Videos
For Children
Eat, Drink and Be Healthy (30 min.)
Features Barney the Dinosaur.
Farming for Kids Series (30 min. each)
Real life farming videos.
•Apple Farming
•Citrus Farming
•Dairy Farming
•Vegetable & Grain Farming
Moo 2 You (14 min.)
Explores the milk food group.
Eat a Good & Healthy Breakfast Everyday (13 min.)
Eating Right with Mother Goose (16 min.)
Includes a teaching guide.
The Wiggles: Yummy, Yummy (36 min.)
14 songs performed for children.
Caldecott Award Books on Videotape (30 min. each)
Selections marked with (*) would provide a spring
board for children’s food/nutrition activity.
Video A: Owl Moon, Make Way for Ducklings, In the
Night Kitchen*, Strega Nona*
Video B: Goldilocks*, Red Riding Hood*, Three Little Pigs
Video C: The Snowy Day*, Blueberries for Sal*, Owen
Goldilocks*
Nutrition for Children (Books For Adult Reading)
Please call the Heartland office for more information about the contents of a specific book.
Child of Mine, Feeding with Love and Good Sense
By Ellyn Satter
How to Get Your Kids to Eat...But Not Too Much
By Ellyn Satter
Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family
By Ellyn Satter
Off to a Good Start
By C. Romaniella & N. VanDomelen
Parents Guide to Nutrition
By Boston Children’s Hospital
Eat, Think and Be Healthy
By Paula Zellar & Michael Jacobson
Your Child’s Allergies
By Jane McNichol
Diabetes Care for Babies, Toddler & Preschoolers: A
Reassuring Guide
By Jean Betschat
Eating Disorders
By Ellen Erlandge
Recipe Books
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Special Interest Cookbooks
The Food Allergy News Collection
Dairy Free Cookbook
By Jane Zukon
Diabetic Recipes
A Recipe Collection from Children Around the World
By the Wilder Foundation
New Native American Cooking-Traditional Contemporary Cooking with Foods
By Dale Carson
Food/Nutrition Activities for Children
Seasonal Themed Books
Hands on Cooking Through the Seasons
By Kathy Fagella
Munching Through the Months
From Illinois Nutrition Education Project
Seasonal Fun (Sugarless Snack Recipes)
By Jan Warren
Food/Nutrition Activities for Children
General Nutrition Topics Nutrition Activities for Preschoolers
By Cryer, Harms, Ray
Adventures in Learning with the Food Guide Pyramid
By Michigan Association for Child Development
Teaching Children about Food
By C. Bermann & J. Frome
Foodworks (For older children)
By Ontario Science Center
Concept Cookery
By Kathy Fagella
Creative Food Experience for Children
By Goodwin & Pollin
Learning Games to Make for Preschool Children
By Charron Seitz
Food/Nutrition Activities for Children
Nutrition Education “Kits”
Color Me Healthy
Fruit & Vegetables Flash Cards, Music CD, Lesson
Suggestions and more.
Chef Combos Fantastic Adventures
By the National Dairy Council
Fit for a King (Printed Guide & Video for School Age)
By American Academy of Pediatrics
A Week of Children’s Books Sets
(A collection of 5 preschool level books per set on which
food activities could be based. The set of books fits in a
manila envelope for mailing.)
Set A: Math Theme
The Very Hungry Caterpillar; Feast for 10: Each Orange
Had 8 Slices; Eating Fractions; Monster Math Picnic
Set B: Where Foods Come From Theme
The Carrot Seed; Orange Juice; Treats from a Tree;
Wheat; Pumpkin, Pumpkin
Set C: Cooking Theme
In The Kitchen; Stone Soup, Pizza Party; Pancakes for
Breakfast; Peanut Butter & Jelly
Set D: Multicultural Theme
Bread, Bread, Bread; This is How We Eat Our Lunch;
Good Nutrition Travels Far; Around the World Cookbook;
Everybody Cooks Rice
| Videos For Providers
Nutrition for Infants & Children Under 6 (30 min.)
Video comes with workbook.
Feeding with Love and Good Sense (60 min.)
Understanding feedings from a child’s perspective.
The ABC’s of Good Nutrition (25 min.)
CNN segment hosted by reporter Carolyn O’Neil.
Eat Smart (60 min.)
Encourages Americans to make better food choices.
Food Borne Illnesses (30 min.)
How to keep food safe.
Eating Healthy for Kids (25 min.)
Aimed at young teens.
Preschool Nutrition (30 total min.)
A combination of three short videos:
1. Feeding Children Well
2. Pleasant Meals and Snacks
3. Nutrition Activities
Beans, Peas and Broccoli Trees (50 min.)
Addresses planning menus and purchasing food
according to Dietary Guidelines.
Eating Out of Control (30 min.)
Explains bulimia, anorexia and compulsive eating.
Recipe Books
Please call the Heartland office for more information about the contents of a specific book.
General
The 4 Ingredient Cookbook
By Linda Coffee & Emily Cale
Cooking for Kids Collections
From Favorite Brands Recipe
Kids in the Kitchen
By Cookbook Publishers
Healthy Snacks for Kids
By Penny Warner
More Than Graham Crackers
By Wanamaker, Hearn & Richarz
Recipes to Grow On
From Central Minnesota Child Care
Snacks N’Celebrations
From Oregon Dairy Council
We Made It Together
Compiled by Drake University Head Start
Crunchy Bananas
By Barbara Wilms
Snacks Count Too!
From Michigan State Board of Education
More Than Mudpies
By Sallie C. Ruhnka
Cook and Learn
By Thelma Harms
What’s Cooking I
What’s Cooking II
By Nebraska Family Child Care Association
Caterpillar Scramble and Cantaloupe Boats
By Noreen Thomas
Baking with Kids
By Betty Crocker
Pretend Soup
By Mollie Katzen & Ann Henderson
The No-Leftovers Child Care Cookbook
By Jac Lynn Dunkle
Quick and Easy Commodity Recipes
By USDA
Cooking Art: Bread Dough Creations, Vegetable Sculptures & More By Kohl, Potter
Calendar-Keeper Cookbook By Redleaf Press
Super Snacks By Jan Warren
Kids Cooking: A Very Slightly Messy Manual By Klutz Press
Miscellaneous
Dollars and Cents: A Tax Resource for Family Child Care Providers By Wildwood Publishing
Walking for Little Children By Robert Sweetgail
Buffalo Bird Woman’s Garden (Traditional Gardening Methods for North Dakota) As told to Gilbert Wilson
Native American Gardening (Stores, Projects & Recipes) By Caduto and Bruchac
Those Mean, Nasty, Dirty Downright Disgusting But...Invisible Germs (A book to read to children) By Judith Rice |