1. Nutrition Education Learning Experiences for Children – Program Assessment – Healthy Kids, Healthy Future

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1. Question
We provide nutrition education for children:
- Rarely or Never
- 1 time per year
- 2 times per year
- 3+ times per year
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2. Question
We teach children about healthy foods and the pleasure of eating during:

Formal opportunities (e.g., circle time)
- Never
- Less than once a week
- 1–2 times per week
- 3–4 times per week
- 1 + times a day
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3. Question
We teach children about healthy foods and the pleasure of eating during:
Informal opportunities (e.g., mealtime conversations)
- Never
- Less than once a week
- 1–2 times per week
- 3–4 times per week
- 1 + times a day
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4. Question
Current nutrition education policies for children at your program also include:
- This response will be awarded full points automatically, but it can be reviewed and adjusted after submission.
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5. Question
Which of these model best practices for Nutrition Education For Children would you choose to focus on for your Center?
- Lesson plans include learning experiences about healthy eating at least once per month.
- Nutrition education is included with other subjects such as sensory development, language, science, math and dramatic play.
- Nutrition lessons include fun, hands-on activities tailored to the children’s developmental stage. Examples include contests, taste tests, farm visits, work in school gardens and cooking activities.
- Nutrition lessons reflect the children’s culture.
- Nutrition education is the shared responsibility of every early childhood provider, including directors, food service workers and parents/guardians.
- Early childhood providers engage with children about the taste, smell and texture of foods, as well as the benefits of eating healthy foods. Children are exposed to vocabulary and language skills about food and eating throughout the day.
- Children are taught to recognize hunger cues and appropriate portion sizes.
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6. Question
What policies around nutrition education for children will you include in your Wellness Policy?
- This response will be awarded full points automatically, but it can be reviewed and adjusted after submission.

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