Heartland Child Nutrition Healthy Eating
Heartland Child Nutrition - A healthy choice for childcare
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Child care providers can earn licensing credit at home with one of Heartland's Learn-At-Home courses.  Choose among the 16 available and earn one hour of continuing education for child care licensing purposes, as approved by ND Early Childhood Services. 

Our latest free courses, "Rhyme Time" and "Online Claiming," are available on-line by clicking on the title.  Other listed courses are available by request (only to providers enrolled with Heartland Child Nutrition) and can be mailed or e-mailed to you. 

Cooking With Kids

Best methods to involve children in simple and fun food activities.



Snap, Crackle, Pop

Easy science experiences in the kitchen for
 pre-schoolers.

 Building a Breakfast

Learn about the affect breakfast has on children and tips on choosing cereals, fruits, juices, and other breakfast foods.

What’s In My Food*

A primer on nutrients and how they work in the human body.

*This course requires internet access to read course materials.

 Fun With Fitness

Encouraging the pairing of a healthy diet with exercise for children.

 Munching on Math

Pre-school activities in the kitchen or at the dining table.

 Beans Count

Using cooked dry beans as a meat alternate in CACFP meals.

 It’s a Small World

Multicultural experiences using food and fitness activities.

 

 Is the Food In My Kitchen a Safety Hazard?

Food handling safety for child care meals and snacks.

 

 Listen to the Baby

Questions and answers about feeding infants.

 

 Pass the Milk, Cheese, & Yogurt ..... Please 


Dairy products are an important part of CACFP meals. Topics covered  include flavored milks, cheese comparisons, organic dairy products, lactose intolerance, and dairy recipes.

 

 Understanding Special Dietary Needs

Diabetes, food allergies, illness and disability related feeding issues.


 
Kinder-Gardens

Involve children in simple gardening and growing activities.

 

 Can You Taste a Strawberry with Your Ear?

This course contains provider-guided children’s activities for exploring foods using our five senses: taste, touch, smell, sound, and sight.

 

Online Claiming

A Learn-At-Home course that guides Heartland providers in submitting CACFP claims via Minute Menu WebKids.


Printable course that focuses on rhyming words as a valuable pre-reading skill.  Kid's can also learn about foods while rhyming.
 


 2012 CACFP Calendar


Print and complete this quiz that uses the 2012 Calendar, given to enrolled child care providers at home visits by Heartland Child Nutrition, as the "textbook" for the course.

 

 

25th Anniversary - Serving Child Care Providers Since 1984

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