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Evaluating The Health/Safety Practices in Your Infant/Toddler Program

Have you evaluated the health/safety practices in your infant/toddler program lately?

To assure that the infant/toddlers in your care are in a healthy and safe environment, it is vital that you evaluate your program on a regular basis.

Conducting a regular self-evaluation of your infant/toddler program is a great way to assess if you need to make improvements in your program. Moreover, evaluations can be done on a weekly or monthly basis in the form of a health/safety check list.

Furthermore, evaluating your health/safety practices could prevent illnesses, injuries or even a fatal accident. Let’s get started today!  Check out this checklist.

To Your Success,

Shiketa

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Child Care Center, Health/Safety, Home Daycare

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Healthier Menus Starts with Serving More Raw Fruits and Vegetables

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My childcare center is in the process of becoming a Missouri Eat Smart Child Care Center. Once we are recognized as an Eat smart center, we will receive an Eat Smart Child Care” Banner to place in front of our center.

I am looking forward to receiving the banner, because we have made major improvements to our menus including serving more raw fruits and vegetables at breakfast, lunch and snack. Furthermore, I want parents to know that we serve healthy meals to children at Learning Days.

Serving more raw fruits and vegetables assures that children are consuming fresh whole foods. Moreover, eating more fruits and vegetables means that children will get more phytonutrients that helps to fight disease in the body.

I have enjoyed this process so much, that I have been inspired to create (52) pre-planned healthy menus for childcare facilities. So, be on the look out for those menus!

Here is a sample menu that includes raw fruits and vegetables at each meal:

Breakfast: Pancakes, Blueberries, Milk

Lunch: Turkey slices, whole grain bread, 1% milk, orange slices and corn

Snack- Yogurt, strawberries

Check out this handout: Encourage kids to eat more Fruit!

Thanks for serving healthier meals to young children and feel free to share your thoughts about this blog post.

Shiketa Morgan

Check out Healthy Child Care Menus ebook!

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Child Care Center, Family Child Care, Health/Safety, Menu Planning

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