Healthy Foods For Preschoolers

Healthy Foods For Preschoolers

• Try some of the following ideas:
  • Have your child get their own drink of milk or water.
  • Provide finger foods they can choose from like carrot sticks or slices of apple
  • Involve them in simple food preparation like spreading butter on bread, slicing a banana and setting the table.
  • Have your child ask first before opening the fridge door.
  • Encourage them to sit while eating.
  • Turn off the TV or radio and talk about your day while eating.
  • Present food in small, yummy bits.
  • Eat healthy foods yourself.
  • Try dried fruit, yogurt or pieces of fresh fruit for dessert.
• Children should eat a variety of healthy foods and establish a balanced eating pattern. A little cake, biscuits, lollies or fizzy drink once a week is okay.
• A balanced diet is essential for your child's growth.
• Take healthy food to day care, preschool or outside for a picnic. You might try: sticks of cheese, hard boiled eggs, simple sandwiches, cherry tomatoes, dried apricots stuck together with cream cheese, sticks of celery filled with peanut paste.

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