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It’s Time To Give Your Menus a Healthy Heart Evaluation

February is heart health month, what a great time to think about how to add more heart healthy foods to your menus!

As a child care provider, you are in a great position to assure that children are provided with foods that contributes to healthy hearts.

After all, what you do shapes the future and your decision to serve heart healthy foods will only lead to the world having less heart disease.

Moreover, when parents know that you serve lots of  healthy foods to children; it will cause your childcare business to be more marketable to parents who want their children eating healthier foods.

Today I am going to share with you a list of heart healthy foods to add to your menus:

  • Tuna
  • Brown Rice
  • Blueberries
  • Carrots
  • Spinach
  • Broccoli
  • Sweet potatoes
  • Oranges
  • Tomatoes
  • Cantaloupe
  • Black Beans
  • Oatmeal

That was a small list of heart healthy foods to add to your menus. However, my goal is to give you some ideas of foods to serve to children that leads to kids having healthier hearts.

Here is a “One-Day” Sample Heart Healthy Menu

** Menu meets the Child Adult & Food Program Guidelines

Breakfast

Oatmeal

Blueberries

Skim Milk

Lunch

Tuna Salad (with Light salad dressing)

Romaine Lettuce/Tomato Slices

Canteloupe

Whole grain Brown Rice

Skim Milk

Snack

Carrot/Broccoli

Light Ranch Dressing

Whole Grain Crackers

Tip: Be sure to post menus where they are visible to parents and uploading your menus online is a great way to market your program. Visit: http://www.scribd.com and get those menus online!

Happy Menu Planning,

Shiketa

If you need more menu ideas, be sure to download a copy of my Healthy Child Care Menus eBook.

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Planning a Dental Health Day

Developing good habits at an early age and scheduling regular dental

visits helps children get a good start on a lifetime of healthy teeth and gums.

~American Dental Association

February is National Dental Health Month and the American Dental Association (ADA) sponsors National Children’s Dental Health Month to raise awareness about the importance of oral health.

If you have not already been promoting Dental Health in your childcare business, today I want to inspire you to promote Dental health by planning a Dental Health Day. Need some ideas? I have lots of ideas!

1. Contact a local dentist and ask if he or she would like to donate dental health literature for your Dental Health Day. Also ask for tooth-brush/tooth paste  donations.

2.  Set up a table near the sign-in/out area and provide parents with Dental health literature.  Get articles here

3. Provide the children with dental health activities. For ideas, click here

4. Invite a Dental health professional to stop by your program to talk with the children about taking care of their teeth.

5. Create a Banner on your Computer that Reads: We love healthy Teeth at ” Your Program’s Name.”

Those are just a few ideas and I hope that you have been inspired to promote dental health during the month of February!

For more Dental health ideas, visit the following websites:

http://dentaleducation.crest.com/#1

http://www.healthyteeth.org/

http://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/topics/child.htm

Shiketa

Be sure to check out my latest ebook: The Art of Owning a Child Care Center

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