support healthy eating

    • Introduction to Part 5

    • Use responsive feeding

    • Create supportive mealtimes

    • Written policies, guidelines, and handbooks

    • Part 5: In Review

    • Part 5: Reflection
  • 7

    Part 6: Addressing common challenges using practice scenarios

    • Introduction to Part 6

    • Picky eating: challenges and solutions

    • Picky eating: tips and resources

    • Time and affordability: challenges and solutions

    • Time and affordability: resources

    • Gaining family support for healthy eating: challenges and solutions

    • Gaining family support for healthy eating: tips

    • Part 6: In Review
  • 8

    Final Quiz and Wrap-Up

    • Final Quiz

    • Action Plan

    • Summary and Wrap-Up
  • 9

    Evaluation

    • Training Evaluation