Today, we're using #EveryKidEatsHealthy week as a great reminder that healthy eating at home matters!
As our Early Learning Center preschoolers celebrated Eric Carle’s books this week, The Very Hungry Caterpillar offered the perfect lesson on how good food choices help you grow up just right.
Our caterpillar friend eats many foods on his journey to becoming a butterfly with hiccups along the way. It’s a great story and just one tool for parents as they help their child on his or her own journey to grow up healthy and strong.
Here’s four tips to help along the way.
1. Eat Fruits and Vegetables at Every Meal - Fruits and vegetables add important vitamins and fiber to your diet. At every meal, include some kind of fresh, frozen, or canned fruits and vegetables.
2. Give Kids a Say in What They Eat and Get Them Excited about Healthy Food - Help your kids make the right food choices from an early age. You can do this by giving them two healthy choices to choose from, like an apple and an orange.
3. Eat Breakfast Every Day - Eating breakfast helps your child start his day in a healthy way.
4. Eat Together As a Family - Try to set aside your meals as family time, and eat together as often as possible. Even babies can join family meal time. By age 9 months, they are able to eat on the same schedule with you. Create family meal times when they are little and keep this tradition as they grow.
Click HERE for more ideas to build healthy eating habits.
READ more about Eric Carle and the 50th Anniversary of The Very Hungry Caterpillar at http://ow.ly/8hgQ30oyqsZ’s-very-hungry-caterpillar-friday-april-5.
